₦airaland Forum

oweniwe:
Yet another account opined that Onuma, the founder of Ezhionum originally settled with his brothers Okpor and Ebu at a place near Okumeshi stream some kilometers away from present day Obiaruku under the leadership of their father, Akashiede, whose parents fled from Benin due to incessant wars. But after sometime, Onuma became bored living with his parents and brothers and had to move away with his wife, Ezhie and they finally settled at a place near the River Niger which is now known as Asaba.

But after many years, Onuma decided to flee Asaba and return to his kinsmen near Okumeshi stream because of a serious power take which did not favour him, as the great warriors from Benin empire who he sought for help in the hands of Eware the Great of the then Benin empire regrettably turned against him and his people.

Before the arrival of Onuma and his people, his parents had died and Okpor and Ebu had settled at the present settlements of Eziokpor and Umuebu respectively. However, Onuma and his family were asked to settle at the centre and they originally settled at Obiaka before moving to its (Ezhionum's) present location.

After they had settled in Ezhionum according to the first account, Ossai the first son of Ezhie and Onuma who was nicknamed "Eweka Onyeidu", in remembrance to the great warrior who ruled with the Oba of Benin, had there male children namely: Odumegwu, Osele, and Ine. And later, Ine also gave birth to Osumili, Ughomeh and Ezeogbu. It is interesting to note here that Ine gave his children these names in reflection to the stories he heard from his elder brother Ossai. For instance, Osumili reflected River Niger which they formerly lived close to while Ugbomeh and Ezeogbu reflected the names of some great warriors in Asaba.

Correspondingly, the first quarter in Ezhionum was named after the nickname of Ossai (Eweka Onyeidu) the first son of Ezhie and (also), the five families in Aweka are the true true reflection of Ossai's children and and grandchildren namely Umu-Okpala Odumegwu, Ogbe-Osele, Umu-Ugbome, and Umu-Nzeogbu.

ahmedio2017:
Delta
Which state is that

delefresh:
Interesting breakdown, boss 👍🏽 and I like that you mentioned scaling from 50 to 200 birds that’s where the real picture starts to show.

But I’d really like you to help break this down further so others here can learn properly (a lot of people just hear “₦350k profit” and jump in blindly)

How many bags of feed are you using monthly for the 200 layers?
What’s your average daily or weekly egg production (in crates)?
At what price are you selling per crate (farm gate price)?
Roughly how much do you spend monthly on medication/vaccination?
How are you powering your water system generator, NEPA, or solar (and cost implication)?

Because from experience, feed alone is where many people get shocked, especially with current prices.

Not doubting your numbers at all just trying to make the discussion more practical so upcoming farmers don’t enter with wrong expectations.

Would really appreciate the breakdown 🙏🏽

Bamidele Alimi
Delefresh Farms

Yampotatocarrot:
1. No issues with buying POL but just make sure u trust the source and they give u all detailed info about the birds. Ensure they r not sick birds o

2. As long as u wish.....some sell off after 1 yr of laying whike some after 2 yrs. Generally sell them when the returns u r getting from them is too low to spend money feeding them. U r a business man.

3. Maximum of 6 eggs per week......they lay every 26hrs.

Generally i would strongly advise investment in Laying birds over Broilers. Layers is steady income daily once they start laying, just make sure u follow your routine treatment religiously e.g. Vaccination, Deworming, Antibiotics and Vitamins........shikenan!!!.

Kindly help out with the following questions for a newbie...

What do you think about buying, say 20 point of lays and just raising them for the egg, rather than going through all the hassles of raising them from day old?

How long will they lay before they're "exhausted"?

How many eggs can one expect from them, say per week?

(Just want to go add it just as a side hustle... Don't have much space... Just something to get small funds to offset little bills around the house)

What's your advice generally?

JuanDeDios:
Why should they hold elections during war - when the constitution allows the president to continue? Did the US and UK hold elections during WW2?

crestedaguiyi:
Igbos usually have 2 official names, the third is that of the father. This one's have 3 names and non is binding to show they are from same father


The story no add up. Put link for further verification abeg

NJV:
When I was a little child, if someone had told me that in the future there will be fake men and fake women I would have said it's a big fat lie. God have mercy upon us!

Roboto11:
Not right at all.

I guess guy man thought you were trying to advertise your pim pim.

Whatever be the case, he should never have assaulted you.

Perhaps he should have left the house for you.

happney65:
Nothing went wrong. That is who most Nigerians are. A very ungoldly but religious Nation. The people who steal government money are those that are the fore front of churches and mosques every now and then

Yet secretly they do things that their so called Religious book tells them not to do

That is who we are!

GistMedia0:
As a father, would you do this for your grown daughter?

Biodun556:
It seems NNPCL management never took Buhari serious when he was there. Or what could have been responsible for this sudden change?

emmy512:
I have seen chicken that is big, but this one's are bigger.

I won't be worried if it was just my own chicken.
But seeing plenty big chicken in the market just made me suspicious because normally there is no chicken this big at all untill this festive period.

