i am a backyard farmer based in abuja. i have abt 100 laying birds on deep liters and my production has so far been at 60-70%. the low in production has been attributed to the Abuja weather which currently stands at over 38 degree. pls could any one assist to share his experience on the deep liters/ battery cage. i equally like to know where i can get imported fairly used battery cage in abuja or jos. anticipating ur prompt response please.

very possible. you only need grace,wisdom,innovation and direction.
you can start doing smthing everybody will be looking for and b4 you know it, you've hit the mark

You preached love and you assuredly deserved love. quite amazing that most of the posters said glowing things about you even in death, dear, sing with the angels

@ biddybee, i need to inform you that there's nothing like "absent-ism farming" if you however wish to follow your passion, start with a backyard farm or let your farm location be in a place where you can easily supervise it DAILY. you can get good point of lay from de best line hatchery ,

@ niapey; it'll be a major task for a fresher to achieve 2kg in 35days for broilers in nigeria, should be thinking of 49days instead, for the feed you can get a good starter with 22% protein for N2, 500 for a bag of 25kg.

@ wolllexxx, i will advice you browse ISA BROWN on the net and follow their commercial layers management, you can equally order for the breed from any hatchery in Nigeria, they are quite an excellent laying breed that can give you almost 310-330 eggs in a year of laying.
from a my own point of view, i will advice you go for the day old because a laying bird is a sum total of what you feed it from day old. with this you will be sure of the outcome.
i ordered mine some months back and by 18th week they started laying, though its quite an effort brooding the birds but you can always be sure of the outcome.

@ Agiboma, the fast food joints will pay between 650 / 850 per kg, depending on who is buying and the season

none christians are free to write whatever, but i take exception to christian who can't dig deep, i was once a muslim and this same thing you consider as scam has turned my life around. the bible ask us to cast the bread upon the water and find it after many days and not to see how the process the bread will go through, i was in sa last year and this man of god is on fire everywhere, pls you are not forced to pay for the book. the people who are paying are not complaining. remember, there is he that scattereth and increaseth.

The problem with you people is that you have too much time. The church members are not complaining and instead of getting ripped off, they are getting blessed by the seconds. the natural man can never understand spiritual things because it will never make sense, imagine when you pay ur tithes and offering, the natural man thinks its 10% reduction but God said its an open heaven. May God open ur eyes of understanding. i was once blind but now i can see.

God has started His Vengeance in their camp. you don't have to fight in this battle, just stand still and see the Glory of the Lord
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@ODE REMO, YOU HIT THE NAIL RIGHT.
THEY KEY IS PASSION FOR THE BUSINESS & AFFECTION FOR THE BIRDS, AND ENJOYING WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOT NECESSARILY THE MONEY. THE ABOVE WILL BRING IN THE MONEY LATER

@ ileanaju,
effective brooding is the key to a successful broiler production. weight at 4days and two weeks will play a vital role in actual weight gain, however, 35 days is too short to make ur broilers attain the neccessary weight. 49 days should be ur target as a begginner if you are prepared to provide light for them at least 20 hrs from week 2.
if your target is industrial buyer, expect 200 profit per bed but you can however make up to 75% profit or more if you are targeting Easter or any festive season. best of luck.

@uboma, so sorry and promised to henceforth answer all question on this thread here.

Depending on your location in Abuja, You can buy ur feeds from major distributors of animal care or livestock feed, top feed is particularly good for layers in Abuja.
its better from the major distributor to safe small cost and avoid buying feeds that have stayed too long in the warehouse.
You can also order ur day Old chicks from them because the harcheries deals with them (most of them are in the south west). i have tried Camadex , Ayodara and Best line and those three are very ok. you get decent DOC and low mortality.

contact me davidzfarm18@gmail.com or 08035038061

thanks, i got home and caught the culprit in the act, my birds are helping themselves with the eggs.

i have a small backyard farms, recently i have been picking more than 2 crates of eggs daily. i pick the eggs every two hours.
i resumed work recently and can only pick the eggs in the evening due to my work schedule but noticed significant reduction in the number of eggs. pls could picking the eggs late resposible for the drop

Q. “How did you find God?”

A. “I came to know God in a fairly dramatic way. I was born into a christian home and always gone to church because my parents said we had to go. But after I grew up and left home – I drifted away from church until I had a little problem that defied all solutions and then someone invited me to the Redeemed Christian Church of God – I came expecting the pastor would just pray and my problems would just go, but instead he said I would have to give my life to Jesus Christ first – that if my sins are gone, my problems would disappear. So of course I resisted for a while but eventually I surrendered and as he said gave my life to Jesus Christ and my problems disappeared.”

