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8 SOLID WAYS GOAT FARMING CAN LIFT YOU OUT OF POVERTY
Goat farming is capable of lifting you and your family out of poverty if done correctly.



The points outlined in this article will be of great help to you.



Over the years especially in developing countries, I have seen many families struggle to earn a living trying their hands on different ventures or businesses.



Especially livestock rearing some of them make substantial progress while most of them end up giving up or discouraged.



How I wish they will understand how lucrative and profitable goat farming could be.



And the simple truth is that goat farming can lift them out of poverty and improve their financial status significantly.



I remember vividly in those days while growing up, hearing people referring to goat as the “poor man’s cow”.



These are due to its numerous and outstanding qualities. Goat farming if done properly is an excellent source of income and livelihood for the family.



It is very suitable in areas where there is a shortage of land or space, they can be managed on a small piece of land.



You will watch them multiple considerable and subsequently lift you out of poverty. It may sound simple but that’s the gospel truth.

for further reading: https://bnethub.com/goat-farming-out-poverty/

10 Simple Ways you can Effectively Lower Your High Blood Pressure
When it comes to preventing high blood pressure, the idea is to focus on the risk factors that you can change.



Apart from your age, family history, and ethnicity are among the hypertension risk factors that are beyond your control.



Which includes living a healthy lifestyle and be cautious of what you take in when it comes to food, drinks and nutritional needs of your body.



With proper discipline and determination, you can prevent or lower your blood pressure.
What is high blood pressure?
High blood pressure, or hypertension, occurs when there is an increase of arterial pressure in the body.



It is most common when the arteries connected to the heart becomes partially blocked, and it’s unable to pump blood effectively around the body.



This increases the workload of the heart making it highly pressured. This may eventually cause health problems, such as heart diseases.



The following are key points to help reduce or prevent hypertension



Maintaining a Healthy Body Weight will go a long way in reducing High blood pressure
With proper discipline and determination, a healthy body weight can be achieved.



for further Reading: https://bnethub.com/high-blood-pressure/

Noiler Farming In Nigeria, the New Game Changer
Noiler farming in Nigeria has come to stay, especially for those seeking to attain economic and financial stability.



Visiting and having a first-hand experience on a free-range Noiler farm on the outskirt of Minna the Niger state capital, has aroused in us an unwavering love for this colorful, good looking breeds of chicken.



Allowed to roam around on a 5-hectare plot of land, provides a wonderful relaxing scenery that will rekindle your passion for poultry. And your zeal to start rearing Noiler chickens.



Noilers are undoubtable very lovely and beautiful birds to behold they come in different shades of colors, male and female alike.



If you love colors, if you love varieties, if you love organic farming, if you love rearing both meat and egg birds at the same time. And you have a large expanse of land, then Noiler farming is your best bet.



You can augment their feed, especially in the mornings and evenings with a balance ration to supplement any nutritional deficiency. This will reduce the financial burden of feeding them.



And you can go semi-intensive also, Noiler birds do well under intensive deep litter farming as well.

for further reading: https://bnethub.com/noiler-farming-in-nigeria/

Drop-In Egg Production: 10 Ways to Make a Significant Improvement
Drop-in egg production are words that will always resonate in the mind of every egg-producing farmer.



There is nothing as beautiful and rewarding as picking your eggs and having your basket full almost every day. As soon as your laying hens start laying.



The joy and excitement that comes with it cannot be overemphasized. These joy and excitement can be short-lived.



If stringent or concerted effort is not put in place. To sustain and maintain constant egg production in your flock throughout their laying period.



Drop-in egg production has succeeded in discouraging a lot of farmers. Especially new farmers that are not financially buoyant to survive the period of drop in egg production.



In the case of an eventual drop in egg production, if your aim is to make a profit from your farm then you cannot afford to experience a long period of drop in egg production.



From practical experience drop in egg production is not a good experience. It can frustrate and discourage you. Drop-in egg production is an integral part of egg production.



Allowing it to persist for a very long time can lead to quitting egg production altogether.



Serious measures have to be taken by the farmer to curtail the situation before it will lead to serious economic loss.
Several factors are outline to help you understand and overcome these crises in your farm:



1. Weather Condition
Chickens tend to reduce or increase their feed consumption in extreme weather conditions.



Especially during winter or the cold months, they eat more to keep warm. At extremely high temperatures, they eat less especially in the hot afternoons until when the weather is favorable.



And if they don’t feed adequately their egg production drops. For a good farmer, you may have to prepare ahead to combat this situation.



Having reserve, in terms of money or feed so that, if they don’t lay adequately you don’t have to go broke completely.



At least you will still have some feed to give them, pending when the weather condition will improve and they are restored back to normal egg production.

for further reading: https://bnethub.com/drop-in-egg-production/

Cockroaches, Housefly and Bed bugs: How to Deal with This Annoying Visitors in Our Homes.
what are these cockroaches, housefly and bed bugs looking for here? At one time or the other, you must have uttered these statements. Their sight and sound could be annoying and frustrating.



How on earth this bed bug did get into this house or what are all these cockroaches looking for here.



The honest truth is that most times you don’t have to invite any of them before they get into your home.



Some of our actions or inactions will always invite them into our homes.



