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macdot:
You will feed broilers with broiler starter while you feed the layers with chicks mash.

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Are the feeds different in ur area? In mine you use broiler start for both broilers and layers.

davidzfarm18:
The great FarmTech. Thanks.

.. Wlcm sir.

davies427:
Gm house. I noticed that my birds have lice, we treated dem wit lice meds, a week later. Lasota was due n it was given. We gave them water for the rest of the days. Soo on tuesday we started dem on antibiotics wit vitamins n now production has drop from.90 crates to 84 crates. Informed my vet today of this finding
He told me to continue wit the antibiotics vitamin. But i am thinking since we treated wit lice med, and followed wit lasota. We shld follow up wit vitamin n let dem take dat for couple of days b4 we proceed with the antibiotic vitamin. Pls i want to knw if i shld follow is instruct or just give vitamins for few days.

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Ff ur vet's advice.

Dorammy:
Pls my senior colleagues o! I need help badly o! I ve lost 9 layer chicks in 3 days! Wat am I doing wrong. Pls help. I got 50 broilers and 50 layers chicks. So far I ve nt lost any broiler but I dnt understand why am loosing d layers.
D first day I brought them homee I gave them glucose in their water.
Feed: top feed starter.
Second day, I added vitalyte to their water
Feed: d same
Today is d 3rd day, I added annicillin to dia water
Feed : same
Bt from my observation I think d broilers are climbing/lying on the layers. Cos I dnt think its disease dats killin dem, when I pick dem up, they ll be half dead, like in pains, either their neck or leg is broken.
How do I manage dz situation now. Thanks

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At a point u have to separate the broilers from layers so the broilers won't kill them. Have u given gumboro and lasota vaccine?

Pavore9:
After watching it in the next 2 hours, l would try and post step by step procedure.

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Good idea, some people like me can't watch online videos for now.

manya:
@Eggcellent, i have given them keproceryl a day after their arrival and also Vitalyte.
@Farmtech, i will give them Lasota on Monday 17th, that is when they will be a week in my farm. on 24th, i will give them Gomboro.
Thank you so much for your concern. As for the temperature spread, i have taken care of it now they don't form clusters. In fact the little birds are doing very well as of today their third day.
I welcome all suggestions from friends.
i am presently constructing a new house for broilers, 40feet by 12 feet to accommodate 500 birds. work has started today.

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At what day old are u giving the vaccines? I'll advice u start gumboro at day 5, lasota day 7 etc.

davidzfarm18:
Urgent advice Pls.

My birds of 24+wks have been hovering on 40% production for almost a week.
I noticed pale coloured eggs, soft shell and white shell eggs. I equally noticed greenish poo & black poo.
I called in my vet and he adviced I deworm the birds immediately, give vitamins for 2days and repeat laxota. The last one was administrated on the 27th of last month.(3wks)
His reason was that the last vaccine failed.
he sited a similar case with his farm due too failure of a particular brand of vaccine which I equally used.

My worry is the black and green poo.
I had initially bought totravet for the coccidiosis(black poo) to be administered for 2 days and Neoceryl Plus for another 5days before giving the vaccine next week.
Should I follow the vet's advice or stick with belief that you don't vaccinate sick birds.

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I'll say ff ur vet's advice plus give antibiotics like tylodox after deworming. And yes, don't vaccinate sick birds.

jamp:
It depends on your location. Its around 6k-7k

.. Tnks.

I'm currently trying out this, but at a very small scale

cmax16:
How can one formulate cheaply? is the chicken feed @ 50kg cheaper than 15k?

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25kg layers feed is about N2300. I don't have a fmla at hand now

shininstar42:
For wch network pls

.. Mtn, 4.5G

shininstar42:
For wch network pls

.. Mtn, 4.5G

boluwajokosegun:
It fruits continously for two yrs & die...

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Then this is a good tree to plant on hired land. In case the owner goes greedy and decide to chase u away, u simply tell him: ok, u can take ur land. Very soon he'll start wondering why the pawpaw are dieing.

boluwajokosegun:
Shangai farm in rivers state is not in Afam area but in Tai LGA on d way to NYSC camp ,take bus going to Onne, drop at d juction before d turning to d camp , pick a bike to shangai farm .
S seedlings are sold for N200 each, they are 2 months old so it start flowing at 4 months after planting that means d plant is 6 months old
Am not sure they sell d seeds
Be carefull when transplanting b/c of d roots once any is cut d plant will die

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Tnks. But do they sell seeds?