Q. “When was that?”
A. “1973 – I was just over 31.”

Q. “If you don’t mind – what was the problem?”
A. “If you don’t mind (laughs) – as the problem is gone now, we may as well leave it there.”

Q. “You’re originally a student of mathematics how was that change to become a pastor?”
A. “Well, it didn’t quite change – once a mathematician – always a mathematician. But at that time I was a lecturer at the University of Lagos – that’s when I met the Lord. And after the founder of the church saw my zeal – he ordained me as a pastor, and when I became a pastor – I began to travel – going to universities, colleges and other institutions to share with them – my testimony, my experience. And when the founder died – we read in his will that I was to succeed him. To take over the leadership of the church – now, there was no way I could command the two, I couldn’t continue as a lecturer and still do my duties as the general overseer – that’s where mathematics had to stand aside for Christ to take full control.”

Q. “Must have been heady days – beginning of evangelical movement in Nigeria – how did you feel at the time, travelling the country?”
A. “Well, evangelical moves had been on before I became born again but yes it was quite exciting in those days – travelling across the country – meeting young people, lecturers, sharing with them – realising that many of us had been living in ignorance and then seeing the joy.”

The Redeemed Christian Church of God was founded in 1952 by Josiah Akindayomi – but when he died he left only forty churches to his chosen successor – Enoch Adeboye.
It is a choice that has proven extremely successful.
The Redeemed church claims to have over five million members across 20,000 branches in 140 countries worldwide.
And there are at least 540 branches in the UK and Ireland alone
Pentecostalism has swept through Nigeria and Africa in the last two decades – offering the promise – not just of entry into heaven in the after-life but of jobs, marriage, children, health and money in this life.

Q. “In 1981 you were made the general overseer – how did you feel?”
A. “That was quite an experience. Of course I didn’t want to have anything to do with working fulltime for Christ – I preferred the way I was doing it – teaching at the university, preaching the gospel – because that allowed me more or less to be my own master. The university was paying me – in those days lecturers were well paid – and church was very poor. But then when the time came – I discovered, I might lack some things but I have a joy that money can’t buy. So it was quite fulfilling – challenging, but fulfilling.”

Q. “How do you feel when you’re at the altar, preaching?”
A. “Of course you feel excited. You feel fulfilled- you are being used by God to meet the needs of so many people at a time which is probably one of the greatest joys of being a pastor. In the university, yes you are influencing lives, teaching them – moulding them – but they are very few in number – I think the largest number of students I had in one class must be less than 100- now to see you could influence 1million people at a time can be very exciting.”

Q. “What is the Nigerian way of worship?”
A. “Our freedom of worship – the way we dance, shout, enjoy the almighty God – so I think that bit of us, bubbling enthusiasm – all is a good influence.”

Q. “Your style is not as loud, people describe you as being very humble, no expensive suits – why is that? Is there a reason behind it?”
A. “I believe the gospel is for all people. But I believe it is even more for the masses and majority of the masses – if you are going to reach for them you have to be at their level. If they see in you someone they can relate to – it’ll be easier for them to listen, to hear from you. One thing I’ve discovered about the masses – even though they might be poor and not high up there – there’s still something in them that doesn’t like being looked down upon. So they relate to someone who will talk to them at their level. But not just that – the so called high and mighty – if you get close to them, you will know that underneath the beautiful dresses – they’re human – presidents, heads of states, CEOs – they all still go to the toilet – they all still get tired, all feel pain – so if you go to the basics you will reach everyone. Because in every man there is that basic need.”

Q. “What do you think explains the explosion of evangelical churches?”
A. “Maybe we’ll say the economic situation, social problems that we face have been a very good catalyst in bringing people to Christ. I must add that some people exploited that – setting up fake churches – knowing that people will come to wherever they hear God is healing. But , like I keep telling people – any time you see a counterfeit – it means the original must be somewhere. You won’t see a counterfeit N2000 note – cause there’s no original.”

Q. “What happens if you find con-artists?”
A. “If we discover such a fellow – we dismiss him – we don’t compromise at all. And our people know that. If you find a pastor twisting the word of the bible to his own advantage – all you have to do is let me know.”