Sadly enough they carry disease-causing germs with them as they come into our homes.

Why you need to get rid of houseflies in your home
If several flies settled on top of an uncovered food. let’s say between three (3) to five (5) hours, studies have shown that they can deposit over millions of germs on that uncovered food.



We can fully understand why so many people fall sick, from diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, etc.



When the foods they eat are so easily exposed and contaminated by flies.



If you are careless with your personal hygiene and surroundings to allow flies into your home then be prepared to suffer the consequences.



I strongly believe that it is not your desire to allow these unwanted visitors into your home.



You should understand the fact that houseflies do not only carry germs on their feet, legs and wings alone but also inside their bodies.



Each fly has a sort of pouch, like a small bag or reservoir which it fills when it’s feeding.



After having a full meal at some filthy rubbish dump or sites the fly wings its way to some more comfortable spot, where it can rest and digest its meal.



There the housefly transfers this filthy material in the pouch to its own stomach, often leaving parts of the meal behind anywhere it previously settled.



This is what causes what is normally referred to as fly spots on walls and ceilings. Unfortunately even on your food that you are about to eat if left uncovered.



Read: Germs: How To Protect Yourself And Your Family From These Dangerous Enemies

for further reading:https://bnethub.com/cockroaches-housefly-bed-bugs/

Six (6) Unique Advantages of Rearing Rabbit over Poultry farming
The advantages of rabbit rearing over poultry is enormous, especially when you are running on a low budget. It is an important live-stock venture with a great prospect and scope for expansion. Rabbit rearing is relatively easy to start.



You can easily garner the available and existing facilities previously used for other livestock activities.



Rabbit rearing is indisputably rewarding and takes little space and financial input especially when it comes to feeding them, compared to poultry farming.
Advantages of Rabbit Farming:


One of the Unique Advantages of Rearing is the fact that Rabbits Are Highly Prolific


Depending on how you mate them they breed about eight times in a year. It has been said that before you start breeding and rearing rabbits. Ensure that you have enough space and place to accommodate them.



Rabbits are wonderful creatures that can easily mate, breed and multiply before you realized it, you have more than you can handle. Except your major aim is to go into commercial business with your Rabbit venture.
for further reading: https://bnethub.com/advantages-of-rearing-rabbit/

Rice plant (Oryza sativa) is one of the most widely grown cereal crops in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Currently, rice and wheat are the only two cereal crops competing for prime places.



Rice is one of the world’s most important food crops more than half of the people in the world eat this grain as the main part of their meals, mostly rice is very popular in Asia.



Rice is a cereal grain like other cereal grains, including wheat, corn, and oats, rice plant to the grass family.



But unlike other grains, rice grows best in shallow water. Rice thrives in many tropical areas because of its warm, wet climate.



Farmers usually flood rice fields to supply the growing plants with moisture and to kill weeds and other pests. China and India are the worlds leading rice-producing countries. Together they produce more than half of the world’s yearly rice harvest.
The Rice Plant
Young rice plants have a bright green color. As the grain ripens, these plants turn golden yellow. The grain becomes fully ripe from 110 to 180 days after planting depending on the variety.



Structure



The main parts of mature rice plants are the



Roots


Stems


Leaves


Head


A system of slender roots supports the plant’s hollow stems. Each stem has at least five or six joints from which the long, narrow leaves grow the head, also known as the panicle grows from the top joints.



The panicle holds the kernels. That is the seed or grain of the rice plants each panicle carries from 60 to 150 kernels.

for further reading:[i][/i] https://bnethub.com/rice-plant-production-cultivation-uses/

Before Starting Poultry Farming Know That You Are Dealing With Living Things
One important fact you should know before starting poultry farming from day one is the realization that you are dealing with living things. Regardless of the fact that they are animals.



They need all the comfort living things deserve to thrive and produce the desired results intended by the poultry farmer. Availability of quality clean drinking water, feed, shelter and prompt medication, and care.



From setting up some basic equipment to the brooding stage to raising the birds and marketing your business. You have to take every step seriously and wisely. Your diligence and dedication to your poultry business will always yield positive results in the long run.



Nevertheless, it is important to conduct a proper feasibility study before starting this business because reading this article is not enough.



When we ventured into poultry farming some years ago, with no proper knowledge and understanding of how to succeed. And to keep our birds healthy and above all make profits.



We made a lot of mistakes, incur some losses due to ignorance. But with time, we’ve learned a lot the hard way through costly and bitter mistakes.



You don’t have to trend our path, you have the privilege of learning from successful farmers around you and the basic points outlined in this article will be of tremendous help to you.



There are some important rules of the game, intricacies and basic knowledge we lack back then when we first started the poultry farming business.
To help you avoid the same mistake we made, here are very important points we wish we knew when we first started poultry farming:


1. Before Starting Poultry Farming, Endeavor to Provide Good Housing Facility to Your Birds.
Getting your poultry house design rights will to a large extent affects your success or failure in the future. These very important factor we took lightly when we were designing our poultry house back then.



Considering our location and weather condition it is a tropical hot climate. which entails that the housing designs suppose to be well ventilated from all sides of the building.



The blocks or woods depending on the building material used, from the ground floor, should not be more than three feet high.



