₦airaland Forum

afosoft:
Hello Farmers in the house. If you around Asaba, Onitsha, Benin or can make it to Asaba on 24th October, I am using this medium to invite you to my wedding. Venue is South Gate Hotel @ Okpanam Road... I will be having farmers table RSVP 08181149796.

Thanks

congrats afosoft, i'll try to be there. HML

fnk:
Sorry, I lost my dad few weeks ago, So I came back running around preparing for the funeral. It will be over by next weekend at that time I can take a breather. One of our Nairalander visited about a week ago though.

Accept my sympathy dear it's well, may his soul rest in perfect peace.

davidzfarm18:
If the birds still have lice, definitely u must do something about it, hence, the production will not peak.
I advice you repeat the ivermectin using other brand aside the one you have tried. U should also consider doping them in MB50 solution same day(though a stressful operation) but it worked for me. it will crash the production but be sure it will build up steadily and you will enjoy the fruit of ur labour. Pls give the good vitamins after the treatment (promine)

Ok thanx.

davidzfarm18:
Any sudden change of weather or operational procedures?
is ur last laxota up to 4wks?
Are the feaces normal.
you need to check out for lice.
Pls place them on Neoceryl plus for 5 days if the above conditions are normal.

last lasota wz two weeks ago, normal faeces. They have lice bt i think i've given ivermectin too much for treating d lice. How else shld i treat it? D production is still dropping, feed consumptn dropped as well.

davidzfarm18:
so many factors could be responsible.
1. Periodic boaster Laxota 4:6weeks
2. periodic deworming. 6:8wks
4. anti coccidial treatment. shd be periodic if on deep litres.
4. Regular treatment with antibiotics such as Neoceryl to wade off diseases. from the last forum i attended. i discovered that laying birds could be exposed to Fowl Typhoid minimum 2times a month
5. Regular vitamins and amino ac

thanx bt it's only vitamins dat they've been on. D prdtion just dropped and it's been there for d past 4days now, pls wat can i do to improve their prodtion.

Brineharry:
A no of factors can be responsible 4 low egg drop %.1. Bird spp. 2. Type of feed used. 3. Disease. 4. Inadequate ventillation and others. Try nd check wen last u gave lasota nd de-wormed dem. MY cents

pls which drug do u normally use for deworming.

toskilo:
Good day all. Please what can i do to increase the production of my layers. They started laying in December last year and are currently doing 65%. Kindly assist. Thank you.

pls d gurus in d house shld help cos i'm also having d same challenge. Mine started in may, they were doing 69% now it av dropped to 64%.

jamp:
Rats ate some of my new birds

I don't think dis is rat, it looks like d handy work of snakes to me, had same xperience some time ago, u shld be on d look out.

Pls house,wat cld be wrong wit my birds, i noticed two of them wit stretched legs dis morning.

FarmTech:
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Yellow bulb or LED. Fluorescent not too good bc the birds can see the flickering.

Ok thanx. Can u call me so i can get ur no, lost all my contacts.

Eggcelent:
abidecz. 300 four weeks old brown pullets will consume about 2.7 bags of Starter mash within 7 days. endy247. From researches I read, red LED gives the best result. Followed by white LED and of course, the common incandescent. You may check this link for details; http://www.worldpoultry.net/Layers/Housing/2014/12/Different-colour-LED-light-influences-layer-production-1666912W/ jamp. Such a huge one you have here, I pray for your success. You may wish to raise the blocks on which you put the charcoal pots. Those tiny things may jump into one at the present height thinking it has cooled. eggxel. Thanks for asking. If I may recall right, I think I eventually lost those 2 birds.

Ok, thanx boss.

Eggcelent:
tunezvic. The production will increase significantly in the next few days. My take is that the drop in production was occasioned by reduction in daily feeds supplied. You don't do that with birds just entering into lay. Rather, you significantly increase their feeds intake. Maintain their daily consumption at between 100 - 110g/bird for the next fortnight. All things being equal, production should rise to minimum 75% by then. Success. just4just. Laying birds need between 16 & 17 hours of daylight to lay optimally. Natural day length is about 13 hours in Nigeria. Therefore, to stimulate your birds into early/optimal laying, you may wish to give them extra light (photo) for about 4 hours each day, say from 6 to 10pm starting from when their average bodyweight is 1.5kg, usually achievable around 16/17 weeks of age.

@eggcellent, pls which colour of bulb is best for photostimulation, is it d energy saving bulb, fluorescent, or d normal yellow bulb.

chidile:
fellow poultry farmers, hope your birds are all doing well. my ogas at the top,my good news is that my birds of 25weeks are giving me almost 70% out put in their production. the egg glut here is killing me.they are pricing the egg for 500,pls what can I do to increase the sizes of their egg.thanks

where is ur farm located.

afosoft:
My birds are now over 80% in production. 77 crates out of 2800birds. Now i am planning to take 6-7,000 DOC and task this laying birds to feed them to lay as big sisters.. Guys what do u think.