Q. “Do you think Nigeria is on a religious frontline?”
A. “There’s no doubt about that.”

Q. “That can become violent. Is that part of the course?”
A. “I believe – anytime light begins to shine – there’s bound to be a little resistance from darkness. So that’s a settled matter. Unfortunate as it may seem – some politicians go in the guise of religion to perpetrate evil. I do not think genuine Christians and genuine Muslims will fight. If you kill a Muslim – you are killing a potential convert – someone who is dead cannot be converted and of course a Muslim killing a Christian – you are also killing a potential convert. But I think most of the crisis are not really religion – it’s politics. Some politicians choose to use religion as a tool for their own ulterior motives.”

Q. “Do you think the church can play a role in politics?”
A. “Of course – who was it that said man is a political animal. Everybody should decide who is going to rule over him and you should not complain about anything you permit. If you fail to vote, fail to participate in the political situation and someone gets to become your ruler and you say you don’t like the way he’s ruling you – who’s fault? Where were you when he was being voted into power? And if someone gets into power and he’s not doing what you expect him to do – then vote him out.”

Q. “Does the church play enough role?”
A. “Maybe they should do more. Because I believe in the past – the people have been so focused on making it to heaven that they don’t want anything to do with politics – politics has gizzards, which is another way of saying politics can be dirty. Christians are the light of the world – should be shining a light not being the salt of the earth which is only of use if its applied – so I think we should be doing more than we are doing now.”

Q. “You have the ear of presidents – do you support, talk and support certain candidates?”
A. “When I am consulted I do talk. But then all you can do is advise – you can’t command – you can say this is the way I think this thing should be done then they’re free to decide whether they will take your advice or ignore it. You are free once in a while to make a move that will show the man on top the feelings of the masses because we are very close to the masses. I’m into saying presidents and governors are not close to the masses – but you know fully well, that if there’s total black out in the nation – lights will still be on in state house. But as we live with the people on a daily basis – we can feel their pulses better. So when things become a little too uncomfortable for the masses – we take some actions.”

Q. “Try to make them sway for a particular way to vote?”
A. “No. I mean – when you have this kind of congregation – you have members of every party in the congregation and if you want to retain their respect for you – you must be neutral. My suggestion would always be – make sure you vote for the person of your choice – if the choice you make turns out to be right – glory be to God, if your choice turns out wrong then maybe another time.”

Q. “People want better life – not just in the afterlife but today – would it not be better to protest outside government house?”
A. “Prayers can move mountains. Protesting outside government house – how much has it achieved? You go there – you carry placards, if you’re fortunate – you will return home alive, if you are not fortunate – some overzealous police officer might accidentally discharge some bullets. And you protest day after day after day and after some time you get tired.”

Q. Do you think church has brought people out of the widespread poverty?”
A. “Sure – we are trying our best – the problem is huge – we might not see results to soon but we are doing our best we have programmes that are talking about how to start little business, we have seminars on small scale farming, seminars on almost everything – in other words we’re saying don’t look onto government for everything – be creative.”

Q. “What else do you like doing apart from the Redeemed, religion?”
A. “I love fishing. I used to be a boxer – unfortunately I can’t box anymore, except box the devil maybe.”

Q. “How did you feel about Newsweek?”
A. ‘I felt humbled. Because – how could they possibly leave all the archbishops and big, big names and chose a small pastor in one little jungle. I was surprised and humbled and drove me closer to God.”

Q. “Is it a responsibility – the influence you have on people?”
A. “Of course it is- if I had my way, I would not want influence over anyone but my little family. Particularly as the bible says on the day of judgement – judgment is going to be based on this influence – how have you used this influence – for good or evil. One man was complaining to a great preacher – the preacher said what is your problem, the man said – my congregation is only fifty people in number. And the preacher said – you have a lot of people to answer for when you get to heaven – you should thank God there are only fifty.”

Q. “What else do you like doing apart from the Redeemed, religion?”
A. “I love fishing. I used to be a boxer – unfortunately I can’t box anymore, except box the devil maybe. And I go for walks, long walks. Unfortunately I don’t have time for any other thing. It’s difficult for me to now even walk in the streets – everybody wants to come and ask me to pray for them. Occasionally I want to go to market – to buy things for myself – but last time I went to the supermarket I had to run back into the car because the people who were around the shop left the shop and wanted to turn the place into a crusade ground. So I can only walk in the night when they’re supposed to be sleeping and they can’t disturb me – and once in a while I go to fish in a place that is excluded – just for the fun of it.”

Q. “Would you like to retire? Will you keep going until the end?”
A. “I would have loved to retire – I had plans of what I could do in retirement – when you are retired – you are more or less your own master – wake up whenever you like, go where you want, when you want. If I’m retired I don’t have to be in charge of the congress – I can just come and enjoy.”

