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Timmylehyn:
I have a question. Do you intend selling the Mia e frehs or dried? What's the possibility of selling 4 hectares of fresh maize here in the southwest with optimum plant population?

Yes I intend selling fresh and to be sincere here in south west selling fresh is not a big deal , the only problem farmers have during sales is not making proper arrangements during planting .
For me the women who roast corn are already disturbing me following the progress of the farm.
1 week to sales I will be contacting as many of them but I don't intend selling all on the same day , I normally prefer selling 1 Hectare per day or at most 2 hectares per day this helps me to create artificial scarcity during sales

Its a pity
This is just one of the things used to confuse people , the contractor cannot build university for you free , the cost must have been built into this contract sum cos I know this must have been a condition during bidding so anybody celebrating this clearly dose not understand Biz and contact

The railway line in question is not the best at this critical time that route doesn't give Nigeria much from border collection why not build such at seme boarder to improve Biz the one Lagos state govt started is delayed cos of finance but Fg can step in and complete it

Instead of importing oil from Niger why not give up our refinery's to PPP and see a turn around govt have no Biz importing oil , next will be subsidy another will be unauthorized smuggling of oil from that Axis

Its well Nigeria

aliadi2:
Oga neologne ........ I would like to know how many bags will 25 broilers eat till 7weeks

All this types of estimate doesn't work like that except your feeding without a target because I can be feeding my broilers anytime I notice they don't have food while another person may choose twice a day feeding in such variation no of bags feed will not tally but my advice will be budget to spend on 1 broiler both feeding ,cost of Doc drugs and other miscellaneous at 7 weeks 1300-1400
With this u can make ur budget

Attit:
Every Nigerian likes jolly time. Any opportunity "danfo" boys see, they take it, and the same danfo boys will be shouting govt should reduce the cost of food. His head should tell him that his high transport fee contributes to the increment in the cost of food. Lol. Same with bankers, directors, and even pastors. Pastors are getting higher tithes too and they are presently smiling, but to pay more for food, they will start scratching their palms. Lol. What do we expect? Dollars keep flying. What do we expect? Govt keeps adding more charges to banking services. What do we expect? They even banned cryptocurrencies yesterday finally technically because they dont want anyone to escape high tax and vat, and to monitor the flow of cash in and out of naija, and to knownwhennto increase taxes. Oh! Things will be cheap na. Lol.

The truth is that consumers pay even more for food, but the sad story is that small farmers are suffering. You sell to marketers who make the money. Well, the best way out is direct retailing. And be ready to find your customers. You will make more money. Dress your chickens and pack them well. Sell let kg at a reasonable price. Find people who buy from shoprite regularly. Drop your prices and even deliver free to them. No one will tell them to drop shoprite and introduce more people to you.

The real truth is that the prices small scale farmers sell are not the real prices they should sell. Better still, partner with chicken retailers who will stilll give you better prices instead of selling to processors. They are terrible cheaters. I have looked at many of them.

@Noeloge82, I know you are a smart farmer sir. With the experiences you have downloaded here, you really know what you are doing. God bless you.

Thanks a lot and I enjoy reading your briefs

jidestroud:
Oga noeloge82

Honestly, the matter taya everyone.
I got some bags of broiler starter for N4,900 Friday last week. On monday, it sold for N5,000. Today (Friday), on getting there, it sold for N5,400.

Nawa o , this feed marketers are just having a jolly time now

One of the best way out of this hike in prices is to first understand the current selling cost in your immediate locality of the birds your about to stock.
Do a cost analysis using current prices to project your planned sales don't just assume or wait for people to spoon feed you the with key vital information.
This is a Biz and must be taken seriously if not failure may step in .
Mind u this is not the first time things went up in the Biz, as at 2015 black cockerel was #15,white #5 broilers Maximum was #60 but check the prices today
Even then people were complaining of price hike but farmers survived.
Then a bag of starter was 1250 up from 900 and 2 years later went to 3200 but yet farmers survived as Man must sack.
So try and wake up do your cost analysis , you may reduce your stocking capacity to test the waters, as it said when passing thru unknown River its good to test the waters with one leg.
Good luck

naijapage:
Akanchawa Crooner, Gozie Okeke Narrowly Escapes Death At Nnewi-Nnobi Road

Shared with Caption ..



Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3288721747898933&set=pcb.1766505303544577

Lone accidents like this are caused by distractions , he should also do well to avoids such distractions next time .
To GOD be the glory

Attit:
Noeloge82, please, do you sell Sasso breeders? Or is it broilers only you sell? Please, is it the one from Hendrix Genetics you have? And do you really know the breeders and broilers kinds you have? I want to be sure exactly what is there, look into it well, and see if it fits into my plan. If the info is not what you want to release publicly, I can have someone contact you sir.

The Saaso I sell is from Supreme and I sell other birds apart from Broiler
I know the breeds of broilers I have available let the person chat me up on 08135348909 for more info
Thanks

Sunnyval:
plz great farmers is it good yo have light in the farm all true the niy(247).

For target feeding its good so they can see to eat at nights but for big birds pls allow them to sleep

An intending poultry farmer or a newbie poultry farmer who only farms during Christmas will find it very difficult to understand poultry biz

Beboy23:
God morning nairalanders, if you have the following please contact me on 08076268076

Contact +234 803 344 6159 she has everything u mentioned in Ogun state and trustworthy

Soknown:
I hope that in the nearest future, there will be plants that can deter rodents and other pests from farms. Recently I was reading about the hassles that Rice farmers go through with bird invasion.

Well only time shall tell

Alberttahir:
Land squirrel don't attack germinating maize seed, but bush fowls or rats

This is not correct , land squirrels do , you can find out from any maize farmer around
If ur in the East ask the farmers what ulili does to germinating maize while in the west ask of iku

OlayemiAshraf:
We are waiting for the pot view o

that's for the farm assistance am just happy their terror will be minimized

Soknown:
4 hectares is a large expanse of land, you will need to do more to control pests like these. Is there any biological control that can take care of rodents?

No biological control u keep setting traps , wire traps around hoping that one day it will be trapped

The hole

So today 16 Jan 2021 , some of my farm assistants helping me to wet a 4 hectare maize farm came across a hole immediately water entered the hole they saw a mother land squirrel run out of the hole and soon this 3 younger ones followed but were unfortunate as they were killed by the workers .
Although am not interested in the kill but am happy they killed cos this land squirrel are very destructive they have already removed 1/2 plot of the farm .
The uproot and eat the germinating maize and if u poison maize and pour on the floor they will not eat but once they see a germinating one they will uproot and eat the maize seed and once this happens that particular maize will not grow again.

trychris:
Thanks for your reply. Is it normal for chicks to have their poo sticked to their arses

If its on off no problem but regularly its a problem and it's creamy yea its an issue

timigreene:
I'm looking at compounding correct formula for broiler feeds, I think it will reduce cost a bit compared to buying finished feeds... Can anyone help in supplying formula for broiler?

Formulas most times goes with weather in cold weather u increase energy and in hot/warm weather u moderate energy but u can visit the mill u intend using they always have ready formula to assist
Or u can buy concentrate from feed company's and mix it with maize and wheat oval
Good luck

trychris:
which drug is best use as antibiotics?

The word best is not to be used here cos , there is no best drug what works for you may not work for me .
But very good strong antibiotics to be used for birds I will say Dogxygen 20/20 although its expensive but the result out weighs the price

RIP

SaveMeLord:
Sir you deliver day old chicks? Do you operate in Lagos?

Yea I do and also do deliver to Lagos
Chat me on 08135348909

Easter 2021 is Sunday 4 April , use this information as bases for planing ur Easter stocking based on the experiences u have gathered from Christmas stocking and sales
Good luck

Livestock Biz is an on the job training Biz , so many farmers are now having too many unsold stock the reason been that from the onset , 99% never did any visibility study , someone ones called me and asked if I could supply him 1000 DOC broilers , I said yes but I asked him what's the plan for sales he said he knows that they are usually very high demand during Christmas I asked for his proposed budget for the birds he said 700k I tried to explain to him that the budget will not work and that both his logistics and plan for sales will not work , he asked me if I wasn't capable of the supply . I told him that am very much capable even if its 10000 supply
Long story short , I did the supply guided them and up until now he has not sold more than 200 birds,
He has now come back to ask way forward even when I told him he will now pay for consultation ,his ready to pay.
Now the morale of the story is as a first timer u will need all the necessary planing to succeed even if u are meant pay money , pay and learn the ropes no Biz will grow if u jump from the centre no matter how wise we are.
To those planing on growing in poultry Biz pls take ur time to plan with the calendar and grow and to those who wants to cash out during festivities pls take ur time to plan on your marketing cos the sad thing about any livestock is if u miss ur selling target they will keep eating and may even fall sick and some may even die.
So plan , execute and sale "Goodluck"

gbemmytop:
I really enjoyed ur breakdown of the species... Pls I have some questions, Does AA+ have high resistance to diseases with proper management and which company would you recommend for someone brooding for the very first time himself.