@afosoft congrats on ur birds, are u photostimulating them? d livestock feed u are using did u start using it from wen they were DOC, and how many bags are d 2800 birds consuming in a day?

AkayTopsy:
@endy247 how r ur birds doing? any update on the LICE? have u been able to erradicate it completely from ur pen?

@Akaytopsy, thanx 4 ur concern, d birds are ok now, i diluted cypermectin 5% and sprayed on d birds and d pen house, repeated it after 2weeks, i cant say if it has been completely erradicated bt for now i avn't seen any.

FarmTech:
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Does it walk or stand with tail pointing downward?

No, just dat it walks slowly, again wat does yellow foamy poop mean?

Pls house, wat cld be responsible for a bird to develope a swollen downside, i noticed dat d area around d vent is swollen.

FarmTech:
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Serious oo. After the treatment let's see what happens. It may be due to illness or feed quality, hard to tell which. What was your vaccination plan like?

OK i suspect dat it's illness not d feed cos he's using d same feed 4 his birds of over 20,000.

kelvin96:
You will dilute the cyperforce base on the instruction on it and you can spray directly on birds with a knapsack sprayer, endeavour to spray your walls too, becos most of the lice will go take refuge there, and later get back to the birds. the way it stands now, ensure you do the spraying the evening of the very day you gave them the ivermectin,so that the lice dont escape. Please how is their poo? what color are they? what antibiotics are you giving them now? i am waiting to see your vaccination plan. Can we see the feed formula?

Ok tanx, they poo is normal, i'm giving dem neoceryl plus, d birds are 4rm CHI so i used they vaccinatn plan, sorry i cant type all of it. as for d feed, seriously i dont kn d formular dat he's using cos he hasn't told me.

Sorry all 4 d late response i've been a little busy lately.@tabontabon, d pen is 20ft by 50ft, no mortality, i noticed some birds are dull and am giving dem antibiotics now. @kevin, they're abt 700 in number, i've done d first treatment bt i still see some lice on dem, pls d cyperforce is it a pour on? can i use it on d birds too or will i dilute it? @farmtech, my friend mills d feed in his farm, his prodtn is 70-80%. my birds are 26+ weeks and yet nothin 4rm dem though am still hopeful, i've spent a lot of money already on dis.

kevin96:
Pls how do you apply this concimectin?
Are your birds on litters?

I used 40 littres of water to miss 100ml, and distributed it to d birds. they're on deep litters.

Eggcelent:
endy247. Don't waste your money on any egg formula. Deal with the lice infestation first. Repeat the Concimentrin after 2 weeks of initially administering it. Are the birds on litter? If yes, add ash in significant quantity to the litter. Give them vitamin & light at night to ensure they eat more. Success.

Thanx @eggcelent, i appreciate. will do as u said.

Eggcelent:
700 matured birds and weighing 1.5kg each not finishing 3 bags of 25kg feeds in a day? Something is wrong. At this age, they should be doing 3.5 bags while still "asking" for more. I assume they are sick. And given the drop in number of eggs laid daily; it could be ND, though it could also be due to the lice. Was there ever a time they finished the 3 bags? I'll advise you repeat the treatment for lice after 2 weeks, as well as do something about possible ND infection.

I don't think it's ND cos i've been up to date wit lasota even gave dem last wk, they use to finish 3bags b4, i'm suspecting dat lice. i don't kn how i can completely get rid of it. Is it advisable to give dem egg formular now?

FarmTech:
Do you feed them well and what is their average weight like?

They don't finish their feed, a colleague mills d feed 4 me he mills his own too. average weight is 1.5kg.

@eggcelent & all, I feed them 3bags bt they dont finish it in a day, i raised them myself, d uniformity in growth is poor, i've given them concimectin(ivermectin) 4 d lice, wat i don't understand is after reaching 16 eggs, they dropped to 3 to 4 eggs a day.

utchlady:
Good evening house, hope u remember me? My birds started laying at 18th weeks will be 21 weeks on Monday. Production of eggs is like 100+ out of 500 birds. Please am I doing OK got them from animal care and I give them animalcare feed.

congrats utchlady, ur birds are doing fine. mine started laying at 23weeks abt 3weeks ago bt i've gotten only 3 crates since then pls house wat cld be wrong wit my birds, i noticed they have lice which am treating though i've treated it b4, their prodtn reached 2% b4 bt now it's 3 or 4 eggs a day 4rm 700 birds.

Following.

Eggcelent:
jamp. OK. Thanks a lot. Keep me updated, pls. endy247. You may try Avertin, among others.

Ok, thanx.

Guys pls which drug is good for deworming laying birds.

kevin96:
When did u gave the last ND vaccine?

The last ND vaccine was 4weeks ago when they were 19weeks.

tucurj:
congratulations @endy

thanx oga tucurj.

FarmTech:
Congratulations oo. Are you done with all the vaccinations?

yes farmtech, i'm done wit vaccination, thanx.