Q. “Where would you like to see Redeemed go from here?”
A. “Still a long way from our goal. We want to reach the whole world – want to have churches in every nation and have members in every family in the whole world and that’s where we believe God will take us before I leave this world.”

mr logical, if smone mentioned anything abt ur islam clerics you will declare fatwa on such, why not bother abt happenings in ur religion.

I'VE DECIDED TO REMAIN ON  THIS THREAD TO AT LEAST LIBERATE SMONE, MR KARPENTER JUST ASK SMONE NOT TO JUDGE, ARE U SURE YOU ARE PRACTICING WHAT YOU PREACH. CAN WE REALLY CHECK THE BIBLE AND SEE WHAT THE MINISTERS OF GOD DID THAT WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE,
JESUS NEEDED A RIDE WAS GIVEN A NEW ONE
HE NEEDED A PLACE FOR CONFERENCE AND WAS GIVEN THE UPPER ROOM.
IF TRULY YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN AND A SON OF GOD, YOU SHOULD REFLECT WHO YOUR FATHER HIS. IF NOT SMTHING IS WRONG SMWHRE

its such a wonder to me that the people you call DAFT and all manner of names(members of LFC) are busy buying and acquiring all the good things of life as promised in scriptures, you can spread hate on the net but you can't deny the impact.
its time to reflect, you can live heaven in this present world because even Christ said that that the work he did we shall do far more, pls don't die in poverty, sickness and stagnation, belief in the word of God and you shall be totally liberated.

i actually listened to one of my Daddy's old message yesterday when he said that God told him way back in 1984 that what most people are saying on this thread are catalyst for moving forward.

Even some christian leaders started it and guess what, from Raji Oba to the Biggest Church Auditorium in the world(Guinness Book of Record).
from a Single jet to Three @ my last count.

Thank God most of you are not paying tithe in His Church, We do and we see the result.
why have you not asked urself if the men of God you mentioned in this thread are the only one collecting tithes and offering and what do others do with the collection.
I was a muslim, before the Holy Ghost speak to me to join this church and whao the testimonies are too much to mentioned.

can you imagine leaving a life of daily victories
not having to be sick or under depression.
God answering your prayers before they are mentioned.

Pls don't die in Ignorance, Biblical prosperity is real and I'm a wonder testimony of such.

i have a small farm in abuja and could link you up with bigger farms if you stay within the region

can u pls do smthing meaningful with ur time, the rich and the poor has 24hrs and while the former looks for what to contribute, the later looks for contribution and who to blame.

To be a successful poultry farmer, you need a deep passion for the birds and not the money, cos ur passion for the birds will bring in the money later, you can call me on 08035038061, i'll however be willing to share my experience with you free of any charges.FOC.

it was indeed a most fruitful weekend for me. first, i got orders for my broilers early in the morning, i got back to discovered my 1st golden egg and to crown it up, came back from church on sunday to find my dog withseven puppies. to god alone be the glory

@hindsight, pls can you educate us how you solved the problem of egg eating/breaking. my layers started dropping over the weekend and by 2day i discovered 1 broken egg

i intend to stock another batch next week, you can learn along with me as i update you on this thread, meanwhile, my xmas broilers will be going to the slaughter 2moro.

early days

@Fm7070.
i stocked the brown egg layers, they are in there 18th week, i really want to know from experience how the weather factor in the north could affect the laying pattern, i got information from the net that i could stimulate them to lay starting from the 18th week. i will like to know the experience here.

way to go for nigeria, this gov has proven overtime to be the leader of the pack,we can't dream europe without practising what they do there, fct minister, what are you waiting for.

MORNING EVERYONE, I STARTED A SMALL POULTRY FARM WITH ABOUT 100LAYERS IN SEPTEMBER, THEY ARE 18WKS NOW AND THEY LOOKED SET TO LAY ANY MOMENT  FROM NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ASSISTED BY EXPERIENCED FARMERS FROM THE NORTH ON PERFORMANCE OF THE SHIKA BROWN EGG LAYERS.

PLS ANY USEFUL ADVICE WILL HELP, I EQUALLY STARTED A BROILER FARM OF ABOUT 120 AND THEY ARE DOING FINE, I'VE RELIED ON EXPERIENCE I GOT FROM THE NET ALL ALONG.

Great job you've done, to successfully raised 1000layers to point of lay you will spend about 900 per each meaning you should be prepared to spend N900, 000. i'll advice that you start with what you can successfully raised as you can not economise the feeding, they give you what you feed them.