Q1: As a Newbie, What Should I Do; Breeding or Fattening?

Good question for a newbie. You are a novice with no prior experience. Don't think breeding straight away. Just focus on fattening. It easier, less stressful and less hypertensive for you. And depending on what you procured, you can make sales within 2-4 months.

As you get stronger and more experienced, you can then delve into breeding.

dorispray:


If I choose to simply ignore your post, you'll think say you don win, but the problem I can see with you is that your assertions are not right but yet you're claiming that you're totally right.

And judging from your assertions, It's a clear fact to me that you're not a trained Vet doctor, neither do you probably work along with one, but you carry out self-medication on your Pigs while relying solely on the information you get on google (Which you do NOT even properly and diligently go through)

You asked me for hypothesis studies but I'll humbly advise you to go to school to acquire right knowledge or alternatively align yourself with a trained Vet doctor and you can aquire some knowledge that way, should in case you cannot dilligently get that from your google search (but of course the knowledge is right available there online)

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And did made any comment or assertion like this on this thread ??


Now let me help other folks here with this info: You can only consider giving your pregnant sow correct dose of required vaccines (i.e oxytocin & prostaglandins - Please no just carry anyone give am ooo) during the farrowing periods as long as you've properly documented your pigs gestation days. Note: The decision whether to use prostaglandins or not must be an individual one based on veterinary advice and the results assessed on each farm.

Your assertions are duly noted. I am a practical farmer and you can come by anytime to see my farm at Oke aro. I googled to crosscheck your hypothesis and didn't find anywhere where your claim was validated. We can go back and forth on this issue, but this will be my last reply to you.

I teach what I do, I teach what has been tested and verified by me and other farmers in my community and has been yielding results. Anytime you want, come and see what we do over here. That you do not do it does not make it wrong. It is right and we even inject them every two weeks with iron. That is the right thing to do. Please do not inject your pregnant sows with oxytocin, biko.

Thank you!

Success only comes to us when we do the right things in the right way and at the right time.

I have been asked questions on different aspects of pig farming recently and I have come across posts and comments that are really unacceptable if we are to make profits and earn a living from this business. The truth is that we are in it for the long haul, creating a breed strain that will give us eventual joy. For others like you, you need to 'hammer' in the shortest possible time. Isn't that what starting a business is all about?? Lol!

In the next few days, I will be replying questions and issues bothering prospective and practising farmers. If you have issues burning on your mind, please post them here or Whatsapp me so we can treat them here. If you want to come over and see the little work we are carrying out in our own little corner at Oke aro, Whatsapp me and let's arrange a visit for you.

To your success in 2020!!!

dorispray:


You decide for yourself




I'm not going into a debate with you on it. It's a choice you either accept or ignore. And I still maintain that it's safer if you abort administering injections to a pregnant sow until it's delivery.



You're most welcome sir.

You skipped the part where I asked for studies that support your hypothesis. We have been doing it for years and we are seeing the results. I have personally asked a number of farmers who were having issues to start injecting their pregnant sows and infant mortality dropped. This is practical, not theoretical. I have googled studies and I have not seen any where it is said that iron kills foetuses. Rather, oyibo themselves in some studies allow for the injections cos there is an admitted slight change in form in resultant infant birth in sows that were injected when they were pregnant. Over here, we have seen a huge change in form from our practical applications.

Thank you!

dorispray:


Excuse me sir what makes you think that giving injection to the pregnant sow is the "right thing" to do?

Does it even occurs to you that giving injection to the pregnant sow can even caused any deformity to unborn piglets?

As you being serious or just jerking my chain??

Kindly show us studies which show that giving iron injections to pregnant sows might cause damage to the foetuses. That you don't do it doesn't make it wrong. I still maintain that it is the right thing to do; let's 'rightly' educate upcoming farmers on the best practices to increase their yield.

Thank you!

dorispray:


It's safer if you don't inject your pregnant sow but rather you wait for it to deliver it's off-spring and you immediately administer the necessary injections to the sow and it's piglets as well.

