Agriculture › Re: High Quality Farm Bred Rabbits For Sale by FarmTech(mod): 1:39pm On Nov 05, 2014 |
@Op, which state are you in? |
Agriculture › Re: 4 Nairalanders Launch Agric Ecommerce Website.... by FarmTech(mod): 1:27pm On Nov 05, 2014 |
@Farmbaskit, do you have market for rabbit meats? |
Agriculture › Re: Gr8 Farmers Of Nigeria Pls Help Me Look Into This by FarmTech(mod): 1:15pm On Nov 05, 2014 |
I'm also asking the same question. Where is ur location? |
Agriculture › Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by FarmTech(mod): 12:32am On Nov 05, 2014 |
mercylicious: I don browse this oga tey tey to decipher wat is in his hidden vmix. All i can get is dt oga fnk is into chemicals. vmix will be nothing more than immune booster. I saw a post wia he said he has been doing nano silver tey tey. i saw another one wia he was selling a weightloss drug via a proxy. he brought d drugs into naija.
So sorry i had to dig u, bt i am an engineer by training and i go to any lenght to fix a puzzle. . .. Do you know some immune boosters for chickens? |
Agriculture › Re: Making Briquettes From Farm Wastes. by FarmTech(mod): 12:21am On Nov 04, 2014 |
There are lots of untapped opportunitied you'll find if u research. |
Agriculture › Re: 21 Weeks Old Pullets Not Laying. What Could Be Wrong? by FarmTech(mod): 11:51pm On Nov 03, 2014 |
uboma: @ op, please heed the above advise. FarmTech is a guru in raising layers. He has seen it all and is ever willing to share his experiences and knowledge. .. Liked. |
Agriculture › Re: Anambra Farmers, Let's Meet Here by FarmTech(mod): 11:49pm On Nov 03, 2014 |
mercylicious: wetin dey shele?
ofido and farmtech, hw are ur birds? My plantains are doing great, thanks to the late rains. .. Nice to hear that. My birds are still laying. |
Agriculture › Re: 21 Weeks Old Pullets Not Laying. What Could Be Wrong? by FarmTech(mod): 8:02pm On Nov 01, 2014 |
Eggcelent: Thanks Uboma. Mercylicious. They are being fed the expected quantity. While, I had thought of supplying artificial light due to the shorter day-length, I decided against it in the interim as it is only advisable after the birds have started laying on their own. All the same, thanks a bunch .. You can start light stimulatn when 80% have reached the target body weight of about 1.5kg. .. At most I know, some birds may start laying at 22wks. |
Agriculture › Re: Interesting Facts About Rabbits (oryctolagus Cuniculus). by FarmTech(mod): 9:27pm On Oct 30, 2014 |
freemannn: Am a rabbit breeder aswell bt reside in jos, OP pls dou u ve d flemish giant? .. Is rabbit meat popular in Jos? |
Agriculture › Re: Interesting Facts About Rabbits (oryctolagus Cuniculus). by FarmTech(mod): 1:17pm On Oct 30, 2014 |
Where is rabbit meat consumption popular in nigeria? |
Agriculture › Re: Chicken Feed Scarcity: My Solution, What Is Yours? by FarmTech(mod): 7:59pm On Oct 28, 2014 |
Pavore9: lt is time to put on the creative cap and come up with a fomula that may turn out cheaper and serving the same purpose! l have come to believe that there is no single solution to anything, so make una start research. .. Eyes shud be going to byproducts that are wasted - cassava, leaf meals (moringa etc). |
Agriculture › Re: Chicken Feed Scarcity: My Solution, What Is Yours? by FarmTech(mod): 1:21am On Oct 27, 2014 |
Rzq4: i hope the prob has bn solved in ur area Not yet. |
Agriculture › Re: Is Sorghum Cheaper Than Maize? by FarmTech(mod): 1:43am On Oct 26, 2014 |
anienge001: And to think that the OP is a moderator makes it more absurd. Farmtech, abeg do the needful!! .. Done buddy. |
Agriculture › Re: Is Sorghum Cheaper Than Maize? by FarmTech(mod): 1:41am On Oct 26, 2014 |
rareman: Can you imagine this two, what's happening here, someone asked relevant question that is capable of helping their career, all they could do is asking some stupid questions. Can't you guys locate romance section? @Femtech please don't allow this distract you. From my experience I think maize is cheaper but it dependent on the season. Please is it possible I hook up with you by november 7th at nkpor to check out your poultry farm? .. Don't mind them, I've marked their posts as spam, next one may be to ban them. .. When you're set let me know. See me on facebook: henry ikeme |
Celebrities › Re: Man Warns Obama 'don't Touch My Girlfriend.' How Did President Handle It? by FarmTech(op): 1:17am On Oct 25, 2014 |
icebebe: Dis white pple live a complicated buh simple life,if na naija dis tin happen eh mmmmm.. U no d rest In a society conscious of morals, things like this will not go unoticed. Nigeria is more morally conscious than USA. |
Celebrities › Man Warns Obama 'don't Touch My Girlfriend.' How Did President Handle It? by FarmTech(op): 10:41pm On Oct 22, 2014*. Modified: 1:15am On Oct 25, 2014 |
President Obama took a break from campaigning Monday to cast his vote early, only to receive ribbing from another voter to stay clear of his fiancée. Christian Science Monitor By Peter Grier October 21, 2014 2:26 PM
An apparently jealous man on Monday warned President Obama to stay away from his fiancée.
