Also remember to tell us about the risk involved

When i remember how more than 500 of my dad's birds died in a space of one week i'm scared of venturing into poultry farming

Anyone advising you now to enter poultry business is a bad adviser.

Op do you have your own poultry

Has much as i want to agree to what the ops has stated and i will also want to thank him for encouraging people specifically the youth to venture into farming, i will also want you to enlighting us also about the challenges being faced today by the high inflation in poultry feed.

I am also a livestock farmer and also have a poultry farm basically in egg production but this is a big challenge for many of livestock farmers out there with the rising cost of feed and there seem to be no end in sight.

Hmmm

YoungDaNaval:
Also remember to tell us about the risk involved

This is a resultant effect of one of two things:

- contaminated feed or poisoned water.
- expired vaccination vials or medications.

It's however a rare occurrence. And for the entire stock to have been this affected, human negligence played a part.

Which feeds do you think is the best in the market?

TheFarmer1:
I created this account so as to give practical steps to break into the Poultry Industry in Nigeria. I have seen posts/ threads about poultry production here on Nairaland, but I am yet to see threads that have given hands-on practical approach on how you can raise poultry birds- Broilers, layers and others, without fear of losing your money.

This thread will be updated from time to time. It will be some kind of place where you, as a budding farmer or someone who wants to take a chance in this industry, can go to, to get a tip or two, so as to be on track in whatever activity you are engaged in.

It will be a mixture of Practical as well as Theoritical Steps to keep you in the game.

My name is TheFarmer1. I have been in the poultry business for about 4 years and i am more than willing to give you what you need to succeed in this endeavor.

what is the least capital one can invest in this business with? Thank you.

Ok...

Because it is a good venture. Start small and learn the ropes then expamd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV7scM9NXDQ

TheFarmer1:
I like to be very practical and feasible. Not everybody have N2,000,000 or more to start a poultry farm or business. Some people have less that N100,000 to kickstart the journey. The question is, is that N100,000 or N50,000 enough to start something? That is the question. I say YES. N50,000 can start you off on a journey that can rake in millions over time. Poultry Production isn't a Ponzi scheme, neither is it a get rich quick kind of business. You can get rich. Yes! You can become quite rich but it does take determination to get there.

It takes time too. Yes. A lot of time, I must say. It actually takes time and patience to hit it. You practically watch these animals grow from day 1 till the day you feel you are ready to make some money out of them. If you are the type that can't be patient, maybe this business isn't for you. Trust me.

Keep an eye on this thread. More to come...

please this is my number 08064811410.. I am dam interested in rearing a broiler infact I have started but I need someone to educate me more.. Though I started with not less than 60,000.
Please what app me sir..

SyrusdeHansome:
When i remember how more than 500 of my dad's birds died in a space of one week i'm scared of venturing into poultry farming

Whoa! 500 is a lot. When I lost like 10 in a week, I knew how I felt.

YoungDaNaval:
Also remember to tell us about the risk involved

God

I am following this thread for future reference...

TheFarmer1:
Now that you have placed an order for your favorite broiler and you have a verified arrival date, what you need to do next is to set your brooder up for welcoming the birds. The arrival day is usually a day filled with all manner of expectations. First, if you are expecting the birds from a distant hachery, what happens if you open the carton and find out that you have 5 dead birds out of the 51 birds you expect in a carton? What happens if you find out that a good number of the birds in your carton are down with some kind of paralysis? What happens if the bus carrying your consignment is involved in some kind of accident?

This is the reason why I said that the arrival day is filled with a lot of expectations. This is also the reason why you must buy from a verified vendor. That way, you know who to hold responsible if your birds don't arrive in one piece.

sir,pls what if I have in mind for rearing them for 6 wks and u sale them off..how many bags of feeds can one buy at 6wks.

Poultry, a suicide vocation.

jmoore:
Anyone advising you now to enter poultry business is a bad adviser.

It will be bad too if you advise anyone to eat chicken and eggs now.

School has resumed, soon demand for egg will surge.

Beautiful writeup you have here.

Can you please post the picture of a broiler at 3 weeks and that at 9weeks?

Thanks

TheFarmer1:
Experience has shown me that the survivability of day old chicks tend to increase if they are raised from DAY 1 on a platform that can only be accessed using your hands. We tend to wash our hands more often than our feet or legs, making our hands cleaner, to a large extent, than our feet. When you raise day old chicks on the ground, you have to walk into the brooder, making it very, very easy to spread diseases that can easily kill those young birds. On the flipside, when you raise these birds on a raised platform, you only access the birds using just your hands.
You get the gist now, right?

Most times you should have 100% survivability in the brooder if you follow this method.

Sir how much can one sale it at 6wks.

TheFarmer1

Beautiful writeup you have here.

Can you please post the picture of a broiler at 3 weeks and that at 9weeks?

Thanks

Dear TheFarmer1

Beautiful writeup you have here.

Can you please post the picture of a broiler at 3 weeks and that at 9 weeks?

Thanks

Na WA oh


All this write up for chicken ....
How much is a full chicken in Nigeria?
Here it's only 1000 to max 4500 naira depend on size
Growing up we bought little chicks, fed them corn and water and by December it's be dutty!

YoungDaNaval:
Also remember to tell us about the risk involved

I think this was due to flooding

pls drop your contact number

TheFarmer1:
Now that your birds have arrived and have taken in glucose water for at least an hour, introduce the nutritious broiler super starter feed into their feeder. For 100 birds, you need to have between 8-10 feeders and 4 drinkers. These will be enough to ensure the birds have unrestricted access to food and water.

Closely monitor them intermittently. Look out for birds that aren't drinking. Dip their beak into the drinker. This will give them a headstart to take in water. While you do all these, make sure you sustain the heat coming from your heat source. Place the heat source in a central place so that the warmth can circulate evenly. Monitor your brooder temperature using the thermometer. Temperature should range between 34-37 degree celcius. If you don't have a thermometer, closely look at the birds. If they are crowded together and making chirpy sounds, it means that the heat isn't enough. You may have to increase warmth. If they are evenly spread out, it means the temperature is good enough. If alternatively the birds are dispersed to corners of the brooder, panting and aren't feeding and drinking, it means the temperature is too high and you must reduce the heat.

Whatever you do within the first 24 hours of the arrival of the birds goes a long way in determining if you will have a successful brooding or not.

Hello, please i am interested in chicken production ( broilers and layers.
I just want to start small by constructing cage and rearing them in the cage.
I need guidelines on how to go about it, you can reach me on : Zero Eight 1 2 -one 9 eight twenty-two 9 seven

TongueTwista:


This is a resultant effect of one of two things:

- contaminated feed or poisoned water.
- expired vaccination vials or medications.

It's however a rare occurrence. And for the entire stock to have been this affected, human negligence played a part.

It happened in South Africa, it’s as a result of power outage for days

Inflation is a thing to consider, as at now poultry isn’t profitable

Corn is 50k+

TheFarmer1:
Before welcoming your birds, you should have the routine energy boosters like glucose handy. You should also have your multivitamins and antibiotics accounted for. These items will make your brooding experience seemless.

Thank u very much @TheFarmer1.
Pls can u give us the name of those energy boosters,glocuse, multivitamin and antibiotics.
Thanks

Noted