I even thought it was turkey at first when I lifted it up.
Cos the weight, one hand couldn't hold for long

adonainana:
This is my number ‪+234 707 751 3836‬. Research and colloboration is key , what some poultry farmers don’t realise is the type of elasticity of demand poultry products have

The higher the price the most likely people will either stop buying it or reduce how much they consume it

A good poultry farmer with a good business acumen can exploit the gap right now and raise his birds on cheap substitute feed and offer them for sale at almost half price the market price . He will end up selling more in sales compared to the 30k per chicken one

It’s better to sell a product for 12k and make a 5k profit on top and end up within 1,000 orders than to sell a product for 30k , make a 10k profit but get only 50’orders

A lot of people don’t reliase this , when something is too expensive, common sense tells us people would naturally go for something less expensive

adonainana:
This is my number ‪+234 707 751 3836‬. Research and colloboration is key , what some poultry farmers don’t realise is the type of elasticity of demand poultry products have

The higher the price the most likely people will either stop buying it or reduce how much they consume it

A good poultry farmer with a good business acumen can exploit the gap right now and raise his birds on cheap substitute feed and offer them for sale at almost half price the market price . He will end up selling more in sales compared to the 30k per chicken one

It’s better to sell a product for 12k and make a 5k profit on top and end up within 1,000 orders than to sell a product for 30k , make a 10k profit but get only 50’orders

A lot of people don’t reliase this , when something is too expensive, common sense tells us people would naturally go for something less expensive

adonainana:
We can work together , there is a secret feed that can replace the mainstream commercial feed and it 100 percent works since broiler farming is all about weight

Also there are some periodic concoctions you put in thier drink to help them add weight without sacrificing bone growth or anything related

I have attached the current prices of feeds so you know i am in the business and I know what I am saying

It doesn’t make any sense to be selling any chicken in Nigeria for 25,000 naira

For crying loud you can almost make the feed for those birds absolutely for free and they will gain x4 of their weight every week from the day they arrive at 40-50 grams

Honestly house prices can go up , cars can go up but the hill I will die on is the price hike in feeds from commercial millers can’t just be passed on straight to the end user

It won’t work

My own broiler formulated feed cost 10knper 25kg .

For non poultry farmers reading this , feeds come in 25kg packaging by default

adonainana:
I understand where you coming from but the discourse is on why should a chicken be selling for 25,000 naira .

Hence why the whole process of how feed is made and how naturally free the ingredients to make them is free comes to discussion,

something doesnt sound right somewhere in the discussion

It

Redman44:
For 2025 Christmas, just raise chickens, turkeys and ducks yourself to avoid stories. And you don't have to give them expensive feeds. You can give them food scraps, scraps from parties ( rice, eba etc ), corn shafts, and your own compounded feed. Let them roam in your compound and feed on grubs in the soil etc. You will spend less money this way. Cheers.

adonainana:
You only mentioned one or two where is ultima farm located, new hope farm , adva farm . Commercial feed millers don’t need poultry farms because they already make bastard money off Poultry farmers they sell to

If you take your time to study how poultry feed can be made and is made and you take your time to now plant the main ingredients or the main source of energy you need for it such as maize or groundnut

You will make so much money milling and pelletising the feed that blood ritual will struggle to cope

adonainana:
It’s not substandard and leave your number here and I can send you a free sample from our laboratory here in Ibadan.

The only condition is please you must share the results on nairaland here for everyone to see her publicly on here , if we were making substandard feed, I won’t be here advertising it

Science has made life easier and it get wey chicken Dey chop befor maize came .
Chicken that can forage on its whole jeje and lay eggs and grow big

It reach Nigeria turn we caged it and started feeding it 25k per 25kg feed and saying it’s because of this and that

Do we have a deal I will send you a sample of the feed for free

kayperry:
Despite all said, no one as given clear reasons to why these feeds are expensive

maize and soya are local sourced, so why the exorbitant prices

kayperry:
You think farmers use maize, soya edible for humans to do chicken feed, for where that will dwarf the profit

No be factory waste indomie and sphag we dey feed dog, which poor quality

I once rared chickens and turkey for a year, personal consumption i buy feeds from animal care, they were not lookin dummy fat, until you carry dem yu wont suspect they are heavy

what i learnt is most poultry inject there chicken for fast boost, they cant wait on the feeds

Wisfem:
My friend a Chicken in Benin is 18k to 40k and people are buying them..so to me I don't understand all this rubbish...

I have been buying one bag of Ultima starter since August for 21k something we use to buy 6k last year .

adonainana:
It’s hasn’t and it’s real

Most people are just intellectually lazy

Besides commercial feed millers such as new hope and the rest formulated thier own feeds that you buy for ridiculous prices

Now how come now that they have told you the formula these companies are using

All of a sudden it will end in tears

Keep taking ur 30k chicken to the market bro and let me know who will be the first to cry

I was telling a poultry farmer the other day I can help him make a feed that’s costs 10,000 per 25kg bag instead of the 25,000 naira he has been buying it

You guys can keep making money for commercial feed companies
Also have you noticed the biggest commercial feed farmer never ever have mega poultries they run themselves . WHY

Because they are making bastard money from the feeds they are selling to lazy poultry farmers who can’t be bothered to make thiers

So the game is the game sha

adonainana:
It’s hasn’t and it’s real

Most people are just intellectually lazy

Besides commercial feed millers such as new hope and the rest formulated thier own feeds that you buy for ridiculous prices

Now how come now that they have told you the formula these companies are using

All of a sudden it will end in tears

Keep taking ur 30k chicken to the market bro and let me know who will be the first to cry

I was telling a poultry farmer the other day I can help him make a feed that’s costs 10,000 per 25kg bag instead of the 25,000 naira he has been buying it

You guys can keep making money for commercial feed companies
Also have you noticed the biggest commercial feed farmer never ever have mega poultries they run themselves . WHY

Because they are making bastard money from the feeds they are selling to lazy poultry farmers who can’t be bothered to make thiers

So the game is the game sha

kayperry:
i umderstand these so called feeds are mainly harvest waste ... so what is really driving the price high

kayperry:
Dem must see xcuses, even fufu seller go shout dollar nii !!
the indomie i buy for my dog are mere factory waste, even at that it is fvcking expensive something that should be thrown away Nigerians are somethingelse

why exactly is the chicken feed expensive, these feeds are factory waste

arkad139:
I will never use 20k buy chicken which kind madness is,this a,chicken 20k