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For those in anambra, u can do ur soil test at Agricultural dev center, awka, off kwata junction.

How about to onitsha? And do u hav regular supply?

fayahsoul:
No you are the one missing the point. There cannot be a national paradigm shift in the current system of agric production if the government isnt involved. Anything short of that and you end up with an ordinary business venture that will benefit opportunists like you while the vast majority of farmers remain hoodwinked and worse of.

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For now, I think this is a matter of how many farmers' life did u affect positively. Maybe when the govt see it wking they'll key in - if they like.

jasper7:
That's the imbalance I talk about. Why would everybody go and start producing onions at the same time? Just because that's the easiest period to produce. Processing food especially for vegetables is not as nutritious as eating it fresh. Most processed food are just garbage. For the amount of farmers in Nigeria, I don't think we should have excess of any product. At least for now. That's why I said I want to manage farmers. So that we can produce what is needed when it is needed. And put the rest of our energy in exportable products.

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Well Processed foods including vegetables will retain most of their nutritive value. One of the best way to process vegetables is by drying them under shade or oven and then grinding to powder.

ttmacoy:
No the UK government has not taken children away for spanking. They have taken children away for abuse. When you beat children in a harmful way leaving marks all over their body.

You are allowed to Spank and punish but there is a difference between spanking and beating anyhow.

The reason the government step in is to avoid the many cases of children who have been caused harm or even death aka baby P.

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It is a step by step thing. Very soon they might place a total ban. See http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/un-urges-uk-create-laws-banning-parents-hitting-their-children-1512470

Page 0 seemed to be full of antichrists. If u think christianity destroyed Africa, think again. Compare it to Africa's stupidity of killing of twins, tagging whatever they don't understand witch etc. Christianity have really helped us in many ways. However as the bible have always warned, there are Satans in the church, wolves in sheep clothings that made the church look bad.
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Don't judge the church base on those pastors that worship wealth at the expense of gospel truth.
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Spanking a child is biblical. To cut story short, read the strategy satan has used to destroy christianity in advanced countries. The link below will tell u why same sex marriage was legalized, why parents can no longer correct their children and many more. It was an organized plan: https://mobile.facebook.com/notes/pastor-david-ogbueli/the-10-point-plan-by-alice-bailey-and-the-new-world-order-for-the-destruction-of/10151669226247539/.

Teempakguy:
are You God's spokesperson?

how much is he paying you for this job?

are you doing this job because God literally can't speak for himself or you're just a volunteer?

I hope you know what God does to overzealous Volunteers?

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U seem not to understand how God works. Didn't ur bible tells u He speak thru men? Don't u know the story of Moses, Elijah and other prophets and apostles? Didn't God spoke thru them? As for payment There are many ways God pays His spokepersons.

Sack farming - v inspiring.

nnaemeka1990:
Farmers I hail o

Pls I need more information about health hazards of poultry droppings.

Something about ammonia compounds and lungs infections,

Occasional sharp pains around the chest cavity during breathing, pains at the back, around the spinal cord.

Am sure most guys here that do the day to day cleaning of the poultry farm themselves must have been experiencing such or something similar.

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I've never experience such. See a dr.

Teaphar015:
hello good morning
good farmers in the house.My name is latifah.i am a graduate with Bachelor's degree in microbiology.I'v had interest in agriculture especially poultry farming since my childhood.Now as the economy of Nigeria is..being self employed(farming especially)is the only solution to unemployment problems.
To cut the long story short,I ventured into broiler production already.God so good, its been going on great.No mortality at all in my broiler production farm, except for d turkeys I am rearing as well.
Now the problem I have is that I started late October 30th to be precise coz of fear of bird flu(rumour I guess).so, I cudnt sell them off for Xmas and new year coz dey avnt really grown very big.
Now, my fear is..I changed my mind to raise them till Easter which is going to be almost 5months of their production.
What do you advice me to do because..I am going to have overweighed cost of production.and im sure its not economical enough to sell them for #3500.Im scared.im finking of getting help on processing into frozen chicken by ending of jan when they will be exactly 3months.
Please I need your advice on what to do and how to go about it. Thanks in advance.im new here, and it feels good to be part of ds great forum.