BELEXYFARMS:
Which of the feeds bro? Though i think layers mash will be better because of the calcium content in it.

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Layers mash will be fine, but like I said u also have to consider cost vs profit. Snails will do fine with nutritious leaves, fruit and calcium supplement. If u'll use concentrates, formulate a low cost one.

endy247:
Pls house,wat cld be wrong wit my birds, i noticed two of them wit stretched legs dis morning.

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I noticed the same with my last batch, esp during heat waves. But in the cold season... They always recover when I separate them and give them tylodox and vitamins. Newcatle disease have a symptom like that. When last did u give lasota?

manya:
My farm has welcome 1000 new DOC from ZARTECH yesterday around 9:00 PM. They are doing well so far but 5 have arrived dead. this morning, i found 3 dead ones. I have employed someone who is experienced in brooding to be taking care of them for two months. i have introduced Animal care CHICK MASH. They have taken glucose water on arrival, and vitalyte water this morning.

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When do u plan giving gumboro, lasota and anticoccidiosis? Very imp if u don't want heavy mortality.

Fumbaby:
what is the type of poultry feeds one can use to grow a day-old cockerel to 2-month? and what is the price per bag?

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Broiler starter feed. A bag is N2700 my side.

Theonlyson:
hello house pls cn someone help me wit medication and vaccination schedule for AMO chicks day old.

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U can check the one here: http://farmersjoint.com/doc-screening-lab-result.html.

jamp:
i support eggcelent and twomcfemad. if you spend 5k for your set of birds please continue with charcoal. my birds(2000) are 11 days today and i have spent about 9k on charchoal. so i advice you stick with charcoal. you can also try kerosene stove. its effective and less stressful though slightly higher than charcoal in terms of cost

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I spent N10,260 with kerosene - 600 birds. I was thinking gas will be cheaper. Like how much does 14kg gas cost?

Afrocatalyst:
You can be creative here. They eat a lot of things. But we will go with potato(it covers the ground well),cocoyam,and this particular leaf plant that they like a lot. Its in the image I put up. Its actually used as a flower here in Nigeria. The key word here is improvisation.

Don't forget that their feed need be supplemented. I can supply you that. 50kg for 15k. Give them 3times a week. A 50kg bag should serve 1000 snails for at least a month.

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15k? Chicken feed will do, but I'll not advise such expense. U hav to consider selling price too.

Japan? There own system must be hi-tech.

happybrother:
The farm is in Afam just 2 kilometers after the power plant.

.. How do they sell the seeds?

endy247:
@eggcellent, pls which colour of bulb is best for photostimulation, is it d energy saving bulb, fluorescent, or d normal yellow bulb.

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

Ayostically:
pls, do I heed the suggestion to administer keproceryl to the birds, as I'm being advised here?

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Not a bad idea, but it won't make them to start laying. I normally give my birds an antibiotic monthly too.

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

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Checkout How to Get Larger Eggs From Egg Layers

Ayostically:
ok. the egg size of the 1 laying has appreciated from being small, though not very large.
as per the light, daylight naturally lasts till 7pm when I turn on the bulb in the cage till abou 10pm. hope thats ok?

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Ok, but u must be consistent. If nepa takes light u shud give them an alternative light.

tunezvic:
Due to excessive use of drugs for treatment of respiratory disease, my 24 weeks layers 15% production has dropped to 8% which am really worried about . please what can i do to increase the production rapidly coz they really eating deep into my pocket . feeding 3000 plus layers is not easy... Will appreciate your suggestions.
Cc: eggcelent, FarmTech, fnks, omotititi and my other oga in house... I need your help.

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Vitamins and extra light if u can. http://www.farmersjoint.com/Thread-Chickens-How-Often-Should-Multivits-be-Given-to-Chickens

Whynotthetruth:
Thanks for your updates...but we aren't seeing pictures as you promised... thanks

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I'll do that when I subscribe for a 2.5k data plan.

Yeecar:
You are welcome. Are you into mushroom production?

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