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Finally got my CAS today and booked my appointment today without hassle and got my interview date for next tomorrow in abuja. I wonder who posted here that abuja has entered peak period and interview dates are far, nothing like that as I saw free periods from 12th august upwards.

kevin222222:
Guys I applied for my visa online yesterday, I chose the abuja centre, but the earliest appointment date is 19th August. Since my program starts 2nd Sept do you think I have a chance of meeting up.

Also I have to pay for a private rented accomodation in London, and banks are not currently accepting deposits of foreign exchange. I have the rent in full but its in naira, and Im at a loss regarding what to do. It seems only those with dom accounts can make payments in foreign currencies.

Does anyone have any suggestion?

I wonder why appointment times are this far for abuja, well kelvin I'll advise u to keep ur money until u travel before u can use ur ATM card to withdral at any UK ATM machine. The way I see these CBN rules, it will be difficult to deposit any foreign currency for purpose of transfer.

drunkenmaster:
Most of the staff don't even know what they are doing. Imagine Bankers telling me COT is N3 in 2015, one even said she was not sure. I just shook my head in disgust. Imagine if I was a mystery shopper, they would have received their sack or caution letters before EOD.

I am happy someone has witnessed how clueless, uninformed and mannerless ''almost'' all bank staff are. Sometimes I wonder what kind of training they get after employment.

Hi Timm, I also have the same issue here, my school university of chester said they'll start giving out CAS by mid august, meanwhile the school resumes by September. I wonder for this kind arrangement. Beside I thought this new rule applied to only college students, how come you have to come back to apply for PhD rather than applying from their?

Timm:
Hello mates,

Is anyone going to university of west London? I wanted to find out how long it takes to get your CAS, I have paid since five weeks now, am yet to be issued my Cas and unconditional offer letter.

I am actually going back for my Phd after finishing my masters, I had to come home to extend my Visa due to the new rule.

In addition, which Visa application centre is the fastest? Do I need to do the TB test?

Your response will be highly appreciated.

Thank you

Please does anyone know why some UK universities prefer to give out there CAS by mid august while their resumption date is in mid September, bearing in mind the likely delays from embassies. A typical example here is the university of chester.

There is no explanation giving from them, they just stated it as a likely reason for visa refusal. Although I have red on this platform of people that submitted 2 account statements and were successful. Meanwhile I have sent an e-mail to UK embassy via there website to give me a clarification on that. Hope to update u guys when they respond.

Please house I need ur advise on this. University of chester where I applied for my Msc required me to submit my bank statement of account as one the requesting documents for them to give my CAS. I submitted 2 personal bank account statements, one is a pounds account and the other is a naira account, but they told me that there is ''a higher risk of visa refusal'' with the 2 statements that I intend to submit at the embassy. Please is this true?

House I've red about those that determines the percentage of eggs layed by there birds as per the number of birds they have. NO IT IS NOT. A bird lay 2 eggs in 3 days, giving you an average ratio 0.75 per day as minimum. So multiply the number of birds you have by 0.75 then you get an expected MINIMUM production of eggs per day.

jamp:
@pet01 I changed to animal care sometime ago and the production dropped drastically. but when I went back to top feed d production rose again. I dont want to try animal care again, I want cheaper feed and same quality with top feed. am thinking of supreme feed.

Well I know when you change feed it always affect birds, I started with animal care feed and there production is superb

[quote author=jamp post=27755585]Fellow farmers. The cost of getting commercial feed is going up. Can u imagin that top feed layers goes for 2500-2600. This is not good for us in abj considering d fact that jos people are selling cheaper than us.

I want to change to a cheaper feed else I will end up working for people.[/quote

@ Jamp, why don't you change to animal care feed, that's what I use, though the cost now is about 2150.

FarmTech:
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That's whole sale price, otherwise it's 650.

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Pls inform me, how many crates do you sell as whole sell. Tnx

FarmTech:
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I use commercial feed and the price have not change yet. My supplier have not increase the price. Are you having problem with price?

