BoldBrainz:


At 4 weeks, your birds should be eating the finisher mash. After your next vaccination, you can change their feed to Chikun, and give them multivitamins in their afternoon water rations to boost appetite. But with the introduction of the routine vitamins, you may need to provide light so they can eat at nights too.

Also, and quite significantly, endeavour to elevate their feeders and drinkers. Birds at 4 weeks shouldn't have to be stooping to feed. It's even more appropriate if they have to stand erect and stretch their necks a bit to peck at food and drink water. It contributes to growth and bones strength.

One of the major reasons you find broilers at 2 months looking "roundish", not moving much and lacking height, is that singular mistake of letting them bend to feed cause you left their feeders and drinkers on the floor. When that happens, you'll have a lot of them with "knocked knees" or "K-legs"..😂. Others just end up sitting down to feed and that makes them lazy and quite inactive.

Esomchi77:
boss, I want to learn more from u, I am an IT students doing my IT in a big farm , I am currently brooding 180 birds
I am a 400L student of FUTMINNA studying animal science
@Boldbrainz & coldzobo

Blitzking:
its up to you to buy..mind you day old chicken is different from day old chicken.

BoldBrainz:

One of the major reasons you find broilers at 2 months looking "roundish", not moving much and lacking height, is that singular mistake of letting them bend to feed cause you left their feeders and drinkers on the floor. When that happens, you'll have a lot of them with "knocked knees" or "K-legs"..😂. Others just end up sitting down to feed and that makes them lazy and quite inactive.

LivingTribunal:

I don't get it please can you explain this

coldzobo:

We give them ultima feed
Yeah. My mum thinks its the bolded

OlujobaSamuel:
Well done op.
However, something is wrong with the birds having cough at that early stage, and I don't think your handling of it is poor, so I'm not sure it's from your handling.
Checking the birds and the carton, I doubt it's from Agrited. Kindly check the seal by the carton side if it's intact, also, Agrited normally dye their birds, so you can easily confirm if the color you got tally with the date, your birds do not looked dyed, so I doubt the source.
Btw, next time, don't insist on a product except you want to go to the hatchery yourself for such product, don't trust any agent. Just request for prices of different product and make your decision from there, if you prefer Agrited, call them to request for the agent or rep in your state.
I don't know your state, but considering the weather, 2½ bag of charcoal is a little much, try save cost, the temperature from day 1 is around 36⁰ then it reduces gradually. I used 1bag for for 3cycles(200, 100, 100) here in Lagos.
The tylo you are giving them, kindly stop it so they don't build resistance against it, give them a lighter drug, so if they should fall sick tomorrow, you can easily use it and they will respond.
Tylo and Amoxicol are little too strong for baby birds.
You can get doxycycline and administer only prevention dose for them, it will treat them, no need to use treatment dose, as that's a double dose which might be too strong.
Well done once again, dey no go die, and you go live to eat your reward.
Regards to Mama. God bless all mothers.

RichieMichie:


The only agrited birds that I have bought that are colored are their Cockerel. I have been picking up birds directly from their hatchery for over a year now.
Secondly, the CRD is caused by the vaccination done at the Hatchery.

RichieMichie:


It's not the cold, you got Agrited bird, and their birds usually come down with crd around 3-5 days of age. Their doctor said it's because of the ND-IB vaccines they spray them with in the Hatchery

BoldBrainz:


😂😂.

I deliberately ignored that part of his write-up. That guy has passion for the poultry lifestyle and it's admirable. But this his thread is rife with so much falsehood and inaccurate data.

By his submission, if he bought 4 cartons of Agrited chics at 74K, then each carton cost him 18,500 naira. Even if his home is just outside the Agrited hatchery in Ibadan, it is realistically impossible for him to have gotten their chics at that price. The last time Agrited sold between 17K and 19K was sometime in December 2021.

So he either has to tell us what magic he used to buy 4 cartons of day old Agriteds at 74K, or be honest enough to stop deceiving the public with falsified figures.

coldzobo:

Hmm, Just as my mum suspected. Thanks for the info. What specie do you recommend ?

RichieMichie:

For 6wks market, go for Ross308 from either Agricted or Sayed. Above 6wks, preferably go for AA from any of them popular hatcheries breeding AA like Chi, Fidan or Amos.

Esomchi77:
At what week will they start eating the finisher feed?@boldbrainz

coldzobo:
Update :
Its been 5 days since the last time I updated this thread. Honestly, that was due to a lot of comments that pissed me off.

But then again, i didn't opened this thread for people with negative energy to come shut it down. Like i stated earlier, its might serve as a reference for me in the future.

Im grateful to those that have contributed immensely from their wealth of knowledge to this thread.

Well the process of rearing has been the same.

We give them food and water as at when due.

The drug we currently put in their water is multivitamin.

We gave them lasota vaccine last week friday(they turned 2 weeks)...same process as the first vaccine.

They are getting bigger every day. Their comb( i dont know the actual name for it but I hope you get me) is getting very red too.

BoldBrainz:


After the third vaccination. You're at liberty to decide when, but I usually begin from day 25.

Esomchi77:
is there third vaccination pls enlighten me on this

BoldBrainz:


Day 7 - First vaccination.
Day 14 - Second vaccination.
Day 21 - Third vaccination.

BoldBrainz:


Day 7 - First vaccination.
Day 14 - Second vaccination.
Day 21 - Third vaccination.

Esomchi77:
can I start giving finisher feeds at 2 months and 2 weeks

Esomchi77:
I didn't observe all this but they are doing fine, hope no problem?

BoldBrainz:

Wow! Are you breeding for personal consumption?

Esomchi77:
omo mortality was high ooooh 😮 mortality is now 35
I will take correction next time @boldbrainz

coldzobo:
Update :
Its been 5 days since the last time I updated this thread. Honestly, that was due to a lot of comments that pissed me off.

But then again, i didn't opened this thread for people with negative energy to come shut it down. Like i stated earlier, its might serve as a reference for me in the future.

Im grateful to those that have contributed immensely from their wealth of knowledge to this thread.

Well the process of rearing has been the same.

We give them food and water as at when due.

The drug we currently put in their water is multivitamin.

We gave them lasota vaccine last week friday(they turned 2 weeks)...same process as the first vaccine.

They are getting bigger every day. Their comb( i dont know the actual name for it but I hope you get me) is getting very red too.