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If u can process to frozen chicken, fine.

ClinnotradeLtd:
Hi, Good morning. Maize is N80000 per ton. Thanks

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Too costly. Grain markt in onitsha sell less than that.

Gisthaphy:
thanks farmtech. I sent u a pm on FB. confirm pls. ok. maybe I can start small to know how productive it is. it's Ghanaian and Cameroonian snails that take that long though good cos they lay over 100 eggs. Nigerian snails take 6months or thereabout to mature and lay over 50eggs.

friend request accepted. I don't think there is anything like Cameroon snail etc. instead we have achatina achatina, marginata etc

It is only immoral nonesense like this that we get from the entertainthem industry. Satan at work.

folks4luv:
@Op. First define what it means to judge, den define what it means to rebuke or criticize then u will see that when Christ said judge not, he meant judge not. Judges at the law courts have measurements, they judge you by it, ever seen a law court rebuking a criminal? They judge.
Christians need to no d difference between dealing with issues and dealing with people. Judgement have to do with condemnation, but rebuke is not focused on the person but on what a person has done.
A girl had a foursome, I will be right to tell her those who do that will go to hell cause it is against God's laws, but I will be wrong to look her in the face and say "hey sis, ur going to hell", that means I have condemned her, wat if she repents tomorrow?

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Let's clear out sth here: John 7:24 says "stop judging by mere appearances, but instead JUDGE correctly". This tells u that there are correct and incorrect way to judge. The bible simply want us to judge correctly.
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To judge means "to form an opinion about somebody or something, based on the information you have". Therefore, b4 u tell the girl that she's going against God's law, u have already judged her. How? Bc u have already formed an opinion about her action, base on the information you have. And ur judgement is correct.
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Finally, without the ability to judge correctly, there will be nothing like preaching the gospel.

MizMyColi:
We know that God created everyone in his image and likeness.

Every created being is God-Like.
For the bible makes us understand that Christ fills ALL things with HIMSELF; ALL IN ALL.

If I were to judge a friend who prostitutes for a living based on the eternal truth that they are ever accepted, loved and unjudged before their creator...

I would be more loving and correct them from a place of wholeness and acceptance. I would be more gentle. Most times, because of our human nature and how we've taken the words of men written in the bible as THE word of God, we tend to become destructive, brash and ungentle in our criticism...thereby alienating the more, those we need to bring closer to their maker.

Judge a behaviour(s), not a person.
That in itself lies an unfathomable power to transform.

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Point of correction here. The bible is the word of God. The holy spirit inspired people at different times to pen it down. So don't call some of it words of men.
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Also, criticism must not always be gentle, otherwise many will never repent. U have to read the bible to see harsh criticism that made people repent, like that of Paul correcting hypocritical Peter etc.

Processing has always been the way to follow, plus proper storage.

Mykeolinks:
@farmtech thanks for the advice, I've had a little experience already and I also have a mentor close by who wud be @ my Beck and call anytime... I'm also carrying out researches on my own that's y I'm here on nairaland to tap from this thread.... Another issue is that I just need to maximize the space I just rented so I won't be @ loss... The cage capacity that I have is 540 birds

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Ok, but you have to be careful. Did you calculated space requirement in terms of 5birds/m2? That's the one suitable for hot climates.

Please who knows the name of the plant below?

It’s been a long time. Here is a summary update:

Mortality so far: 7.1% out of 607 birds. Most were due to diseases, but some were avoidable accidents.

Birds Left: 564

Eggs per day: 16 crates and 15 eggs recently. This is 87.8% laying, though they once reached 89%. Egg production wasn’t constant due to unreliable lighting (not much) and disease signal. Whenever we notice the slightest sign of disease, we give complete dose of a broad spectrum antibiotics (tylodox, conflox, terramyccin etc).

