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My oga jamp, started work on the pen yesterday. Its actually in karshi (a place called gidan mudu). Under such a circumstance where one has to wait in line for 3 months for pullets, what are the alternatives? (I hope there are alternatives sir)

Thanx AkayTopsy. I appreciate u.

@Akaytopsy, pls what has been your experience with the feedmills? wen u go to the feed mills, do u watch over your feed while the milling is ongoing; cos iv bin told by a couple farmers that those guys at the feedmill might steal from the components before processing or alter the feeds by taking off some of the more expensive components (eg soyabean) and replacing them with cheaper components (eg wheat offal or dusa), as such still achieving 1 ton but then compromising quality (by reducing the %tage of crude protein in this example above) to the detriment of the birds. I would be grateful if I can share from the experience of all esteemed house members who mill their feeds.

Thanx alot kelvin96

@davidzfarm, thank u sir.

Thanx alot my noble sirs, eggcelent and jamp. There is a good chance I'll be your neighbour jamp as my farm is off orozo ( in one of ur post, if I correctly recall, u said u are in karshi); hope im right sir.

Good afternoon house (my elders). I stumbled upon this awesome, educative thread a couple weeks back and I have really been inspired by the great nigerian minds here........the likes of jamp, obnelly, oga fnk, davidzfarm, omotiti, Rzq4, steel5800, Farmtech, laposte, AkayTopsy, kelvin96, valarinz, and all........u guys are really changing lives positively; how u have impacted knowledge and provided mentorship to many like me via this thread, is laudable, and highly commendable; such selfless service to humanity.
Having read every single page on the thread upto the 127th, I deemed it necessary to post for the first time and say a big thank you guys. Two weeks ago I knew absolutely nothing about running a poultry farm (even though iv always incubated plans of setting up one). Iv learnt quite alot but I also know the experience on the farm is a different kettle of fish .
I intend setting up in a couple of weeks; I would be finalizing agreements on the land im purchasing for the farm. Its 5 plots (each plot is 100 by 100). As a newbie, I intend to start small with 500 birds at point of lay and grow from there hopefully. I will kip d house updated with my progress viz-a-viz building d coop, acquiring battery cages et al.
More grease to your elbows guys.......more like more eggs to your crates. Cheers.