Redomi:
it's nothing boss, even if it's 2. But I'm in Ondo

That's mum hometown. Guess you are from there?

Redomi:

Waooo, I have seen few noilers brooding eggs, but this is the first time it's happening in my pen house

Feels surreal. Can't wait to start hatching...4 months to go ��

ufotunang:
...ok no problem....I wish you the best

Thanks a lot.

Redomi:
Your location will determine that boss

Thanks for the kind gesture. Just kidding though.

Our litter get as e be oo. We will need more and more sand...

We moved them today to the bigger coop.

bablon20:
Make sure they don't by any means eat their shit, at this stage they won't survive it if they mistakenly eat their shits because it's poisonous to them.

We'll try. Thank you.

Michelle70:
thanks for this.

Pls will it be possible to create thread of all ur expenses just before the birds reach POL?

I will be updating everything here God's willing.

DrDax:


I do not know much about Kuroilers.

Infact I'm reading up.

Aiit boss. If you find anything interesting, kindly share with the house, please.

RichieMichie:



You can use wood shavings up to a year with proper litter management. Make a litter dept of not less than 4inches, don't overcrowd, ensure your pen is not enclosed but well ventilated, pack out water spillage immediately. Your pen construction should not be more than 2 coaches for proper ventilation. The reason farmers have litter problems that eventually cause diseases and smell is because they are always managing wood shavings lol. I know some areas it's not free but purchased, but investing on your litter will save you a whole lot of stress. The bulk of poultry disease comes from bad litter. Have a very dry litter with good ventilation and disease outbreak will be very minimal. Also spacing. Having 6" litter dept ain't enough if you're going to overcrowd. The litter would quickly form cake.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLQSm-Iq5Ng

Thanks for this contribution. Points well noted. We manage the unlimited resources that we have nio. I spent 12k for one truck and transport. It's that cheap cos it's not the regular truck. These were done by some hustling guys. I'll be adding two more cos the two truckloads initially budgeted don't look like they're going to be enough. We felt sand is the cheapest and we'll be going for that. Thank you for once again.

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Na the manual we followed o. It's undoubtedly too early. That's one mistake that wouldn't repeat itself. Thanks for the advice.

Redomi:
I play to cross frizzle with frizzle, them frizzle with naked neck. I can't wait to see the result before the end of November

I pray they come out good. It's always nice to have different breeds on the farm. Apart from the business side, I enjoy watching them.

Redomi:
They are frizzle feathered chicken. Bought a carton of noilers on December 13th 2021, I met 2 frizzle, sold the rest and decided to keep the 2. They grew to maturity one was male and the other is a female, they have been laying and not brooding the eggs. I later gave 5 out of its eggs to a female turkey, she hatched the 5 with 3 turkey. 3/5 are frizzle and the other 2 are straight feather. Just two weeks ago, their mother started brooding some eggs, it was an emergency cos I wasn't expecting it, so I gave her turkey and naked neck eggs

Beautiful. I heard they can learn to brood if helped. Hope they come out good.

Redomi:
I got them from a woman here 4 months ago, 2 males and 2 females. I lost one female to cold, the other female has layed 12 eggs, I gave the 12 eggs to one of my frizzle to brood

That's really nice. One thing that makes me do this is the ability to expand if grace finds you. If the 12 hatches, how many you go dash me?��

ufotunang:
..ok I think it's better you go for the training on this poultry farming bussiness...so you can have more knowledge, skills on how to take care of the chickens until they are big ( hen, cock) ..and healthy for sell...those chickens can easily catch diseases or get sick as you mentioned above 9 chickens have already died....so that is why you need the training so that you can know how to keep them treat and prevent them from these diseases, infections or death......so that you do not run in a lose...they are drugs these chickens normally take to remain healthy and strong...so it's not an easy bussiness...you need to go into training first or you can get or employ a person that has more knowledge and skills about the poultry farm bussiness..an expert in poultry farming to be teaching you in your poultry farm

Thanks boss. I have someone guiding me. And I make use of expert opinion when it's needed.

babavik:

Please, you mean Afrimash??

When i checked greenphields website Afrimash came up.

I mean this

https://grinphield.com/product/commercial-day-old-kuroiler-chicks/

nickyvil:
No, each dosage equivalent to a chick, that is why each dosage must be use appropriately.

Alright boss. Thank you for sharing this with us.

nickyvil:


Its not water dependent.. You calculate by the total birds you have that is why its in dosage. That is why there is no 1 dosage now. 100 birds will take 100 dosage, 200 birds will take 200 dosage e.t.c now this is what I do to be on a safer side.. If I'm taking 400birds I will give 500 dosages so the extra can start for any replacement or lose.

