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Josipov:
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May God keep helping me in that aspect ooo

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Amen oo. Biosecurity isn't easy though. But very necessary.

Front page worthy thread. keep it up.

Josipov:
I understand you very well Sir...
And you're right I'm dealing with Small scale
But Like I said earlier, I strictly don't allow them fly out of the compound... Neither are the outsiders allowed to fly inside...
The fence is so high, coupled with flowers that climbs and surrounded it.

Moreover, large scale can't happen in this same compound, except we humans will have to leave the house

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I meant that flying birds (not chicken s) can fly into the compound and deposit diseases.

Most women are shameless idiots. Immodesty and seduction will lead you to hell. Lust too.

Josipov:
I disagree with you Sir...
You slaughtered your local fowls out of FEAR of outbreak of diseases or whatsoever... And you most likely did so because of the testimonies you've HEARD.
I pay very detail attention to my birds (both local and Hybrid), and I am not the type that wait for them to start dying or falling sick before administering drugs (mostly organic) to them.

Mind you, our compound is a fenced one, meaning I don't allow them to crossover and mingle with other fowls in the neighborhood.

And in this same compound, I've successfully reared both foreign turkeys and broilers.

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If you understand how diseases are transferred, you won't argue with what I said. So long as wild birds fly in and out of your compound, there are diseases there. Google "farm biosecurity measures."
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And when I say " large scale", I mean from 1000 birds upward. You are still practicing small scale and so you may go free until you try large scale.

Very heartbreaking. An innocent child for that matter. Just for crying naturally? May God punish that man. May he be caught and prosecuted.

Revolution2022:
My 6 months old chickens.Some died at an early stages of their lives.For chop.

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With the economic situation in this country, people should start growing a d raising most of what they eat. Kudos.

noeloge82:
The chaff of maize if not properly dried is get way to CRD that's why many individual that mill their feed using maize that is not very dried keep wondering where their birds usually get CRD from

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It would likely be aspergillosis or sour crop due to mouldy feed. Both have respiratory symptoms and are fungal diseases. So antibiotics won't be effective.

Aspergillosis is untreatable. It can only be prevented by avoiding mouldy feed, mouldy sawdust/litter and dirt/feces in feed and water. Sour crop can be treated as follows:
Treat with anti-fungal Nystatin for 5 days.

Add a probiotic supplement to feed.

Add copper sulphate to water.

Josipov:
Bad idea.... I raise Local fowls, noilers and cockerels together... And they're doing well and even inter-breeding among themselves.
The locals are my hatchers

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It can back fire on the long run. Things like this is why many people fail when they try to expand. A lot of things you ignore and get away with at small scale will haunt you at large scale.

T0BY:
This mumu sha.. instead of doing this nonsense, while not go to brothel and do your thing. It seems there's a bad spirit behind some certain behaviors.

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Repentance is the best.

APC wanted to turn a good situation into a bad one but it didn't work. Shame.

Rebuke:
Smh! Another thread to bash innocent Ladies and paint marriage as a very bad thing.

The devil in yhur head sponsoring all these useless posts, just to rubbish the sanctity of marriage is very very useless.

Na una know where una dey go find una brides sha. More like attracting yhur kind.

I know just too many around me that have been married for ages and they're still enjoying marital bliss.

If yhu like, create all kind of excuses for yhurself not to get married and be messing around, yhu are on yhur own.

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Well said. People tend to attract their likes.

emmaachile2:
Not possible. Broiler is garbage in garbage out! The only way to make profit is using good feed either commercial or formulated feed.

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I'm yet to experience that oo.

noeloge82:
Unfortunately the result can't be compared to using good and risk of CRD from maize chaff and PKC is still unpredictable

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Can you pls explain more? How does maize chaff and pic cause CRD?

I think the most important thing is net profit made per bird. They might be making more profit considering feed prices.

noeloge82:
At this level of 4wks u achive 0.9kg average weight it means that by 8wk u will looking at 3kg cos from now feed conversion rate is higher tham 1-2wks congrats once again

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Broiler Feed and Growth Chart

kareemkamil:
May Almighty God guide us from all this foreigner chemical chicken

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Some farmers abuse drugs. They may not follow the recommended withdrawal period before selling. Organic ones are good, but it is risky and consumers cannot pay the price.

brain54:
Wow…just 6 weeks!
Is it a very technical crop to grow?
I hope to get the required knowledge soon. Before venturing into any area of crop farming I later decide to go into.
Up till now okro was the shortest duration I knew of…also 6 weeks. But cucumber is also a great idea.
Would do more research on that though.