Yes there has been 3x increase in less than 1 month, besides you sell ur create for N600, is that they are small eggs or that competition brought the price down? In abuja here normal size egg sells for N700.

Farmtech pls I want to know if u buy commercial feed or u locally produce ur feeds? If commercial, how do u cope with the price of feed and the quantity they consume in making profit? But if u use local feed how do u get ur mixtures right?

AAAJI:
Cost of feed has risen generally.I bought Vita feed concentrate last week for 3100, the price is now 3200. Scarcity and high cost of Soya is attibuted to all dis increase. Cost of Maize and wheat Offal is also on the high side.

How are you guys coping with d currect market situation?

I really wonder about these increases, besides the market demand for big eggs only make things worse. Nevertheless we'll continue to forge ahead.

Pls why is animalcare feed price always rising. From N2050 to N2100 as at 1 month ago and now N2140, what is going on?

Hello house, pls I need suggestions on why few of my birds are not eating well, though I want start them on multivite, what could be the reason. NB they are 22 weeks old black layers.

FarmTech: ,,
it shud be 5% and not 25%. If u want more egg, start giving extra light until 16hrs total light is reached.

Thanks farm tech, I posted the figure to be corrected. Thanks for your advice, I'll do just that.

ThankGod my birds started laying today at 19 weeks. Its a joy to see all your labor not wasted. Though I'm still giving them grower feed, I'll wait till they reach 25% production b/4 I start them with layer feed.

jamp: in my case I used topfeed from day 1 till they started laying, I changed their feed to animal care n the production dropped.
after a while I changed back to topfeed, the production jumped to like 95%.

Well mine hasn't started laying yet, but I got disappointed when there animal care feed finished and I couldn't get a replacement anywhere, so I had to change to amoo product which I believe there supply will be more steady, besides my birds didn't show any change in behaviour, I just hope it goes well with them.

Pls house, can someone tell why it is not advisable to change chicken feed from one producer/manufacturer to another one, after all they are the same mash or pellet as the case may be.

safex101: My Brown birds are 18weeks 2days and just one bird laying since they were 15weeks old, none other is yet to pick up, what might be the cause?

I think you should be more patient for up to 20 weeks to get a better result. Its still not late to start producing, good luck.

sleekman: What did u give ur birds dat eliminated d cough? This is a learning forum even vet doctors no dey know finish.

I think we should focus our attention on prevention instead of treating cause and effect. A prevention strategy is far more economically prudent.

@sleekman, you are right. I gave them interseryl which they got resistant to and decided not to give any other drug but observe them.

Thanks agrotConsult and jamp for your prompt response, but I decided to observe them and noticed that there cough reduce very much and in some totally gone without any further medication, though still observing. Thanks

Hello house, my layer birds are coughing and I didn't see tylosin to buy for there treatment, pls what other effective drug should I buy?

safex101: My birds are few days shy of 15 weeks, one or two already dropping egg, is it not too early? everything alright?

Safex101 I don't think they started too early, mine are 13 weeks now, when I bought them as doc I noticed some were bigger than others which mean they may not all be the same age and as such likely differ in production time. Congrats all the same and good luck.

hoskeymani: Thanks to u all for ur useful contributions to this educative & informative thread.........Please I would like to venture into Comercial layers farming. I seriously need mentoring because I know it requires guidance,assistance & experince. I reside within Enugu State. Please, can anyone render help to me ?
Email: hoskeymani@gmail.com

The better way to start is to visit farms closer to you, ask questions and take measurements of structure to the capacity you can bear. Besides insure you are well boxed-up with money before you hit the race. Kudos

FarmTech: So all our discussions so far has been lost? What a pity!

At least we should thankGod we are back on discussions and hope to make up for lost supportive ideas.
How are are or birds doing?

laposta: You can contact a guy called Jidewash (jidewash@live.com). He posted on this thread a while back. I did buy from him

Thanks alot

laposta: How many do you need? Where is your location?

I need 250 and I stay in Abuja

Hello house I need to buy isa brown POL, can anyone link me up to a quality and cheaper source.