The rest building up should be constructed with wire mesh, this is to enable enough ventilation. Due to the hot climatic condition.



Additional shade should also be provided close to the poultry house, preferable tall trees above the poultry shed where possible.



To reduce the intensity of sunlight especially during the dry hot seasons particularly in West African. Depending on the climatic condition of your region.



While in the arctic, polar and temperate regions of the world, they have their peculiarities. When it comes to the design and construction of their poultry shed.



The design has to suit the prevailing climatic and weather condition. To shield the birds from the adverse and extreme weather conditions in such regions of the world.

for further reading: https://bnethub.com/starting-poultry-farming/

How to Stay Free From Mouth Odor (Halitosis)
Nothing is more embarrassing than having a bad breath or mouth odor. To worsen the situation most people with this very embarrassing condition are not even aware of their problem.



Unfortunately, most of them get to know when a close friend eventually summoned up the courage to inform them.



If they are lucky to sense or notice a friend or someone they are talking to is not comfortable around them, or is constantly shifting or closing his/her nose in front of them whenever they talk.



You can imagine the depth of embarrassment you will experience with mouth odor.



Halitosis or bad breath as it is popularly known could emanate from an oral or non-oral source.



Studies according to the American library of medicine have shown that at least about 50% of the general population had had bad breath (halitosis) in their lifetime.

How to know you are having bad breath (Halitosis)


You would notice a foul-smelling pus, giving an offensive odor to your breath in most cases.


Most times when you notice a bad taste in your mouth, it is an indication something is wrong with your breath.


If you are sensitive enough you will notice people you talk to are hiding or closing their nose in front of you, as a result of the foul smell mouth odor coming out from your mouth.


If you are lucky enough a close and honest friend will inform you of your problem (mouth odor).


You could experience dryness in your mouth.


Or coating on the tongue
The following reasons will help you understand why you are having mouth odor (Halitosis)


Eating a certain type of food can cause mouth odor
The process of breaking down food particles in and around your teeth can increase the activities of bacteria and cause a foul smell.



Eating certain foods with a strong smell such as onion, garlic, and spices can result in bad breath, mouth odor.



After eating and digesting these foods they enter into your bloodstream and are also carried to your lungs, as a result, it affects your breath too.

for further Reading:https://bnethub.com/mouth-odor-halitosis/

Yam refers to a member of the family of Di oscorea ceae which is a staple food, ceremonial crop, and cash/export crop for Nigerians. The family is made up of 6 genera with over 600 species of which few are edible.
The species commonly grown in Nigeria are

– Dioscorea rotundata (white yam)



– Dioscorea cayenensis (Yellow yam)



– Chinese yam)



– Diocorea bulbifera(Aerial yam)
It is a monocotyledonous, predominantly dioecious and herbaceous climbing crop grown in the wet to fairly high rainfall areas with a dry season of not more than 4 to 5 months in Nigeria.



Flowering is neither regular nor consistent in the crop. For instance, flowering does not occur in D.esculente, and D.bulfibera is completely staminate. In some cases, there is no flowering at all.



The Nigerian yam belts stretch from the humid rainforest in the south to the northern Guinea savannah of Nigeria.



About 42% of yams produced in Nigeria are produced in southern Nigeria. While a larger percentage of it is produced in the middle belt or central states of Nigerian.



Namely

– Benue state



– Niger state



– And Nasarawa state.

for further reading:https://bnethub.com/yam-tubers/

For you to be healthy, productive and in good shape comes with a price tag, that price tag is called commitment.



To remain healthy, productive and in good shape, you have to make some concerted and deliberate effort towards achieving your goal.



Having a good education, securing a wonderful job, a thriving business, a good house, a beautiful wife or a good husband with great kids are all the good things life has to offer if you work hard at it.



But if you are ever going to enjoy a good life, then you should not handle with levity your health.



Your health is a very important aspect of your life; most especially the food you eat. For you to continue to remain healthy, productive and in good shape.



You have to make some conscious and wise decision in determining what you eat, how you eat, where you eat and when you eat your food.



Also Read: Food that will keep you away from your doctor.



When you take the wrong decision most times, you find yourself moving from one hospital to other visiting different doctors all the time.



As a result of one sickness or the other, at times you cannot even figure out what is exactly wrong with your body. Because you are not sick enough to be admitted to the hospital or well enough to attend to your day to day activities.



You are dragging yourself around at times wishing you are dead.



In most cases, there could be some underlying factors that could be triggered by the presence of bacteria, parasites, fungi or some sort of hidden illnesses. That is why it is appropriate to sick proper medical examination and attention to determine the underlining cause of your illness.

Be Mindful of what you eat if you want to remain healthy, productive and in good shape


But in many others, the root cause of your problem could emanate from faulty diets, making bad choices. And spending your money and resources foolishly on things you eat that will add no value to your well-being.



Things such as alcohol, cigarette, snacks, fast foods, carbonated drinks, and canned foods the list goes on and on.



You may be interested in READING: Why Carbonated Drinks Is Not Good For You



If you will only apply the principles of good living to your life, make a careful study of what your body needs to fight diseases and stay healthy, productive and in good shape for a very long time.

for further reading:https://bnethub.com/healthy-productive-good-shape/

Your broody hens are capable of reducing your profit margin. Especially if your laying hens are kept solely for business and profit-making purposes.