Lasota vaccination: Every 4-6 weeks.

Feed cost from 1-20th week: N113,400 for starter and N267,750 for growers.

Drug cost from 1-20th week: N22,500

Vaccination and Debeaking cost from 1-20th week: N66,774

Vitamin cost from 1-20th week: N13,410

FRANCOXAV:
Isuofia

.. Ok. Far from nkpor.

FRANCOXAV:
Isuofia

.. Ok. Far from nkpor.

Nbg4real:
morning all! pls what drugs do you use in brooding new layers. i use vitamins, glucose, antistress and antibiotics. but someone advised me not to use antibiotics unless i noticed any sickness pls house i need your contributions. thank you

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There is no fix rule here. It depends on the area. If you're area has high cases of disease incidence, then use antibiotics to brood.

Mykeolinks:
It's been awesome following this thread all along, thanks guys for the priceless info I've gotten here... I actually did an experiment on broilers and it was an eye opener although not profitable... I wasn't expecting it to be though cos I lost over 50% of them and then sold the remaining one this Xmas period.... So the next thing I intend doing is going into egg production so I'd be hoping to continue to get more info from this thread as time goes on... My first need that I have right now is the list of vaccines and date I'd need to administer to my layers from DOC to pol... I intend stocking 540 birds... Thanks in anticipation

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Since you don't have experience yet, better start with 100. This may help: http://farmersjoint.com/doc-screening-lab-result.html

Limamimi:
Thanks Eggcelent I feel better with your reply cos I was almost giving up on poultry farming which has always been my favorite. With you and others beside me I know I will get to my target in poultry farming. Once again thanks for the encouragement.

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You can estimate how much to feed your birds from the chart here: http://www.farmersjoint.com/blog/livestock-farming/poultry/feed-consumption-plan-body-weight-target-laying-hens/. Did you formulate your own feed? If so you have to make sure it is well balanced.

FRANCOXAV:
Hello great and undaunted FARMERS

Please I am from Anambra State but I wanna get a good breeding line for my newly built piggery. I have heard of WAGON and others.

Which is the best and how do I source it. I need help.

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Which part of anambra?

Op, why not give credit to who credit is due. This is copy-paste from http://www.livestockkenya.com/index.php/pigs/248-construction-details-of-a-piggery.

omejeo:
their eye is dillated very weak,their head is normal . they make big sound like dog not normal ,some their eye swollen, they have cough,few are not eating thanks

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Might be coryza. Try erythromycin, amoxicillin, keproceryl, tylodox...

mbuotidemjames:
The name of the birds is AGRITED.....thats what I used in the first batch and I started selling them by 5 weeks.
For the feeds....im using TOP FEEDS.
Is there any suggestion of boosters to use to make them grow fast and heavy because they are so light and they resemble our native birds which can eat very well but not growing fast....please help

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Seems like u didnt treat for coccidiosis. The damage have been done to their intestines. They can no longer assimilate feed efficiently. Give them herbs like pawpaw, bitter, moringa leaves.

apexquest:
My birds have not fully recovered from their pox infection but they are due for their monthly lasota now.. What do I do Should I suspend their treatment for now n vaccinate them or wait for it to completely dry up.

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Pox dont normally make the birds weak. That is, if it is the dry form - the one that produce boils on their face and comb. The wet form is more dangerous. If they are healthy and shows no sign of respiratory problem, give lasota. But I'll recommend u first give a broad spectrum antibiotics like neoceryl plus, amoxicillin, tylodox or oxytetracyclin. After giving the drug for the recommended days you can give lasota a day after u finish treatment.

tuk2ato:
I have a small challenge on my farm, the well water got dried up due to harmattan, but there is a river close by. Can i make use of the river? If no, how can i purify the river water in order to be suitable for my broilers to drink?

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Dont use without boiling well. Bacteria in our polluted rivers is sth else. Better to call a tanker to fill ur tank