The Usual Update

One of the beautiful thing i love about my poultry is the invasion of snakes. After all these months of peaceful cohabitation between me and the pythons, one decided to go rough tonight. Just as I was about hitting the bed and calling it a day, I decided to do a quick check one last time. Lo and behold, Miss Python decided to breach our agreement by trying to climb the barrier and attacking my birds... .
Sharp sharp, with my sharpened short cutlass, na so i sentenced the rough snake to snakeopia. Off with its head, with one mighty swing of my cutlass which has never disappointed me.

Kehfie:
Boss pls whats the addredd of where you buy the feeds cos someone just tried to sell me grower for 16k

New Hope Grower Bag 321 is N13,950 @Agbara, (The dealer is a friend). N14,250 @ Agric Ayetodo farms at Ojo Barracks.

NJV:


Sorry o, I actually meant the one for broilers

Broiler still depends on the Number. 520 is N15,900.

NJV:
Pls what's the price of new hope feeds?

Depends on the Number. New Hope 321 is sold for N13,950 over here (Grower)

epainos:


I wish to be around and entertain myself watching your birds in this place during the time you place feed in the trays. World War III. Would be very interesting.

You gerrrrrrit!!!

Update...

Contemplating debeaking the birds . Tired of the rascals peaking at my toenails.

And just Maybe Sell off another 50 pieces.

Kehfie:
Well done

Tanku ma!!!

Day 117 7 Mortality, 20 Sold (378 Birds Remaining)

Unfortunately, I have been away from my birds for some weeks. I had to put them in care of a trusted friend who indeed delivered (7 mortality not bad jare, plus my own join oooo ).

So far, everything seems to be on track, well, except for the overcrowding. I knowwwww....it is damn overcrowded . Hopefully, I intend moving them out to a deep-litter pen but it's about 91% completed.

Nevertheless, the birds have been eating away my resources walahitalai!!! Damboroba shege banza!!! Thank God for the theme of this Year; No gree for anybody. I dey give them woto-woto. All things being equal, I should start having eggs next month .

azikiweironsi:


Boss, please can you share your cheap feed formulation with us and from how many weeks old did you start giving them

hmmm... well, it's simply a mixture of Palleted wheat offal, pkc, enzymes, oysters shell and .... (I intentionally left out on what ratio). I introduced the feed to them since 9 weeks of age.

Tijani009:

Would this steps work for boillers too, are Ami going ng to use another method

Get a broiler program chart.

Tijani009:

I wish to start 50 boilers by the end of the month I be newbie , should I disembark

For now, the prices of Broilers are overrated. Imagine buying a broiler DOC for a thousand plus (N1000+)? God forbids!!!

Quick one


For the ones who asked me on my Tg on the Enzymes I use in my cheap feed formulation, below is the picture.

Faczyme multi feed enzymes BY Finely Animal Care.

Kehfie:
Boss at this rate, the day we finally see you'll beg me with like 100 birds

*Smiles...
Don't worry, I'll make it 100 + 1.

Yet another vaccination day!!!
More updates soon.


We muveeeeee!!!!

excanny:


You caught them or bought from the market?

I do have a steady supplier...(funny right?). Moreover, at that time of the year, I do have swamp turtle infestation around my farm. So, it's free food for all.

All I have stated above is for the worst possible outcome for 200 birds. Trust me, production cost could even be way lesser...

Fembleez1:



Okay sir. Where do we start from sir? BTW, I plan to rent a farm in Ibadan. It is about 100k.

Okay...

200 birds would cost you approximately N140k (using the current price @ 700 per chick). Since you are in Ibadan, it could be cheaper)

Drugs & multivitamins, budget N20k. Yes 20k.

Vaccines, 25k will do just fine.

Now to feeding...
1.5kg per bird for 4 weeks i.e 200×1.5 = 300kg
That's approx 12 bags for the 1st 1month.

Depending on the type of feeds used; New Hope 320 over here is now approx. N15,950
i.e 15,950 × 12 bags = N191,400

Approximately same will go for 8weeks of age, N191,400

So far for the first 2 months, you would have spent N382,800 on feeding.

From 9weeks of age, you should start feeding appx a bag per day.

That is 31 × 13,,800 for the New Hope 321 bag
= 179,400 monthly. That is 3rd, 4th & 5th month... 179,400 x 3 = N538,200

So total money spent so far is N 538,200 + 382,800 + 20,000 + 25,000 + 140,000 = 1,106,000.

Let say, you even pad your budget with 300k extra, 1.5million will go a long way and Yes, it is possible to do the 5months with it.

Fembleez1:



Good job Sir. Please can 1.5 do this job, including feeding, vaccination and medication and at least 1 Farmhand for up to 5 months sir? Let us say for 200 birds?

Hmmm...
Let's do the calculation together and find out if Yes or No.

Day 78 402 Birds Remaining (3 mortality)

Improvising for my birds. The current price of feeds is killing. It's time to find alternatives for my birds.

Ooopse!!!

Day 68 402 Birds Remaining (3 mortality)

Another Lasota Vaccination day!!!

So far, so good.

gat2so:


They are 9 weeks plus now … their mum have lay 7 eggs yet and their elder sister have lay 8 eggs while we are awaiting the other mum Jenny to hatched her egg by next week …

March and April will be rain of poults in our home… 🤣🤣😂😂

Cos we have 3 expectant mum at the moment …

Lovely. Jenny, such a beautiful name.

safarifarms:

Lighting looks poor. If they were broilers I would expect performance not to be optimal.

Thanks for the observation.

That was an emergency light due to power outage. Trust me, the lighting in the brooder room is awesome. Nevertheless, such lights works just fine for Broilers too.

RainMoreDFARMS:
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Isn't that place to crowded for them?

Absolutely. Good observation.
All things being equal, I hope to move them to their pen this weekend by God's grace.

Day 64 402 Birds Remaining (3 mortality)

All is well and good. Though exhausting most times, and barely able to take time off the project, I still find it quite interesting to see these little rascals grow up right in from of me.

Below are the pictures as promised.

SoftHeart:
How is the project going?
We're waiting for updates. I'm planning to get some ISA Brown DOC soon.

Going beautifully well. Apart from the every minute changes in prices of the feeds, I think every other thing is going according to projections. Hopefully, I will be uploading some pictures tomorrow.

Thanks for the inquiry.

Love800:
Do broilers lay eggs?

ALL birds lay eggs!!!

sunnywhyt007:
Following…
Waiting for you to post about the pen set up.
Wish you success in your investment. Nice 👍🏻

Amen!!!
Will do.

dotunibrahim7:
Pls. Post pictures of your newly built pen

Will do when it's up. My carpenter don carry my money run . Hopefully, he will resume back on site to finish his job.

Birds doing excellently well.

Their consumption for now is still pegged at 1bag per day. i.e, that's N13,500 daily apps. (E shoke) lol

Dewormer...

Day 43 1 mortality (403 Birds remaining)

Today, we deworm the birds. I would have preferred using a liquid based dewormer but it's all good. Piperazine is also excellent for the job.
Mix and instructed.