When you notice a drop in egg production. It means a percentage or fraction of your laying hens have stopped laying eggs.



Read Also: Drop in egg production, 13 solid ways you can reduce it.



Always lying down to cover her eggs in an attempt to hatch the eggs, most times you have to force the bird to eat. Without any apparent evidence of disease. These can be attributed to broodiness.



This behavior can be very frustrating to both the farmer and the broody hen.



The simple fact is that the eggs can never be hatch because they are not fertilized eggs.



The farmer is left to battle with a drop in egg production which will adversely affect his profit margin. While the broody hen will continue to brood on the eggs for eternity except something is done.



Broodiness is the tendency or behavior of an egg-laying hen to sit or cover her eggs with the aim of hatching them.



This could be a wonderful experience for the chicken owner if your sole aim is to have baby chicks and watch them grow. Especially for backyard and small flock owners.

for further reading: https://bnethub.com/broody-hen-reduce-profit-margin/

Why Eating Dates Can Improve Your General Well Being
Eating dates fruits can be incredibly beneficial for your health. The human body is amazingly engineered to function smoothly. And to replace worn-out tissues and stay healthy.



It all depends on you, on your lifestyle, what you eat and how you eat it, if you eat carelessly then your body would fall sick. And if not properly taken care of you will eventually die.



By that time even the best modern pills provided by medical science cannot save you.



Fortunately for all of us, some of these fruits, and food that will naturally replace our worn-out tissue, and improve our general well-being are readily available and affordable.



We simply neglect them and focus on food that has no real nutritional value. Food such as fast foods, snacks that are attractively packaged and sold in our supermarkets or grocery stores.



Phoenix dactylifera is one of the most important and unique fruits commonly known as dates. It is very rich in various nutrients, fiber, and serves as antioxidants. Dates are grown in many tropical regions of the world.



Studies have revealed that by eating dates moderately you are preventing and treating various health conditions. Dates are known to have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-tumor characteristics.



The first time I ate these very nutritious fruits was in northern Nigeria, in Kano state to be precise. On a visit to a Muslim friend, during the Ramadan fasting period.



It is a period of fasting for Muslims and dates fruits are consumed more during this fasting period.



The following reasons are why you should eat dates more due to its rich nutritional and preventive characteristics of many illnesses and diseases:

for further reading:https://bnethub.com/eating-dates-9-health-benefit/

To your utter dismay and disappointment, you discovered that your laying hens are breaking, eating and drinking their eggs. After 21 weeks or more of anxiously waiting to pick your first farm fresh eggs from your laying hens.



This can be a very disappointing and painful experience. This problem of egg eating and breaking is not uncommon and it is very possible to prevent and stop it completely.



If your laying hens are eating, drinking and breaking their eggs, you need to discourage them and break this habit immediately. The longer you wait to correct this habit, the harder it will take to cure them of this terrible habit.



If your chickens have started pecking at each other. And are involved in eating and breaking their eggs, something must have prompted this behavior. And several very important measures need to be taken to curb this frustrating behavior:
Factors That May Be Responsible for your laying hens eating and breaking their eggs
Lack of, or inadequate nesting place and materials: Inadequate provision of nest may lead to your laying hens eating and breaking their eggs. Place the nesting box in a dark and quiet place within the pen. Chickens may begin to scramble and compete for where to lay eggs, especially at the early stage of laying their eggs. These may lead to egg breakage, eating and drinking.


Overcrowding may lead to your laying hens eating and breaking their eggs: Lack of adequate space in the coop might lead to stress and stress might aggravate egg breaking and drinking.


Nutritional deficiency: For chickens to effectively lay eggs they need a certain amount of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals to lay more eggs. When their feed is deficient in protein, vitamin D, and calcium it may result in poor quality eggshells.


Inadequate calcium in the feed may result in a weak shell and when the shell is weak it can easily break. This may also lead to your laying hens eating and breaking their eggs.



Stress-related causes: Provide additional shade diagonally in the chicken coop to avoid directs sunlight entering the chicken coop when chicken is exposed to the direct rays of the sun especially in the afternoon.


It can be very stressful for the chicken and is capable of aggravating all the conditions that can lead to egg eating, egg breaking, etc. and beside egg-laying chicken prefer to lay their eggs in a dark safe environment.