No, we are not making this up. It is actual news. Mr. Obama was casting his vote early at a Chicago polling station (more on that later) when a local man named Mike Jones walked by and said, “Mr. President, don’t touch my girlfriend.”
He was kidding, we think. CNN caught the whole thing on tape, so you can judge for yourself. Obama may have been surprised but he appeared take the warning with aplomb.
“I really wasn’t planning on it,” he replied, while continuing to mark off his ballot at the stand-up voting machine.
The woman in question, Aia Cooper was understandably mortified. She was voting next to Obama, which is why Mr. Jones got involved in the first place.
“I am sorry, please excuse him,” she said.
Obama said it was an example of “a brother just embarrassing me for no reason.” Then he went into a riff in which he predicted what Ms. Cooper would say when she went home and told her friends and family about the incident.
“ ‘I can’t believe Mike, he’s such a fool,’ ” Obama said Cooper would say.
“ ‘Fortunately, the president was nice about it,’ ” he said, imitating Cooper.
At the end Obama went up to her and said that given what had gone on they had to give folks something to talk about, and kissed her on the cheek.
The president was probably pretty pleased with how this went down. So pleased, in fact, we had a brief moment of thinking the whole thing was a pre-planned act. (We doubt it; conspiracies are much harder to pull off than Oliver Stone believes.)
This is not because it seemed kind of cute but because of a crucial aspect of the whole video: everybody in it is voting. Already! Election Day is not until Nov. 4, remember. But early voting is now allowed in 34 states and the District of Columbia.
Democrats are desperately trying to increase turnout among Democratic-leaning constituencies, such as African-Americans, to counteract Republican enthusiasm. Encouraging early voting has been one of their main turnout tools. A viral video of the president casting a ballot can only help these efforts.
The GOP has responded in kind with an early voting effort, establishing a sort of race between the parties to see how fast each can get its partisans to the polls.
“The success or failure of each party’s efforts to get voters to the polls early will determine the outcome of critical contests across the nation, including the battle for control of the Senate,” wrote Reid Wilson yesterday in The Washington Post.
And early returns show early turnout is heavy. As of Oct. 21, over 2.6 million voters had already cast mid-term ballots, according to the United States Election Project.
It’s not clear yet if either party has an edge here. But if Obama’s banter about jealous boyfriends makes even a handful of Democrats get to the polls early rather than not vote at all the party will count itself fortunate. SOURCE: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Buzz/2014/1021/Man-warns-Obama-don-t-touch-my-girlfriend.-How-did-president-handle-it-video |
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Agriculture › Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by FarmTech(mod): 8:22pm On Oct 18, 2014 |
FarmTech: .. No. 2 might be a contribution, mine started laying @ about 20 weeks and they never had this problem. Another thing is the nesting box, try to cover half of it so that it would be somehow dark. That way they won't see anything to peck at. They pecking usually start when a bird just finish laying an egg. .. How many bulbs are u using and what is the dimension of the pen? .. Do you have a perch for them? If so describe it. |
Agriculture › Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by FarmTech(mod): 8:20pm On Oct 18, 2014 |
Perpetual459: 13% of my birds started dropiing 5 days ago,can I start feeding them with layer mash or continue with grower mash?what can I do to make them lay everyday cos I noticed they lay 1egg in 2days. .. What are u waitng for, you shud have started when 5% were laying. To get more egg, put lights on at night, gradually increase it till 10pm before offing. |
Agriculture › Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by FarmTech(mod): 8:18pm On Oct 18, 2014 |
Nwogbe: 1. The light is just oky 2. They started laying @ exactly 18wks 3days 3. They are not over crowded 4. Their nesting box is made up of blocks in square and round shapes. .. No. 2 might be a contribution, mine started laying @ about 20 weeks and they never had this problem. Another thing is the nesting box, try to cover half of it so that it would be somehow dark. That way they won't see anything to peck at. They pecking usually start when a bird just finish laying an egg. .. Do you have a perch for them? If so describe it. |
Agriculture › Chicken Feed Scarcity: My Solution, What Is Yours? by FarmTech(mod): 8:12pm On Oct 18, 2014 |
There is currently a serious scarcity in layers and starter feed. But growers and finishers are available. I don't know when this will end, so I've resolve to give my egg layers grower and finisher mash. I'll also add bone meal to complement calcium and phosphorus shortage.
