₦airaland Forum

samshoz:
I use wire mesh sir.

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That's the best.

fxguru3D:
Are you in to snail farming? @all any body here dat is in to snail farming here? were can one buy dem. am intrested in it too.
if anybody hv ideal pls shear it we can add dat to our farming too u no man shall not live by bread alone.na money we dey find abi i lie?

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I can't say I'm into snail farming. I just have few as hobby. I study and get prepared for the real thing.

mercylicious:
i dont think dts d net profit per day for 497 birds cos u did not include the cost of thw layers when u will dispose them off.i heard its btw 800 to 1200 each.

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This is just a rough estimate. The actual cost will depend on the time of the yr. It's higher during festive season.

babsf:
please which feed do u use for dem b4 the 18weeks,,,,because i have 1200birds now of 4 weeks by dis Friday bt as u knw i really want to scw to the local 1, oh to mix wit concentrate and maize.....need to knw frm u plzzz

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B4 you switch, test the new feed on some of them to avoid painful mistake. Also mix the old and new feed together for at least 2 weeks. After that u can give them only the new feed. Changing feed suddenly can be dangerous.

pet01:
Farmtech pls I want to know if u buy commercial feed or u locally produce ur feeds? If commercial, how do u cope with the price of feed and the quantity they consume in making profit? But if u use local feed how do u get ur mixtures right?

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I use commercial feed and the price have not change yet. My supplier have not increase the price. Are you having problem with price?

samshoz:
Oga mi, i remain loyal. I have rested my poultry passion 97%. My problems are inability to afford vet for my pullet(25pcs, but all sold now), purchase cage, inadequate funds and lack of ready customer base etc. As a part time backyard farmer, i cant go to the market. But am currently raising small amount of cockerel and recently ventured into micro-rabbitry. I have been following quietly, even d Qsat cable brouhaha lol.

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Please open a new thread about your rabbitry. I've been looking that way for a long time. Do you use wire mesh for their flooring?

samuel25:
Pls i need advice from experience layer farmers. I am a consistent broiler and cockrel farmer, i just bought a canton of black layers to experiment not knowing that EDS Vacine is that costly and available in thousand dose, pls what is your advice? is it advisable to skip it?.

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For your own good, don't skip a single vaccination. They may come back to HAUNT you in the future.

mercylicious:
This thread is d bomb.
See sisterhood n brotherhood. Highly informative
I maybe needing ur assistance when i start in a year or two years time.

@my bros farmtech, i sight u. U are really loaded.

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When you start holla us. God's speed.

I sent you pins for N300 and you sent back a text that I shud check my data which I did, but I saw nothing. I'm still waiting.

Cee9:
If u stay in awka,or any where nearby i can supply our refined zobo.known as ZOBOCOlA,nafdac approved, 07060484547

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Nice concept. Keep it up.

Pls answer this for me: A wood measuring 2x4x12, are these numbers in feet or inches?

makinde3:
You should have insurance to cover disater

Thanks.

Does anyone know the location of any of the following places?
1. Lower Mamu (achalla nando) river project
2. Niger flood plain (umuere-anam oroma etiti) project
3. Uzo-Uwani in Igboeze division nsuka agric zone
4. Lower anambra irrigatn project Omor
how can I visit any of them from Onitsha?

Does anyone know the location of any of the following places?
1. Lower Mamu (achalla nando) river project
2. Niger flood plain (umuere-anam oroma etiti) project
3. Uzo-Uwani in Igboeze division nsuka agric zone
4. Lower anambra irrigatn project Omor
how can I visit any of them from Onitsha?

DadaStephen1:
If you don't pay, your guarantor bears the brunt. So you won't want to be heartless.
The interest rate is standard.

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What about disaster?

Now with no colateral, what happens if you can't pay back the loan?
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In an event of disaster in your farm - pest, disease etc, how do they consider that?
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The interest rate, is it annually?

fm7070:
nice idea bro. there was this goat I saw in Ghana early this year, like 2½ feet tall and robust
If not for border wahala, I could have brought a male to Nigeria

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A solution to that would be importing the semen instead.

fm7070: The local breed will be a very bad business to venture into
except you leave them to be eating on their own
which put them at risk of being stolen.
I think cow or ram/sheep is better (if you can get good breed)

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Thanks for the tip. If I'd consider goas, it would have to be a cross between boer and WAD.

It requires a lot of patience and it's better when combined with faster biznesses. Thanks very much.

Does this work on laptop? Just asking...

Nice post. How about nafdac no?

How much does each cost you?

Hello Nairalanders I greet,
Pls how lucrative is meatpie business? Can some one give me a breakdown of what is involve?

Hello Nairalanders,
How long will a goat take to attain mature weight when fed mainly grass?

amarawa: Bank of Agric loans requires u to operate account for 3 months. You can also benefit thru a cooperative. The maximum for each person N250,000.

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3 months? I can't remember who told me 6 months.

ugsams: Not far from the expressway, I learnt that bike men now stay in front of the new road(I'm not sure of this) but to be on a safe side just stop at Toll gate and get a bike that will take you to Agric or alternatively stop at site, wait for bike under the billboard of the West African Intercontinental Market tell the bike man to take you to Agric. The trip from site will obviously be more expensive(between #100 - #200) but will take you through Ozeh village in Nkwelle Ezunaka and enable you to see the area more.

Thanks v much. I'll visit there soon.

jethro2: Mile 12 Lagos recent prices
50kg of Garri N5000
A bag of grinded yam flour (Elubo) N30,000
Big basket of tomato N7,000
A kilo of Maize N70, bag of 100kg is N7,000
A kilo of Soya beans N120, bag of 100kg is N12,000
Bag of rice N8,000

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This is very helpful. Keep it up.

ugsams: If you are talking about the new Nkwelle Ezunaka road that is located around Toll gate, the answer is yes.

In the olden days, there was a very big farm settlement occupied by whites. We refer to the place as Agric. They were into animal husbandry and different types of fruit plantations. However, the farm settlement stopped operation around the 90's. Some years back the former governor, Peter Obi privatized it through ANIDS. Some of the lands has been plotted and sold out to individuals while some others are used for agriculture (mostly maize farming) by people... I also learnt that there is a private farm(osakwe farms) that are into animal husbandry around there.

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Thanks v much. I know Osakwe farm. They have another branch at Ogidi and I've done biz with them b4.
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How far is Agric from the expressway? Also, is there any river there where people practice dry season farming?

Lesgupnigeria: thanks
know about it but not in the abuja and it environs

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Pls tell us what u know. That's another value addition farmers shud do in order to be free from those "market women".

opes: the pond odour can be prevented by using PROBIOTICS. I was using chicken manure to indirectly feed my fish and also using it to fertilize my pond water because i used the pond water to culture duckweed. in two of my ponds, i used fresh chicken manure so odour is expected. it will be tedious changing the water regularly, but you have no option than to change and replace the pond water by at least 20% so that your fish quality will not be affected by the odour. though my production is not for commercial purpose, rather a livelihood project and training for local farmers.

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Hey! Where do you get those duckweeds? I've been looking for it.

kay29000: Whoa! So much business opportunities in Nigeria. I don't even know which one to focus on right now.

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That's hw it use to be initially. Just analyse as many as posible and then choose one that suit your need.