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Yes. Not that easy to grow. You must be well prepared.

noeloge82:
Broilers as at today 19 September 2022 is on the all time highest price ever 700-740 per bird with prospect of moving higher , this is not the best time for poultry farmers even feed price is very high and if you take a look at 2015 all time broiler highest prices then it was around #150 per bird the question now is buying broilers at this 700-740 , buying feed at high cost what will be selling price during the Christmas sales , hmmmm
Can people buy broilers for 12-15k per bird?

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Some farmers now dilute the feed with PKC, maize chaff etc.

noeloge82:
This pic below is a 25 days old broiler and foreign turkey , I sourced for someone here from DOC she has not raised birds before but learnt everything from here , I say congratulations

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Pls, tell him that mixing broiler and turkeys is a no-no. They can infect each other with deadly diseases without being affected by the disease.

noeloge82:
Tapoline for roofing is because of cost I guess it ok for now but it may not last for more than 8months cos of direct sun ,so u can use it for now and try and wash d walls of d rooms in ur pics

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Old post, but..
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If you want the tarpaulin roof to last forever, protect it from sunlight using something like palm fronds.

brain54:
What crops specifically do you farm…



I have always had the intention of going into crop farming. Crops with shorter periods of harvest- maize, Okro etc. Also vegetable farming

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Mainly cucumber, plantain/banana and sweet potatoes Leafy vegetables too. My pawpaw plantation now old and dying off. I have replaced a lot of them with plantains.

Cucumber is the shortest duration crop I know. Just 6 weeks.

ppogba:
My main experience is in the area of maize and cassava.
AS per the broiler, I beg to defer that demand is excess any time of the year.
A few years ago, a neighbor of my shared his children to different spots to market his broilers on the christmas day, As we dey go give the girls food na so we dey share pure water around. No fiction.

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It depends on location. We await your maize-cassava experience.

LikeAking:
Just shut up!

When u have God wat are u doing with weapons... You guys must see religion for wat it is...

Do u know what it means to be an anointed man of God.. Guns and bombs will be ineffective as dey usually claim..

BPs are kids of the world..

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You are ignorant of Christianity. Jesus's disciples that were killed, were they not anointed ? Anointing doesnt means foolishness. When you see danger and refuse to run, that is foolishness. When you are about to be harm and you refuse to defend yourself, that is foolishness.

brain54:
Zzzzzzzzzz….

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Before, I find it very difficult to reach super mods. But now it is easier. So now, educative agric topics will be gracing front page.

frozen70:
Ok naw

Can I start adding maize to their food and what else do you think i should add to it

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You can add pkc (palm kernel cake, spent chaff from maize, millet etc.

brain54:
Depends largely on location…



Plus as a farmer you need to be ready to go the extra mile to market. It’s not an ‘ajebutter’ business.
Again the contacts you have been able to build over time.
Do you sell through middle men or to consumers directly?

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I'm base in crop farming for now. My mum does broiler. She sell to both middle men and direct to consumers.

brain54:
I don’t know the quantity of your birds…



But you can add the eggs to local chickens brooding for them to hatch.

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To avoid spread of diseases, local chickens were all eliminated. They raise about 2* noilers. Still testing the ground.

brain54:
Pls did they change mods at the agriculture department…?

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Mods were not changed. Why do you ask? Have we been sleeping?

Parachoko:
Very risky

Poultry business is only good for person with lots of capital

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If you know how to prevent and control diseases in a timely manner, it is not that risky. Cleanliness also matters a lot. What many farmers don't know is that ammonia smell from their poop can trigger a lot of diseases. It lowers their immune system. Mosquitoes can also cause diseases, including the dreaded wet form of fowl pox (not the dry form that cause external scabs).

Generally, many animal farmers have the mindset of "Na just animals". You cant make it with that kind mindset.

Josbreed:
Scarce due to high demand. People here in the North are breeding Noers now by themselves. They buy ftom Amo, and hatch their eggs. Once dey do that, they don't bother going back to Amo for a long while.

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My mum have some noilers now laying. They send the eggs to a hatchery to be hatched for a small fee. Seems like this will cause bad business for the main hatcheries if people go this route.

ppogba:
What an experience.
My own experience as a maize farmer and a cassava farmer will be enough to write two textbooks.
The point is, never put your head especially where people with no practical experience are shouting how lucrative a venture is.

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I suggest you open a thread and share your experience. You can get good advice.

From my experience, selling broilers is not a big deal. Demand is excess anytime of the year. May be it depends on location.

frozen70:
They are actually for personal consumption for December

My eyes are already on them and I give them good food without mixing the food with anything

Just food and good water

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You can save cost by giving food scraps too. Happy eating.