After a calculation using pearson square mtd, I ended up with the following fmla: 1. Finisher: 18kg 2. Grower: 4.9kg 3. Bone meal: 2.3kg .. 1 and 2 cost N108/kg and N88/kg in my area. I'm yet to find that of bone meal. Using only the cost of 1 and 2, 1 bag will cost N2358. .. Note: my calculation is incomplete though. I have balance for crude protein, phosphorus and calcium, but I'm yet to balance for metabolic energy. When I'm done I'll comment it. .. So how are you guys coping with the scarcity? Do you have a better solution? |
Agriculture › Re: Goat Farming Question by FarmTech(mod): 10:03pm On Oct 17, 2014 |
baba11: Can one cage them for rearing?because it's not advisable to due free range due to there being stubborn and the level of damage they cause.... .. Yes they can be caged, but it have to be strongly built. |
Agriculture › Re: Goat Farming Question by FarmTech(mod): 10:02pm On Oct 17, 2014 |
rareman: @Farmtech, please am sorry to derail a little, I know this is a thread for goat but I want to know if you improvised your poultry feeds like grinding corn and soya beans. Please help as am looking for a way to minimise cost. Thank you .. I have that in mind. But I buy commercial feed for now - vital feed. |
Agriculture › Re: Goat Farming Question by FarmTech(mod): 10:01pm On Oct 17, 2014 |
jfkenny: do u have a good breed of goats..I want to start rearing goats .. I've not started yet. |
Agriculture › Re: Plantain Farming Business:the Money Making Machine With 25years Span by FarmTech(mod): 9:53pm On Oct 17, 2014 |
Lesgupnigeria: I always intercrop my plantain farms with other crops to ease and reduce the weeding cost. .. If you can get geese, use them. They're very good weeders. But you have to use them when the plantain leaves have grown out of their reach, otherwise they may eat it. |
Agriculture › Re: Urgent! Poultry Farmers. by FarmTech(mod): 9:47pm On Oct 17, 2014 |
Eggcelent: House, especially poultry farmers, has anyone ever used Jakana AgFeeds for raising pullets? If yes, kindly share your experience. I learnt the feeds is popular with farmers in Edo & Delta. Your contributions on the pros & cons of using these feeds will be appreciated, please. .. Haven't even heard of it. |
Agriculture › Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by FarmTech(mod): 9:46pm On Oct 17, 2014 |
Nwogbe: Hello huz, for the past 5days now, I have lost 3birds due to pecking. My birds are too wild eventhough they were depeeked. The 3 birds I lost were pecked in d anus apparently when they were laying or after they had laid. Wot do I do 2 stop or atleast minimize this 2 d barest minimum. NB: this is a new trend as they hv been laying for 4mnths now witout this issue. They are issa brown front farm support. .. I also bought mine from farm support but they don't have this problem. Your birds died due to "vent pecking". It is a form of cannibalism that can be caused by many things: 1. Is the light too bright? 2. Do they start laying before 20 wks of age? 3. Are they overcrowded? 4. How did u design the nesting box? Etc. .. Check out this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vent_pecking |
Agriculture › Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by FarmTech(mod): 9:26pm On Oct 17, 2014 |
Moti080: Thanks. Its once in a while. Saw 2 like 2 wks ago and another one yesterday. Was thinking I shld gv them lasota.. .. It's normal bro. |
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Agriculture › Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by FarmTech(mod): 11:24pm On Oct 16, 2014 |
omoluabi1960: Yes they are on treatment for coccidiosis now..today makes it the 3rd day since they started the treatment..the chicks are 8days old now. .. What is the color of their droppings? .. If you can do a lab test, that would be great. |
Food › Estimated Cost Of Making Meat Pie by FarmTech(op): 8:04am On Oct 16, 2014 |
Hello Nairalanders, does any one know how much it will cost to make meatpie? I'm talking about ones you can sell to students. Like how many meatpies can you make from a certain quantity of floor, baking powder, mince meat etc. |
Food › Re: The Food Business Thread by FarmTech(m): 7:57am On Oct 16, 2014 |
Following. |