That's a good idea. I always think that once each chick has the chance to take a gulp, the dosage matters little. Insofar as you mix the correct dosage with the needed amount of water....

organicfoods:
Sand is actually OK... You can cultivate microbes it to build beneficial microbes... Please use more of it.

Thank you so much. Appreciate that.

wolebest:


Please make sure your birds are vaccinated. Vaccination is critical to mitigating unnecessary deaths of chicks.

Get a Vet Doctor onboard your journey.

God bless your effort.

See you at the top in the next 4- months. They will be good and ready for Easter, particularly the Cockrels.

Aamin. We shall be seeking professional support as we journey forward. We hope to start receiving fertile eggs we can hatch in the next four months. The plan is to, first, increase the number of birds.

jinka:
How can I start this poultry farm

Watch YouTube. Guys like the Ugandan FarmUp, our brother DIY Agric, and Dexter's World will teach you all you need to know. Read and if you can afford it, go for training. If you wouldn't do any of those, subscribe to Rear and Care and let's do this trial and error till we all succeed. Follow this thread closely, too. We hope to give this all we have.

olab059:


This your story reminded of when I was doing my youth service in a village in th east, and I was bored, so I went to the market to buy two chicks. I thought they were agric...but later found out they were local. They started following me everywhere. Imagine walking around your corpers lodge to see all your friends, and two black chicks following you about. Even when I would be gisting with friends or playing whot with friends, they will come and sit on my head or shoulder. lol! They thought I was their mother.

Unfortunately, they followed me to see one of my friends one day, and while waiting outside, they ate ants that had been killed with Sniper, and it killed them. It was so heartbreaking...I had bonded with them so much.

So sorry about that. I can only keep as pets animals that I can eat. It wouldn't be advisable to eat this one sha....lol

etrange:
Farming is both fun and lucrative.

When I was a kid, there was a chick depot near our house. They sold in cartons, but I was able to buy one for N 15. When I got home, the little thing started following me everywhere I go. It was probably hungry and couldn't eat what I was feeding it. I can't remember what happened to it eventually, but I remember people laughing when they saw us together. If I weren't into tech, I'd probably be into animal husbandry. I like taking care of animals.

Nice one, OP. Good luck!

Thank you. I have always loved animals too. Forced my dad to buy me a hen. I can remember the night I went to pick it up....lol

brandsoncharlie:

I was getting mine free in port harcourt because the timber I got it from , was too stressful for them to discard it and it was an added cost for them to find Laborers to discard it.
Why would anyone want to even sell that thing self when they help you to discard it for poultry farms?
I even gave free manures to crop farmers to use for planting maize, water leaves, vegetables etc because they help you to discard the excesses.
no be everything them Dey sell.

Thats the ideal thing to do, it isn't always like that in reality. Keep being good.

olab059:


Omo! Make sure you keep feed money for one side o. I remember when I started with 100 birds like 7 years ago. It got to a point, I was fasting, just so my birds would eat, cos I was short on cash, and those birds eat like crazy. Chai! That was one crazy time in my life.

I mean that's always been my worry. I want to buy feed for three months on the minimum, hopefully.

olab059:


Get empty bottle water container, fill it with water, and put on top of the drinkers. Or, if you can find schnapps bottle, that would be a good option too. For the feeders, you have to find a way to hang it from a high point...so, that it is suspended, and dangling, and not on the floor.

Thanks a whole bunch.

Msmither:


Contains germs I think and it's easy for botfly to lay eggs in. I remember my rabbits and dog getting severe botfly infection just from sand.

Hmmm...may we not waste money o. How about using rice husk or wood shaving on top of the sand?

nickyvil:
How can you give 400 birds 200dose of gumboro, at most 500dose will be okay cos you have 15 turkey extra.

Is dosage not water dependent? And sorry, they couldn't deliver the turkey. So, we have no turkeys.

Osanoghodua1:
Lasota is administered early in the morning, and usually drank once not lasting for long Mayne highest 2hrs. Birds are starved of water the day of administration. The left over water is to be buried or thrown to a far place.

We did o. But they said they were too weak to have vaccines at the time.

brandsoncharlie:

Go to any timber around you, they will give you Wood peelers for free , use your empty bag feed to the timber to convey them to your farm.

Everyone knows the trick now. I guess you buy everything.

Burchester:


Site name ?

Greenphields o...it's in Ibadan.

olab059:


Apart from money spent on the building where you're housing them, what's the total money you have spent to get the 400 birds and for their upkeep so far?

100+ feeding got 12 bags of ultima starter and grower

19500 per carton... We got 8

10k+ for medication

Those are what I can remember for now...