Hard, solid floors: Floor raised layers are more prone to egg eating. Provide good litter material for your birds, in case of floor eggs, the eggs will not easily break. Provide soft material in their nesting place such as soft dry grass, softwood shavings to serve as cushion for eggs. To avoid your laying hens eating and breaking their eggs
for further reading
source:https://bnethub.com/why-your-laying-hens-eating-breaking-eggs/

How Planting Fruits Trees Can Help Your Family.
I remember some years back when a friend visited me at home, and saw some trees I just recently planted within the compound, he wasn't impressed instead he advise me to plant fruit trees.
He said planting fruit trees will help my family a lot in the long run. Because fruits trees will serve among others two important purposes, by providing shade at the same time serve as a source of nutritious vitamins and minerals.
Planting trees is very important and good, but planting not just ordinary trees, but planting fruit trees is far more important than you could ever imagine.
With a lot of jingles, campaigns and awareness to plant trees to save the planet from desert encroachment, deforestation, erosion, and even climate change, etc.
These are all quite important points or reasons to plant trees, but you will have far too important benefits, in fact, several benefits. When you plant fruit trees in your compound or community.
With the current world population standing at over 7.5 billion people. From the US Bureau world population estimate in June 2019. The simple implication is that we would have more mouth to feed than ever before.
Governments in several countries have failed their citizens especially in developing countries in the world. They have failed in providing basic amenities, infrastructures to fast track development. Talk less of providing food security for its citizenry.
Most of these countries now depend on foreign aid for sustenance, which is rather unfortunate.

Take Charge of Your Life by Planting Fruits Trees for Yourself and Your Family
Now you have a basic responsibility as an individual or a family owner by planting fruit trees. To provide food security to your family your community and your country in general.

for further reading
source:https://bnethub.com/why-important-plant-fruits-trees/

When it comes to attaining success in poultry farming, it is pertinent to all poultry farmers to endeavor to avoid cutting corners in poultry production.



Virtually all poultry farmers especially backyard and small flock homestead owners have had one bitter experience or the other during their learning curve. And to a larger extent, it has everything to do with cutting corners to maximize profit.

The success of any poultry venture has to do with three cardinal points:


Health of the birds.


The quantity and quality of the feed used.


Housing facility.
Avoid Cutting Corners in Poultry Production As Regards the Health of the Birds


Several years back when we started poultry farming at a subsistence level we never considered buying drugs for our birds to be a serious issue.



We lost several of our birds to this common and highly preventable disease coccidiosis.



When you live in a humid wet region especially during the raining season, coupled with a leaking roof or poorly constructed chicken coop that allows raindrops into the chicken coop. Thereby making the litter damp and wet.



Which of course is a breeding ground for oocysts to thrive, the protozoan that courses coccidiosis. There are good effective drugs that will effectively handle coccidiosis and other bacterial related diseases.



As a poultry farmer, you have to avoid cutting corners in poultry production. You have to do anything within your powers to provide good quality drugs for your birds. Drugs from a reputable company such as kepro.



You will see a lot of farmers trying to cut corners in poultry production in their quest to maximize profit thereby using a cheaper home mixed remedy that is not very effective in curing such disease.



Which if care and prompt action are not taking these will lead to economic and financial losses on the part of the poultry farmer.



Anticoccidial drugs and other antibiotics have undergone a lot of research, test and had been proven to be very effective in curing poultry diseases.

It is highly advisable to avoid cutting corners in poultry production and to use these drugs to:
To curtail disease outbreak


To reduce the suffering of your birds


To save the farmer from more economic and financial losses that may arise from the death of more birds


To ameliorate wasting away and lack of weight gain especially in broiler birds.
for further reading
source:https://bnethub.com/avoid-cutting-corners-poultry-production/

We are often presented with beautiful well-packaged vitamins and dietary supplements, with a lot of promises that they can cure and remedy a lot of illnesses.



The manufacturers of these products make extravagant promises about the abilities and properties of their drugs.



With convincing publicity about their potential benefits, born out of the desire to make more profit.



The truth of the matter is that most of these claims are not backed up by clinical research.



Therefore a lot of consumers are not aware of the possible harmful effects of such vitamins and dietary supplements on their body system.

Nutrition is a major factor that influences your health, well-being, and your resistance to diseases. Individuals who rely on vitamins and dietary supplements to guarantee their health.



May disregard other very important healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as appropriate exercise and a healthy natural organic diet intake.

source:https://bnethub.com/excessive-vitamins-dietary-supplements/

Protecting yourself and your family from poultry diseases that affect humans. Requires making serious effort on your part to achieve this feat.



With rising population, scarce resources, rising cost of living, shortage of food. And most importantly the rising unemployment rates in most parts of the world.



People are now looking for an alternative source of livelihood. And an additional source of income to meet their needs and that of their respective families.
Poultry farming is one of the most lucrative, most popular farming business ventures. It is capable of providing an alternative source of income.



A very good source of tasty farm fresh eggs and healthy meat. Especially if you want to grow your chicken and have a good source of protein for your family.



So many would-be farmers or already established farmers that are very excited about poultry farming. Are not even aware of the facts that their feathered friends or business partners (chickens ducks, guinea fowl, geese, etc).



Also READ: Why I love farming the inherent benefit in it

Even eggs can be infected and can also be a source of transmitting infectious poultry diseases that affect humans. These could be life-threatening if prompt action is not taken.



Too many people are becoming extremely passionate about their feathered friends. Without fully understanding the facts that they can be the source of some worrisome illnesses.



The following infectious poultry diseases that affect humans can be transmitted from poultry to humans if precautionary measures are not taken:
Salmonella, a Poultry Disease That Affects Humans.
It is a common bacterial infection that can be found in poultry birds like (chicken, duck, geese, etc.). Humans can get infected if proper care is not taking in handling those beautiful looking birds.



You can be infected by coming in contact with their droppings.


From eggs that are not well refrigerated or cleaned.