Meanwhile you should give the pregnant sow good foods (with quality nutrients formula) and adequate water (to drink and also for bathing to cooling off it's body)

Please let's do the right thing so that we can record lower mortality and have piglets that are not anemic. Iron injection must be given to pregnant sows at least twice before they deliver their young.

There are other practices that farmers adopt which seem innocuous but end up improving their animal yields even if its slightly.

wazilo:
Happy prosperous new year farmers,please where can I get 70 weaners at a cheaper price to the east?

Whatsapp me on 08130227169

lady25:
Hello house. Is there any routine drug or injection to be administered to pregnant sow? Thank you in advance

Iron im injection monthly

Good morning all,

For now, there isn't a Whatsapp group. When we are ready to do that, we will get to know. For now anyone who needs to get ahold of me can Whatsapp me on 08130227169.

But please, be serious about starting up. This is a new year, let's not enter it wasting time and dragging our feet.

To your Success!!!

Happy New Year to us all. This is a season of elevation and stepping into another level.

Impossible is Nothing. Change your Narrative and do something new.

Start that project, gain that knowledge and create that change in your story.

We have done that and we are moving forward and breaking boundaries.

Pix below: Apphia (meaning fruitful), our prize sow, joins us to wish you all a bountiful and fruitful 2020.

TONY56:


You didn't answer the first part of my my questions and you are answering the last one about your location

Laboratory analysis?? You are being serious, for real?? In this Nigeria or where??

Hello everyone,

Compliments of the season!!! Merry Christmas that's past and a Happy New Year in Advance.

This year 2019 has had a good run. Testimonies have abounded, pains have been borne, procrastination still bit those who it would and a lot of things happened. But in all, we are grateful to God for bringing us to the close of another year.

What was your story like?? Did u make profit in this year?? Did you start your pig farm?? Did you grow yours?? Did you continue in your procrastination??

2020 promises to be a wonderful year. Leave resolutions; the key is to do something new, something you haven't done before, something you have been shelving and kicking your feet about.

I pray you achieve success and grow in the new year.

Hello everyone,

Compliments of the season!!! Merry Christmas that's past and a Happy New Year in Advance.

This year 2019 has had a good run. Testimonies have abounded, pains have been borne, procrastination still bit those who it would and a lot of things happened. But in all, we are grateful to God for bringing us to the close of another year.

What was your story like?? Did u make profit in this year?? Did you start your pig farm?? Did you grow yours?? Did you continue in your procrastination??

2020 promises to be a wonderful year. Leave resolutions; the key is to do something new, something you haven't done before, something you have been shelving and kicking your feet about.

I pray you achieve success and grow in the new year.

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This is a unique opportunity to gain an invaluable insight into the tricks and tweaks of marketing and building a strong online customer base, using three of the biggest social media platforms on earth today; Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. It is absolutely free and is brought to you directly from Facebook itself. Who would give you the real gist on how to effectively leverage on these platforms, if not the owner who needs you to prosper so he can also remain on top of the game? Now, isn't that real value for free?

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We are going to churches, mosques, associations and any gathering of businessmen and women.

You will give us dates and we will pick from and then we will come for the training.

They'll provide refreshment and the training is 100% free

Program Title: Come give your business the boost it needs to grow in 2019.
Boost your Business Inconjunction with Facebook and Digivate 360

Duration: 1-day (4 hours) (inclusive of break & Light Refreshments)

Fee: FREE

Venue: Requesting Organisation to decide

Date: To be decided upon further discussions

Target Audience: Entrepreneurs, business owners and trade organizations.

Coverage Areas:
*Getting Started with Facebook
*Finding New Customers
*Building Communities with Groups
*Getting Creative with your Mobile Phone
*Instagram for Business
*WhatsApp for Business
*Taking Facebook Ads to the next level
*Growing your Business Internationally

Benefits:
-Gain huge brand/product visibility leveraging Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
-Generate leads and Connect with new customers,
-Gain insights to help grow + drive sales. See your business flourish.
-Refreshment
-Certificate of attendance

