₦airaland Forum

Most middle age and older adults, are optimistic about the quality of their lives as they age. Although they consider a satisfying marital and sexual relationship important to their quality of life.

Relationship with a spouse or partner is important to the quality of life, and so are close ties to friends and family.
It’s not being in a relationship that matters; it’s being in a long-term, happy relationship that’s beneficial to both partners. Poor and unhappy relationships are detrimental to health.

We tend to become more stressed and depressed, when we spend too much of our time with people who don’t value our friendship, who drain us, undermine us, or who don’t support us in so many ways.

As in young adulthood, relationships seems to be good for physical as well as mental health.
Socially isolated men those who were not married, had fewer than five friends and relatives, and did not belong, to any religious or faith base community groups were more likely to die of cardiovascular or heart related diseases, accidents, or suicide during the next few years than men with larger social networks.

Genuine and good Friendships is a powerful medium to having a strong emotional support and improving the general well-being, especially for women.
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The human family is besieged with enemies all around it, the larger ones such as scorpions, snakes, tiger, and lions are easily detected and are not much of a problem except in some areas, but with caution can be taken care of.

We have far more too dangerous and deadly enemies called germs, they live around us and most of them cannot not be seen or detected with the ordinary human eyes except with the help of some sort of ultra powerful microscopic equipment.

Though some germs are harmless and beneficial to humans but considerable number of them are deadly and vicious and can kill within the shortest possible time without proper medical attention.

The first and best form of defense against these germs is avoiding them altogether or to get rid of them.

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One of the keys to the success of poultry production is the provision of a conducive environment devoid of any severe stressors such as high environmental temperature that could result to heat stress.

My birds are dyeing I just can’t explain what is happening, they look healthy they are not sick, they are all grown up, but they just kept dyeing.

These are the common words you hear from farmers especially broiler farmers experiencing death from heat stress, but can’t really explained what is happening.

The situation above simple portend heat stress in poultry chicken: is a situation whereby birds have difficulty balancing body heat production and the heat loss.

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Eggs are one of the most excellent sources of protein that could be gotten through simple and cheap means with deliberate effort been made to acquire it.

Meeting the nutritional needs of your family should be your utmost desire and goal. Considering the prevailing economic and financial situations in the country, looking for an excellent source of protein, iron and phosphorous, rich in vitamin A, D and B.

The importance of eggs to your health and that of your family cannot be quantify and the need to produce and have a steady supply of eggs to your family shouldn’t be taken with levity.
Keeping a number of few laying hens will guarantee you a steady supply of fresh healthy eggs.

Provided you follow the laws and regulation regarding keeping and rearing such birds in your local county and states. Especially for those living in cities and urban areas.

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Often times you forget the simple fact that each time you sit down to eat food or have a meal, you are about to make one of the most important decision on your health and life.

Your future, and your continual existence as a human being. Every single meal you eat has significant role to play in whether you are going to stay healthy or fall sick.

Several times you fall sick and suffer from so many illnesses that are avoidable ordinarily.

These illnesses may be as a result of unhealthy eating habits or food choices you are unknowingly or deliberately making.

You spend your money foolishly on unhealthy or faulty diets, that lacks nutrients and vitality and then you keep wondering why you and your family are always sick and lack energy and vitality to carryout your day to day activities.

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Goat farming is gaining more and more grounds in Nigeria and the rest of the world due to its economic importance in the area of job creation and poverty alleviation.

Goats are popular with small holders because of their efficient conversion of feed into edible, high quality meat, milk, and hide. Goat’s meat accounts for 60% of worldwide meat consumption.

Goat meat contains low amounts of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol which makes it a healthier and preferable meat compared to other types of red meat.

Goat skins and wool are a veritable sources of raw material for the leather and textile industries which makes goat farming a highly profitable enterprise.

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With improvement in medical science, health care and medical facilities all around the world especially in advance countries, all in a bid to live a healthier and longer life, yet we still experience decline in life expectancy rates in some parts of the world.

Today people are asking questions and are becoming more inquisitive as to why some people are living longer than others.