Not washing hands properly after feeding or taking care of your birds. It is expected that before eating. You wash your hands with a sanitizer or good toilet soup so as not to be infected with salmonella.

source:https://bnethub.com/poultry-diseases-that-affect-humans/

How to Achieve Optimal Poultry Production with Good Deep Litter Management practice
I remember back then when we started poultry farming newly with limited knowledge on proper deep litter management.



We lost more than half of our flock to coccidiosis due to wet litter. As a result of faulty roof leakage, this provided a conducive environment for the Oocysts to thrive.
A deep litter management system is a method of raising poultry birds kept in confinement. It is based on the repeated spreading of straw or sawdust material in an initial layer of litter about 4 inches deep.



As the birds defecate and soil the material. The material absorbs the moisture new layers of litter are continuously added by the farmer to build up the litter to a depths of about 8”-12”
Diseases associated with poor deep litter management
Poor deep litter management system, poultry shed with improper ventilation. A leaking roof that gives room for wet and damp litter condition. These can be a recipe for pathogens that affect bird performance.



High humidity, warm temperatures, and high pH favor the proliferation of pathogens in the litter. Which could lead to the following serious poultry diseases.



Avian influenza


Laryngotracheitis


gangrenous dermatitis


Gumboro


Reovirus


bronchitis and botulism


Parasites, such as roundworms, tapeworms, and coccidian


Poor deep litter management practice aggravates coccidiosis by providing the proper environment for oocysts to sporulate.


Necrotic enteritis


Increases the incidence of breast blisters, skin bums, scabby areas, bruising.
source:https://bnethub.com/how-to-achieve-optimal-poultry-production-with-good-deep-litter-management-practice/

Turning Defeat into Victory


Turning Defeat into Victory.


Look at the brighter Side of Life.


The Choice to Succeed is to a larger extent in your hands.


Turning Defeat into Victory
Failure and pain are synonymous to victory, knowing these simple facts will help you turn defeat into victory on your journey towards greatness.



Many of our most brilliant and great men and women have passed through great disappointment, failure, and frustration in life.



Instead of becoming depressed they have succeeded in turning defeat into victory.



READ: Depression 10 natural ways you can treat it



And have succeeded in creating and inventing some of the most useful and remarkable things known to man.
Examples of Great Men who have succeeded in turning their Defeat into Victory
For instance, Beethoven wrote some of his finest songs after he was completely deaf. Milton produced his most beautiful poems after he was blind. Many of us would feel hopeless, if we suddenly become deaf or blind, or incapacitated.



Though it’s only natural that you feel the pain, disappointment, and depression as a result of the sudden change that comes with certain disabilities and loss.



But these great men were able to enrich the entire human race by turning defeat into victory in spite of their disabilities and difficulties.

You might enjoy READING: The fear of starting, best strategy to use to overcome it



Why some people can meet the problem of life successfully while others fall far short of their ideals? To answer this you must, first of all, understand yourselves and why you react the way you do.



There are three major factors in the growth of the human mind namely



Heredity


Environment


And our response.


Heredity
These are known as inheritance or biological inheritance is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring. It is that great mass of inherited tendencies, good or bad.



In which we are born with and you have little or absolutely nothing to change or influence it.



These are more or less fixed and permanent, you can do nothing to change them. But you can always modify these hereditary tendencies if you so wish and desire.



Environment
By and large, your environment has some psychological effect on the way and manner you think.



Your family background, cultural believes and affinity, religious belief, the list goes on and on.



The people you interact with on a daily bases directly or indirectly influence your thinking.
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Best Practices to Employ when Feeding Your Rabbits for Maximum Profits
When feeding your rabbits just like humans, rabbits deserved healthy food, and a well-balanced diet to keep them healthy and productive.



Rabbits enjoy a good meal, you can feel and see it in them it makes them excited and happy. And I believe the goal of every prospective rabbit farmer is to see that his rabbits are full of life, healthy and are doing very well.
Here are some variety of feeds you can give to your rabbits to keep them healthy all year round and to help you succeed in your rabbit farming enterprise:

Also READ: Rabbit farming, profitability and best practices that will yield high result
Feeding your Rabbits with Pellets


Rabbits do well when you served them with a very good pellets from a reputable feed mill that contains all the necessary ingredients and nutrients.



Feeding them just corn, wheat offal, or maize bran and soybeans might not augur well for their health and survival.



It may not contain the necessary nutrients or vitamins that are all embedded in pellets.



Before using soybeans in your home-mixed feed, it should be properly roasted. Soybeans contain an enzyme called trypsin which is a growth inhibitor.



It interferes with protein digestion and is not suitable for rabbits and other farm animals.



Because this home-mixed feed should be discouraged using a good pelletized feed should be a better option.



Rabbits get excited when you served them with pellets they prefer it then mash. Nursing should be provided with some handfuls of pellets everyday with at least 18% protein contents.

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Paralysis, Lameness in Broiler Chickens, Causes, Prevention and Treatment.
Paralysis, lameness in broiler chickens, is more prevalent than you can imagine. My chickens can’t walk, they are lying flat, can’t reach their feet, their legs are twisted.

These are common phrases or comments you often hear from broiler farmers from time to time.