-The training Program also includes a 6-Week Post Training Engagement component during which attendees are hand-held both online and offline to implement what they have learned in class and even more.(The participants in the Post Training Engagement component are taken through a series of carefully chosen Facebook Blueprint courses on a weekly basis. Feedback and tracking of their progress is carried out via carefully managed WhatsApp groups).
-The offline component of the Post Training Engagement is carried out as a Trainer-In-Residence Module where participants are able to visit a designated Trainer for resolution of their challenges.
-Small businesses are growing with Facebook, Instagram and whatsapp in Nigeria.
-3 out 4 of small and medium-sized businesses on Facebook say they have increased sales because of the platform.
-82% of small and medium-sized businesses on Facebook believe the platform allows them to sell products or services in other cities, states, or countries
-90% of small and medium-sized businesses on Facebook state that the platform helps them attract customers.
-This training will provide businesses with the most up-to-date tools, insights, and best practices for achieving success on online leveraging the internet and social media.
-Learn directly from young digital enthusiasts and social media experts, network with other entrepreneurs, be refreshed, earn a certificate and join our prestigious community of thriving business owners in Nigeria.
***You will surely walk away with the knowledge, skill and resources; you need to grow your business

Call 09016578606 or 08115469858 to get started

There's a Facebook training we are sort of affiliated to, teaching small business owners how to use Facebook, IG and WhatsApp to promote their businesses.

We are going to churches, mosques, associations and any gathering of businessmen and women.

You will give us dates and we will pick from and then we will come for the training.

They'll provide refreshment and the training is 100% free

Program Title: Come give your business the boost it needs to grow in 2019.
Boost your Business Inconjunction with Facebook and Digivate 360

Duration: 1-day (4 hours) (inclusive of break & Light Refreshments)

Fee: FREE

Venue: Requesting Organisation to decide

Date: To be decided upon further discussions

Target Audience: Entrepreneurs, business owners and trade organizations.

Coverage Areas:
*Getting Started with Facebook
*Finding New Customers
*Building Communities with Groups
*Getting Creative with your Mobile Phone
*Instagram for Business
*WhatsApp for Business
*Taking Facebook Ads to the next level
*Growing your Business Internationally

Benefits:
-Gain huge brand/product visibility leveraging Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
-Generate leads and Connect with new customers,
-Gain insights to help grow + drive sales. See your business flourish.
-Refreshment
-Certificate of attendance

-The training Program also includes a 6-Week Post Training Engagement component during which attendees are hand-held both online and offline to implement what they have learned in class and even more.(The participants in the Post Training Engagement component are taken through a series of carefully chosen Facebook Blueprint courses on a weekly basis. Feedback and tracking of their progress is carried out via carefully managed WhatsApp groups).
-The offline component of the Post Training Engagement is carried out as a Trainer-In-Residence Module where participants are able to visit a designated Trainer for resolution of their challenges.
-Small businesses are growing with Facebook, Instagram and whatsapp in Nigeria.
-3 out 4 of small and medium-sized businesses on Facebook say they have increased sales because of the platform.
-82% of small and medium-sized businesses on Facebook believe the platform allows them to sell products or services in other cities, states, or countries
-90% of small and medium-sized businesses on Facebook state that the platform helps them attract customers.
-This training will provide businesses with the most up-to-date tools, insights, and best practices for achieving success on online leveraging the internet and social media.
-Learn directly from young digital enthusiasts and social media experts, network with other entrepreneurs, be refreshed, earn a certificate and join our prestigious community of thriving business owners in Nigeria.
***You will surely walk away with the knowledge, skill and resources; you need to grow your business

Call 09016578606 or 08115469858 to get started

Good afternoon everyone,

It's been a very hectic last couple of weeks for me (hmmmm!! My weeks are seemingly always hectic ). I hope your weeks have been less demanding than mine.

I love success stories, yaaaayyyyy!! What's my current success story?? Damilare is one of those who decided to take the risk and delve into pig farming. He started off with more than #200k 3 months ago. We got him animals (14 actually) and he split them into breeding and fattening groups. He just called today to say he had weighed 3 of them for sale and their combined weight was 159kg. @440/kg, that amounts to #69960.

