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world1:
Am planning on doing a free range rabbit and Grasscutter farm but currently under studying a friends farm in Australia.

I will share the picture once I start.

Nice one. You can also post some pictures that u av gotten from ur friend's farm or tutor us on some of what you have learnt so far sir.

teflondoncuzo:
I made 2, one has 3 compartment and the other is divided into 9 compartment. The one with nine is 2 by 1.7 and the one with 3 compartment is 2 by 5 feet

Thanks

Thats sad. What happened to the rabbit ?@dyoungforester

FarmTech:
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15k? Chicken feed will do, but I'll not advise such expense. U hav to consider selling price too.

Which of the feeds bro? Though i think layers mash will be better because of the calcium content in it.

teflondoncuzo:
I made each 15k

Plz what is the dimension of the cage?

@op, how much is it to construct this kind of cage?

@op, confirm the stocking density of the fishes, especially the 500 to adulthood.

ogbongenet:
Gud moni pals,i will like to share my ideal in poultry farming must esp. In d area of medication/vaccination because dis is one major area new comas get it wrong and get dere fingers burnt.
Day1:Marek vacc(s/c).this shld b given to dem @ hatchry(5naira per bird).Getting to ur brooding pen u give dem multivitamin or glucose just ease transportaion stress.
Day 2-5:multivitamins and antibiotics.
Day 6-8:Anti-coccidiosis and vitamins.
Day 9: Gumboro vaccine.
Day 10:vitamins.
Day 11-13:Anti-coccidiosis and vitamins.
Day 14:Lasota vacc mix wit milk(cow bell)
Day15-20:vitamins.
Day 21:2nd Gumboro vacc.
Day 25-27: vitamins.
Day 28:2nd lasota.
Day29-33:Anticoccidiosis and vits.
Day 42: Dewormer.
Pls when administring vaccine handle wit extra care,if possible ask d vet doctor or practicing farmer to help u out.My fellow comrade dnt allow any body or factors to discourage u to farm,d future of dis is farming,dose guy doin fine boy today will surely come back to farm by den we go don become Baba so dey hv to pay us our own share frm dere Yahoo money,gba be...i will also like to tell u dt notin dat u ar rearing dt doesnt sell,to my greatest surprise a woman came to my farm to buy my local puppies(badoo) and she saw my local duck and she said she do buy duck also,my brodas i sold 43 small small ducks @ d rate of 1200 par 1,immediately pepper soup dey aungry me...lol
My Guy meet u @ d Top..

Plz Is this vaccination for layers? What about cockerels and broilers or does this apply to all.

Wow... Thats lovely. So many on one stalk

Not true!.... We have heard all this old stories about quail farming. It just misleads so many people.

Adesiji77:
Thanks for your response. The project is not mine but belongs to a colleague's client. The client is looking at 8 earthen ponds for the 50,000 juveniles.

Please can you break the "N15m for 6 months" down for me to say, how much kg of feeds they will consume weekly/monthly at Month 1, Month 2, etc and the associated monthly costs (kg times cost per unit) to enable prepare a reasonable cashflow projection.

Cc: daclemx, opeaceo, FarmTech

I'm sorry, i cant really say how much they will consume daily, weekly or monthly. Maybe others can help. I usually feed my fishes to satiation at each meal and I have never used the feeding per body weight method to feed my fishes which would have enabled me to answer your question. In my own case, the feed quantity varies depending on the water quality at the time of feeding, time of the day and batch of fish stocked. But you will need about 60 tonnes of feed to feed the number of fishes you are talking about.

sirfarouk:
@BELEXYFARMS How much does fingerlings cost and what size of collapsible tank can cater for about 300 fishes?

It can cost between N10 to 15. It all depends on the seller. In Lagos, its usually N10 though.
A 12ft × 8ft × 3ft depth pond will comfortably take about 350 fishes.

WhoBeThisMan:
Oga belexyfarms abeg no mind that guy, kpako dey come form ajebutter for here. Comot for road jor.
Oga belexy, how much do they buy millange now? How much does it cost to raise them to millange level? And is the sales of millange still good?

Melange is between N370 to N400 per kilo now. It all depends on your bargaining power and your location. It will cost you about N150 per fish to raise to melange level at 3months; could be way less than this if you get a good breed of fish and if your farm practices are on point. Yes, melange farming is good but try to rear a lot at once. Your profit comes from the turnover rate.

Atlantian:
Then I will eat more catfish and not mudfish. Thanks

Catfish is also called mudfish bro

N. B. The OP is rearing catfish in his pix.


Have a nice Sunday sir. Ciao!

Atlantian:
I agree, I am ignorant in fish farming, but any fish from such dirty ravine is not entering my mouth, I will prefer monsanto fish or the freshwater shark to those. Spare me the mumbo jumbo, I am not interested.

Okay, just thought I should let you know so that when next you eat 'fresh water' fish you will have an idea of how they are farmed

N. B. Catfish is a fresh water fish

Atlantian:
No, but I damn well know they are not from this kind of dirty place.