This condition can be very annoying and frustrating. Especially if you can’t figure out exactly what is responsible for the paralysis or lameness in your flock.

Paralysis or lameness in broiler chicken is one of the top welfare crises faced by many broiler farmers.

Despite improvements in genetics, health, and nutrition associated with broiler farming over the years.

Many chickens still end up with paralysis or lameness, while some are just partially paralyzed.

This condition should never be underestimated by any serious poultry farmer (especially those engaged in broiler farming business).

Once you treat it with levity you are risking the welfare and health of your chicken. As well as the product quality and profitability in the long run.

Paralysis and lameness are not uncommon among poultry farmers especially broiler farmers, a lot of factors are responsible.

The first thing to do is to understand the root cause of the condition. And the possible ways to reduce or stop the sufferings of the broiler chickens involved.

And restore them to good health, and also prevent feature occurrence of this condition.

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It is a fact that the foundation of every home is the woman. The peace, the wellbeing, economic management. And the education of the family depends on her to a very large extent.



All the activities that will help the family and channel it towards prosperity rest on her shoulder. If she is well cultured, peaceful and generous it will certainly reflect in her home.



There will be peace, love, and prosperity reflecting in the home, but the reverse will be the case if she is uneducated and careless in handling the affairs of the home.

Why You Must Educate Your Girl Child
1. Multitasking Jobs
Women are widely believed to be multitasking. They can handle so many tasks at the same time. Executing and overseeing jobs that are traditionally handled by men are also been handled by women today.



If given proper education and training. At the same time attends to the day to day needs of the family Women are found doing Jobs such as engineers, doctors, lawyers, and even entrepreneurs. They are very successful at it worldwide.



2. A Good and Healthy Home lies in her Hand
The Education and training of the girl child in the art of homemaking is far more important than you can ever imagine. For into her hands is committed the future and existence of the entire human race.



Every girl child should be given basic training in the general principles of health, child care, and first aid and home skills. The very success of the family, home, community and the entire nation depends on her.



There is no substitute for a well-groomed and cultured woman for her training and education is far more important than luxury and pleasure money can afford.



3. The Education of the Girl child Benefit All
The improvement of the socio-economic wellbeing of the entire family educated women with good education secure themselves good jobs.



Thereby improving the wellbeing of their family and those around them, escaping poverty. Living a healthier and better life compared to her less-educated counterpart.



4. When the Girl child is Educated she will Fight Injustice
When the girl child is educated she is equipped with the right tool to fight inequality, injustice, rape, sexual and domestic violence. She knows the appropriate authority to meet when confronted with such vices in the society.

READING: Simple ways to prevent quarrel among your children

To crown it all, she cannot tolerate injustice in the society she lives in, talk less in her immediate family.

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Aspergillosis is an infectious respiratory disease with severe and devastating effects on poultry farms. It is often referred to in some quarters as the disease of the young bird. Though it can affect birds of all ages.

Once aspergillosis has infected a particular farm. Most especially if a farmer is ignorant or handles the infection with levity. It can cost a devastating and enormous economic loss to the farmer.



Which may lead to frustration. And disappointment, especially if he is just joining the farming business. The diseases are caused by a fungus, aspergillus fumigates.

Species of Birds Affected
It affects virtually all birds from

Chicken


Turkeys


Quail


Ducks


Geese, and so on.


Young chicks are more susceptible to this wasting disease of poultry.



Inexperience farmers often confused the symptoms of this disease with other diseases of poultry. Such as chronic respiratory disease, Newcastle disease, etc or other infectious respiratory diseases of poultry.

Clinical Signs
Chicks infected with aspergillosis look depressed and thirsty.


Grasping for breath and breathing rapidly.


They look very thin and have cloudy eyes.


Clicking noises.


Inappetance: the birds lack the appetite to eat.


Wasting: No appreciable gain in weight


Lethargy


Coughing


Aspergillosis may lead to the eventual death of the birds infected. And with a mortality rate of the flock between the range of 5 to 50%. And in some cases of up to about 100%.








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Why Some Relationship Fail and How to Make It Work
Why some relationships fail, A happy relationship is never an accident someone always has to pay the price to make the relationship work. Each individual has to be prepared to work in harmony with the other person.



Often people link the availability of wealth and money to happiness and a successful relationship. Though it is a very important factor in a successful relationship but is not the determining factor.



Some people are poor in this world but their joy and peace of mind exceed far more than we can ever imagine. And others have all the wealth and riches life has to offer but are utterly miserable and sad, and wish they had never met each other.
Expecting Too Much in a Relationship
Most of us enter into a relationship with the hope that our partners will make us happy, but most times it doesn’t work that way. We have to learn to create our happiness and peace of mind first.



It is far better to enter a relationship with the mindset that we will make it work than believing and depending wholly on our partner. This kind of expectation always doesn’t work it oftentimes comes with frustration and disappointment.

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Pasty butts is a fairly common sight to most poultry keepers, it can easily be treated and prevented once you identify the underlining cause.



If prompt action is not taken it can lead to the eventual death of the baby chick.



Pasty butts is the inability of the baby chicks to excrete its poop smoothly, the feces get stuck in the baby chicks vent.