Sounds like nothing worth celebrating?? Let me break it down. In three short months they were able to get past the grower stage to each weigh 53kg. If around 10 or more are around the same size and weight, their combined weight is 530kg and he would sell them at a total of #233200 and have 4 animals left over. Pretty impressive.

Stop watching and waiting and twisting ur thumb and wringing ur hands. Take action today. Remember :

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now Confucius

Ororocelemi:
hi dynamix101 I'm about venturing in to pig business, fattening and selling to be precise and I want to be in your Watsapp group to learn more. God bless you Sir, your trend has been really helpful.

You can always WhatsApp me on 08130227169

Good evening,

I urgently need 10 tonne box body trucks to haul paper from Lagos to Abuja, Kano, Adamawa and Plateau. Anyone who can do this should please Whatsapp me on 08130227169

Hi,

What's the cost of supplying to Oke aro farm??

Lessonnn:
Please is pig farming very lucrative?
Can one depend on the income alone.
I intend to venture into it.

Is any business lucrative!!
Can u depend on any business' income alone??

Piggery isn't any different. The only questions you should answer are:

Do you love animal rearing... Are u passionate about it??
Are you willing to wait at least 2yrs or more before you start making real profits, while actively pumping funds into it for at least 5 months??

If you answered 'NO' to either or both, kindly look for another kind of business to venture into.... This business isn't for you.

kingdvd:
How can i find pig Market in Kogi state.
Idah to be precise.
I have my pig fam there and i find it difficult to get buyers.
Please advise

How many pigs do you have for market??

kerriman:
Good morning please add me 08037878888 l am a part time farmer and l want to venture into piggery but l need to know the following
1. Which specie is the best? Is the long or shotmouthed ones
2. Can l buy the pregnant pigs?
3. Majorly what do they feed on?
4. Most important l need contacts of the buyers around Abuja
5. Kindly add me to whatsapp group
Thanks as l expect prompt respond

Hi,
1. What do you want to do?? Fattening or breeding??
2. If you buy pregnant pigs, do you have the capacity to care for them and their young??
3. They feed on maize, soyameal, PKC and cassava
4. You have to do the marketing yourself and determine where the buyers are at

Hi everyone,

I am continually glad to see that people are taking the bull by the horns and entering into pig farming. Someone just started his farm quite recently and is enthused about the progress he is making. Its slow but its sure; over time you reap the rewards of your labour.

Over the past 3 months, I have gotten calls and chats from people asking that they want a realistic plan on paper to help them plan and know what they need exactly in money terms at particular times and how soon they should realistically begin to make profits. After mulling through and having discussed with someone recently, I decided that this is another problem newbies will always have. Going through a consultant is good but there might be some side effects because:
1. He isn't really doing the business for which he is writing a plan for you
2. He relies on the internet and third party sources for his information
3. The sources might be unrealistic because in Nigeria, we have a huge problem when it concerns knowledge sharing
4. Since he isn't doing the business, he has no idea of the framework and other issues like cost cutting or experimenting with different methods in rearing
5. The plans drafted out are usually one-size-fits-all and this may not bode well as different scenarios require different approaches.

As a result, those with business plans quickly discover that the practical is different from the paper and many run out because they can't believe the realities. Having noted this, I have decided to step in and fill this gap on your behalf.

For you who wants a business plan outlining exactly and realistically how much u need to invest and what running and expansion costs should follow as well as a time frame for profits, I will write a detailed business plan for you. Contact me on phone or Whatsapp 08130227169 let's talk and get it done.

Getting the doer to take your hand and walk you through is a nonnegotiable necessity for you to survive and expand in any business.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thank you

Hello everyone,

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Minimum order quantity is 10kg and delivery days are Saturdays every week.

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Hello everyone,

We have very fresh pork available for sale with delivery anywhere in Lagos State.

Minimum order quantity is 10kg and delivery days are Saturdays every week.

Call or Whatsapp 08115469858 to place your orders.

Hello everyone,

We have very fresh pork available for sale with delivery anywhere in Lagos State.

Minimum order quantity is 10kg and delivery days are Saturdays every week.

Call or Whatsapp 08115469858 to place your orders.