The more you talk, the more you sound ignorant and its obvious you dont know anything about fish farming. Well just to educate you a bit : fish ponds cannot be 'sparkling' clean. There are different types of ponds. Some small fish ponds dat are plastic tanks in the back yard can be clean. Some fish ponds that use the recirculatory system will be 'sparkling' clean too because thats intensive fish farming. Besides, after the OP harvests the fishes, the pond will be washed and treated in preparation for the next stocking of small fish (fingerlings). What you are seeing here is the pond at its peak period; those fishes look ready for harvesting. Generally fish ponds are fertilized with manure (poultry manure or cow dung) before the fish are stocked in the pond. Non-organic fertilizer can also be used. The manure helps to fertilize the ponds and the growth of algae shows the pond is fertilized. Visit any big fish farm especially the people that use earthen ponds so that you will be more informed of how they prepare their pond for stocking. For your information, theres something called integrated farming whereby you raise different lifestock together. On very big farms in some countries, the waste from poultry (chicken poo ), pig poo etc are directed into the fish pond to serve as food for the fishes.
Let us encourage the OP with our words instead of us trying to discourage him. He is just trying to make a honest living with what he is doing.

Adesiji77:
Well done OP, your entrepreneurial drive is encouraging. May God bless your efforts.

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Please, how much will it cost to feed 50,000 juveniles for 6 months?
What is the average consumption like daily/weekly/monthly? What other costs should be factored in for a project of this size? I want to work on a cashflow projection for a proposed fish farm and your input would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Thats a massive number of fishes. The amount of feed consumed daily or weekly will change as they grow. It will cost abt 15 million naira to feed 50,000 fishes for 6 months. I am assuming you are using earthen ponds for this right?

aflyingbird:
good job, but the pond and water look dirty. water level in the pond is low too

Water level is low because he is doing some work in the pond.... Either sorting, harvesting or simply changing the water.
Thats the way a used fertilized pond will look like. It cannot be 'sparkling clean'. U will see algae on the walls which in itself is not bad but rather advantageous to the fishes.

Goldenboy842:
Okay I'll reduce it to the bearest minimum but not free.
Thnks a lot for your words of wisdom.

Okay.... You are welcome.

atoleybaba:
it is stressful not that dy are making it look like it...the job is not for lazy and carefree person

Exactly... Pple just assume its so easy wt no stress... It should be a full time job (depending on the number of fishes you have). Apart from the physical stress, you also have to deal with the mental/emotional stress involved

urchbarbie:
pls which one is broodstock?. my dad has a fish pond too and his has been dis long type

The fish that you will use to spawn. Plz ensure that the fish is 'long' as a result of its genetic make up and not as a result of starvation.

kunlesufyan:
Hows the rabbit market in Nigeria ?cos I only know of grasscutter..do people readily buy rabbit to eat during festive period ?

Not necessarily during festive period but people do buy rabbits. Its a delicacy.

samshoz:
Thats no flemish giant, you need to see mama Agege's rabbit. its almost double that size, dyoungforester can attest to this.

I thought dyoungforester said mama agege's rabbits are not flemish giants. Im now confused here.

Nice one bro

God have mercy!

Ofcourse he is a fraudster. I pointed this out sometime ago on a fish thread. The fool was deceiving people and advertising fish feed with 70% crude protein. I know people would have fallen for his scam.

What annoys me the most is that nairaland authorities are doing nothing about all this fraudsters on their site. Nairaland has become a haven for fraudsters. So much fraudsters advertising sales of admission forms into school of nursing and other tertiary institutions and yet nothin is done about all this. They need to have a dedicated moderator that goes round forums deleting and blocking frausters.

jam04:
I think we need to discuss more on earthen and artificial ponds, so many people are making mistakes

Looking forward to learn frm the discussions. Start rolling sir

Goldenboy842:
Yes, it's 20000 naira. From the brooding stage, drugs, vaccines to maturity of 8weeks or 10 weeks.

Bros, 20K to coach/teach her
Coach her free of charge. God will bless you. Im sure all she needs is to probably visit ur farm if its near her, learn a few things there and every other thing will be done on whatsapp as she asks u questions from time to time concerning the growth and health of her birds. If theres need to go to her farm and consult/supervise, then u can charge a fee based on ur discretion.
You will be surprised that u will gain much more in the long run by just assisting people.

Calyb:
@Apitch, you can not tell the actual length of a pond on an image. Proper measurement was taken before digging was carried out. Don't worry, before friday, you will start to see the wonders been done. 10ftx10ft concrete pond will comfortably accomodate 1000 catfish from fingerlings to adult stage. Though, thanks for the recommendation.

Hello sir, good job you are doing there and more blessings on ur endeavours. Just thought i should also give my observations since you gave us permission to air our thoughts/observation. Your 10*10*4 pond would NOT comfortable take 1000 fingerlings to adulthood unless you are doing regular/almost constant flow through. Yes, you can stock a thousand in that but you will not get optimal growth and the fishes will be stunted, not to talk of the regular illnesses that will arise because of over-crowding. A point will come that even within a day of changing water, the water becomes so polluted and saturated wt ammonia and carbondioxide that the fishes will not eat maximally the next day. I have bigger ponds than yours and i have experiened what i am telling you.
I read somewhere in one of ur comments that ur aim is an average weight of 1kg fish in 3 - 4months, well to be honest it might not really be possible especially since u are stocking from fingerlings. Truthfully, some will even be bigger than 1.2kg at 4months but most of ur fishes will be well below that range and when u take the average, u might not hit 1kg. Forget all the stories u av heard. When u start the fish farming you will see that theory/internet fairy tales are completely different from reality. If u really want that size of fish, then definitely you should NOT put 1000 in that pond and you will need to be doing flow through regularly to get optimal growth of 1kg in the 3 - 4months u av targetted, provided you get very good seeds, preferably the 1st sorting from the spawning.
All the best sir. Ciao.

Afrocatalyst, nice one sir. Maybe you should direct all the visitors from ur other topic to this one. I was momentarily confused when i saw a similar topic and same author but the comments by posters different.