Causing the baby chicks droppings to accumulate on the downy feathers around the vent.



This will eventually cause pasting over and will prevent the baby chick from defecating any further.



Pasty butt is prevalent with chicks that are hatched using an incubator and chicks that undergo stress and are transported over some time from hatchery to their various destinations.



Whenever you order for your chicks, always be on the lookout for pasty butt to take immediate action to avoid loss especially in the first few days of their life.

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Care of your feet
Every day you make use of your feet, from the moment you woke up in the morning and you step on your feet. Carrying out daily chores at home, going to work, jogging, etc.



Your feet are, therefore, one of the most valuable and most used parts of your body. Often when it comes to our health and beauty routines, your feet and toenails get neglected.
SIMPLE RULES TO FOLLOW TO PROPERLY TAKE CARE OF YOUR FEET
Cut toe-nails straight across so that the edges are not buried under the flesh. If you have diabetes, talk with your doctor before having a pedicure.


Never put style above comfort when buying shoes, cramming your foot into shoes that are too tight or too high will result in too many foot problems.


When buying or using your shoes use the right size of shoes, socks, or stockings they should be at least half an inch longer than your longest toe.

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The beauty and joy of any poultry farmer is waking up every morning to look at your well feathered. And colorful active birds jumping around signaling your arrival and expressing their state of good health.



Nothing could be more devastating, frustrating than looking at your birds helplessly pecking and aggressively eating their feathers.



It is therefore imperative for you as a farmer. To make deliberate effort in preventing and eliminating this depressing behavior in your flock.



Importance of feather cover for your chickens.


Beauty to behold, well-feathered bird makes a good pet, very attractive especially for children and chicken pet lovers alike.


Temperature regulation Feathers are involved in thermoregulation and play an important role in protecting against outside weather, and physical injuries.


Protection from sunburn.


Dustbathing and preening.


Feathers are used for flight and buoyancy, as seen in waterfowl, turkey, guinea fowl, etc.


Good feather cover reduces the cost of feeding as less feed is required to keep the body worm.


Good feather cover is used for sexual display to attract the female species during mating in birds such as turkey and peacock.

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Too much exercise, when you consider the popular assertion that says too much of everything is bad. This simple fact cannot be far fetched from the truth.



Anything done in moderation with the purposefulness of the heart always yield a positive result.



Before starting out on your exercise routine you must ask yourselves the following questions.

Are you a sports man or woman?



Are you just seeking to improve your general well-being and fitness?



Certain sports require more rigorous exercise than other sports such as athletics, wrestling, shotput gymnastics require more physical activities.



What are your pre-existing health problems?



In general, the health benefits of exercising far outweighs the risk of not exercising. However, when done in excess without the advice of a health and fitness expert. And not giving due cognizance to your health condition and medical records.

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Particularly when done in excess by individuals with a pre-existing medical condition, it may increase the risk of the following health issues.

Carbonated drinks are very popular drinks. Sold almost everywhere we go from Shops, Super Markets, Shopping malls, Motor Parks, and Cafeteria to small Kiosks around our homes.

So we are often tempted to buy and drink especially on a very sunny hot day. To provide temporary relief from the weather.



Although the ingredients in carbonated drinks are deemed safe by most food regulatory agencies. Such as the National Food and Drug Administration.



These drinks may cause harm to the body especially if consumed on a regular basis. Carbonated drinks are usually full of sugar, chemicals and (usually) with zero nutritional value.



They only provide temporal soothing relieve especially on a hot day when taking chilled and cold and are often expensive.
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Creating wealth through poultry farming requires a lot of sacrifice, patience, hard work and a bit of some guts and common sense.



If you love life, freedom, flexibility, financial stability, the feeling of fulfillment and accomplishment that comes from pursuing and achieving your dreams. And goals that you are so passionate about, then its time you consider this noble profession poultry farming.

READ MORE: Poultry farming why some people fail.
1. You Can Create Your Wealth Through The Sale Of Day Old Chicks

More and more people are venturing into poultry business just to improve their livelihood. Provide a stable source of income and quality protein to their families. This necessitate the need for more day old chicks, as the demand for day old chicks is high and the market is huge.



These present an insatiable business opportunity for serious minded persons that want to cease the opportunity to create wealth for themselves.



There are two basic ways you can create wealth through the sale of day old chicks



Be a middle man by buying from a reputable hatchery and selling it to your customers for a commission or profit.



owning your own hatchery
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Giving thanks to God should be an integral part of your life. As the year comes to an end and you reflect on the events that had transpired during the year under review.



God’s healing from sickness and affliction, the beautiful moments in your life and the not so good times.



The many answered and unanswered prayers, the accomplished and unaccomplished dreams, goals and aspirations.



You are left to muzzle out strength to acknowledged God. And give him thanks for what he has done and what is yet to be done in your life.



But genuine thanksgiving is an emotional expression of gratitude to God. And the total submission, acknowledgment of God’s will in your life regardless of your present circumstances.



The holy book tells us to give thanks in all situations of life. Let’s be honest to ourselves, when we are faced with difficult and painful real-life situations.



Such as loss of a loved one, barrenness, joblessness, sickness, facing challenges in your business, affliction, and disappointment.

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