You just said it , proper management and your result will be excellent
For company its not always good naming companies here cos sometimes it becomes publicity and sometimes some people misunderstand such.
I remember a time here I was asked same question after doing bird and feed analysis later that day some reps started calling to ask why I down graded their product I had to keep explaining things to them
So for company pls chat me 08135348909, remind me of username and question
Thank u

Attit:
Thanks.
Actually, Ross can take high heat too. I mean extreme high heat. The only tweak is to adjust the feed. I have been telling most people that Ross should not be fed on almost all the feed around. Yeah! Cobb and Mashal can take them. These local feeds are filled with high fat. Too bad. AA is the heat version of Ross from the same company. But if one tweaks the feed, Ross is great. Cobb is great but the company producing it in Nigeria frequently have issues with the day old chicks. They can produce excellent batch this month, and then messes up the next month. While Mashall is great cos it is only male line. Of course, during such heat and dry season, it is a brand I would go for, but during rainy season if one is not well grounded in broiler production, it will end in tears. In all, AA+ is the standard for anytime production in my opinion for our climate. But others have their strengths too. I felt there is a special breed for high heat period. Thanks bro! I like you. You are detailed.

Thanks ideas are improved ones exchanged with like minds ...kudos

Attit:
But during extreme hot weather, which do you recommend? There is possibility of extreme high heat in Feb/Mar again. It is possible Feb/Mar come with very few rain and it can get really hot. So called experts dont predict well weather forecasts. Only SS region seems to be having enough rain these days.

You know that when their is extremely high hot weather and their is a break with rain or cold u cannot still classify such as extremely high hot again
But if it was without a break yes its extremely high hot and I would recommend abor acre, Cobb, or Marshall but not a Ross cos in such and extreme hot weather the very High body fat of a Ross is not well managed can lead to unusual dropping of the birds
But where u have a standard pen where u can regulate temperature anyone goes

gbemmytop:
Oga Neo, please which strain or breed/hatchery would you advice I stock dis period consideri
ng some factors..
1) The heat is much dis period
2) They would be staying beyond 8weeks
3) Strong disease resistance
4)Good fcr

Go for abor acre or Ross , the heat this period cannot be compared to Nov time , harmattan cold is coming likely in Feb and rain may fall at intervals in March

SaveMeLord:
I just contacted my feed vendor and he said no more finishers marsh but they have growers marsh, can I give growers marsh to finishers? Brand name is New Hope

If they are broilers ask for layers mash its a balanced diet

jidestroud:
Oga Noeloge82 & Attit

You are both right & saying the same thing. Yes, market prices is a major determinant and you can hardly sell your birds above it. Everything boils down to strategy and your targeted market to able to break even. I know for a fact most newbies will be biting their fingers this season because the prices out there does not justify the hardish and struggles we went through in raising the birds. Who would have thought we would be buying broilers for less than 5k after all the unexplainable increase in feeds (and still rising)? But then, come and see big big broilers over here weighing 3kg and above going for 3.5k to 4.5k over here.
It requires a detailed knowledge of the market and how to go about it as my ogas have said. I for example try to be all inclusive in my sales; targeting both the general markets and my special exclusive customers .
Below are some of my exclusive big birds (Noilers) weighing 4.5kg to 5kg which I carefully select and sell to my high end customers at 8k each (some could do better). Friends and family have their own prices too . And the average weighted ones are simply shipped off to the market and sold at whatever prices we agree on . Same applies to my turkeys. You really have to be very very smart.

Chai this your trap is the bomb , it must catch any category of customer that's the big deal , a prof in the game knows how to catch them , keep it up

Ginaz:
Everyone I hope everything is good o. I just sold my birds for 10k each. They weight about 5.8kg . I hope I tried .

The ones not up to 4kg was sold for 7k. So far so good. The birds are not even enough cos customers keep coming , as I am right now, all my birds have been booked and sold .

My first poultry experience is somewhat stressful but beautiful. Thanks to those who helped me along the way, may God bless you all.

I've not calculated my profits yet cos the remaining birds are yet to be taken by their owners.

Good job

Attit:
You are quite right my oga. I can feel you, and you know how to tackle it. Yes, my oga Jidestroud has explained what I meant. We will arrive at the same conclusion. Please, read my response to Jidestroud.

We keep learning from ourselves everyday its good , we keep it up knowledge is better when shared