The good news is that no matter how young or old you are today there are evidence back with research that can help you live a long, healthy and fulfilled life. When you adopt the following lifestyle and make simple life choices and changes that can help you attain longevity:
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Turkeys are a beautiful birds to behold especially for children and visitors alike, they are a good and profitable birds to add to your homestead farm.

You can decide to add turkeys to your flock of birds either for fun, as pet or for more additional income on a small scale bases or on a larger production scale.

Which either way you go, Turkey farming is a highly profitable venture that you will never regrets by keeping some few flocks at home.

Turkey rearing might not be as popular as broiler or layer farming, in this part of the world, but the profit derive from keeping such exotic large birds cannot be quantify.

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Rabbit farming is a highly lucrative and profitable operation. Providing extra cash and income for those seeking multiple streams of income and providing full time employment for farmers that wants to go into large-scale, commercial production systems.

If you wants to provide highly nutritious, low-fat, low-cholesterol meat to your family with less financial input rabbit farming is the right way to go.

Rabbits are basically raise for their meat and fur, wool, or laboratory uses, their waste and urine are use in the agricultural sector, as a good source of organic manure in our gardens and backyard farms and for other research purposes.

Before starting out in rabbit production, choosing a particular breed is paramount to the success of the operation.

The various breeds of rabbit are suitable for each particular operation that you might want to embark on, ranging from large – scale industrial production, small scale backyard farming for extra cash and meat production, to just using the rabbits as household pets.

Medium and large breeds, such as the New Zealand, California, Dutch Gray, English Spot, Chinchilla, and Flemish Giant, have the most suitable size and conformation for producing meat and fur therefore suitable for small scale backyard farming.

White breeds of rabbits (e.g., New Zealand White and Californian) are the most prolific and the most desirable for commercial and large-scale industrial production because white skins usually bring higher prices and return on investment.

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Coccidiosis is a fairly common disease which is mostly prevalent with birds kept in confinement it is often called the disease of the lazy farmer. It is usually associated with either negligence of the flock by the poultry owner or complete ignorance by the farmer on how to prevent the disease.

Coccidiosis is a parasitic disease of the intestinal tract of animals caused by coccidian protozoa. It is usually connected with high relative humidity moisture in the air, dampness and wet litter.
The disease spreads from one animal to another by contact with infected feces or ingestion of infected tissue. Diarrhea, which may become bloody in severe cases, which is the primary symptom.

Most animals infected with coccidia are asymptomatic, but young or immunocompromised animals may suffer severe symptoms and death.

Coccidiosis is a highly preventable poultry diseases, when stringent measures are put in place from day one on chick’s arrival.
Oocyst that is the parasitic protozoan that causes coccidiosis cannot survive extreme high temperature, freezing temperature, and dryness.

Poultry farmers especially newbie are advised to start their new flock during dry season. This will reduce the incidence of coccidiosis.

Before placing order for your day old chicks, you have to provide ample space for your chicks, ensure dryness of the litter good ventilation outlet and inlet for fresh air.

Coccidiosis becomes a cause for concerned when birds are reared, under conditions that permit the build-up of infective oocysts in the environment. The intensive rearing of domestic chickens may provide these conditions.
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Poultry farming is a worthwhile venture, it’s one of the businesses you can venture into without fear of competition whatsoever with good marketing plan and strategy.

Unlike businesses relating to Technology that is dynamic, it changes with time, there is constant improvement, what is invoke today could be obsolete in the next few years.

Agriculture specifically poultry farming, which is an aspect of livestock production is constantly evolving with new innovations in chicken breeds and farm equipment’s.

The good thing about poultry farming is that people will always need chicken meat in their diet. Apart from vegetarians, quite a large percentage of the world population rely on chicken meat as a source of animal protein.

Back to our topic. We are been bombarded with staggering figures about how you can make 100% profit on your investment without being told the nitty gritty and intricacies involve in the entire poultry business.

Poultry business just like any other business has risk, but with careful planning and determination you can reduce the risk to the barest minimum.

Before you venture into this business there are some fundamental issues you need to address which are pivotal to you success.
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