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Dem plenty for market


Kukuruku

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It's really a long time I saw it and couldn't place the reason for it unavailable anymore.

This species can easily acclamatize to any weather, environment and conditions.

So economic to keep, even if their feeds finishes, they enter street to find other foods.

Their ability to survive different weather makes them stand out.

They are good for this economy for upcoming farmers.

There are better improved breeds than these now

Cockrel

Only Cornish Crosses. No time for hungry-looking chickens.

My father use to bring us this fowl from the ministry of works back then, very sweet.

We used to call it Agric back in the day

Used to buy this fowl as chicks at 70naira then rare it till Easter when we eat it, omo this country don spoil!

columbus007:
My father use to bring us this fowl from the ministry of works back then, very sweet.

One of the people that spoil Nigeria spotted. So your papa dey collect chicken from ministry poultry farm .
EFCC take note.

pointblank247:
One of the people that spoil Nigeria spotted. So your papa dey collect chicken from ministry poultry farm .
EFCC take note.

you remember right 😁, my dad shares this chicken alot, then when this country was OK. 😁.

okomile:
Now
Dem plenty for market


Kukuruku

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They are still very much available. The day old are sold as black cockerel but I think its usually the males only that are sold. I think the reasons they are no longer as popular or common again are:

1. Cost: Because of the general cost of things, most people can't afford to by them anymore. The people that used to make them popular were those that brooded them and go about from street to street and local markets to sale them. They are expensive as day old chicks (last I remember is around N400 to N500 each) and feed is also expensive. After brooding for 3 weeks the cost is so high that its difficult to sell. If you do have them and feed them well, you can have 4kg meat when mature.

2. Alternatives: There are two alternatives that have moved the demand for these birds.

I. White cockerel: These ones are cheaper as day old chicks (around N70 to N100 and sometimes of poor demand it can go for N20). So the brood and retail people use this one instead. But these birds would not grow to be nearly as weighty as the black ones. I hate them. They consume almost same amount of feed to produce less meat (about 1.5 to 2kg).

ii. Noiler: These ones cost about the same as the black cockerel and mostly a little more expensive but they are preferred because they come in equal number of both sexes. The males will give you about same if not actually more meat (4 - 4.5kg) which is better than the black cockerel, while the females (with little less meat - 2.5kg) will give you eggs. They can lay about 150 eggs per year when well fed.

III. Broilers: When you consider cost of feed, you'll see that broiler is much more worth it if you are caging or having to provide 100% feed. They mature faster to give better weight of meat with less feed.

I swear down it's been real long I saw such.... I don't know if they have gone extinct

Everyday.
My dad has chickens both local and foreign, and I still see them in the street. Just that street chickens always look tartard.

During my primary and secondary school days, my mom usually buys it and sometimes Guinea fowl during Christmas and Easter.

Now it's extremely difficult to see it in the market. What most poultry farmers rear these days is just Broilers, layers and turkey.

Birds like the one in the picture and guinea fowl have gone extinct here in Lagos.

Wow! I have some nostalgic memory of this chicken back then in Lagos.

White broilers took over . Nigerian who ate all these agric chicken feed with shady stuffs that made them fat and zombie like are now crying about GMO hahahaha

pointblank247:
One of the people that spoil Nigeria spotted. So your papa dey collect chicken from ministry poultry farm .
EFCC take note.

You wan burst my belle with laughter. This life

Where em wan Dey wen Helinus and em people wan Kpai with hunger and dem begin thief am around .

It's been a very long time o

You still see some in the village but that specie is much smaller in size

columbus007:
you remember right 😁, my dad shares this chicken alot, then when this country was OK. 😁.

Why this one dey smile. Is this a laughing matter? Ehn?

They’re still very much available.

When last did you see this Plymouth Rock chicken in Nigeria ?

ednut1:
White broilers took over . Nigerian who ate all these agric chicken feed with shady stuffs that made them fat and zombie like are now crying about GMO hahahaha

Lol
But how true's the GMO threat?
Is it real?


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Camo uniformed chicken as indicated in their feathers
They don’t get agitated easily

Wow
We don chop am finish

But agric types still dey na

STARGREEN:
It's really a long time I saw it and couldn't place the reason for it unavailable anymore.

This species can easily acclamatize to any weather, environment and conditions.

So economic to keep, even if their feeds finishes, they enter street to find other foods.

Their ability to survive different weather makes them stand out.

They are good for this economy for upcoming farmers.

They can even compete with our local chicken, marry them and procreate , fight local male and take over their babes

safarifarms:
I. White cockerel: These ones are cheaper as day old chicks (around N70 to N100 and sometimes of poor demand it can go for N20). So the brood and retail people use this one instead. But these birds would not grow to be nearly as weighty as the black ones. I hate them. They consume almost same amount of feed to produce less meat (about 1.5 to 2kg).

Thanks for the info. It is clear now. The one mentioned in the topic is different from cockerel. I thought they are the same. But don't you think broiler is more expensive than them?

Sagefromtheeast:
Lol
But how true's the GMO threat?
Is it real?


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https://seedcogroup.com/ng/
This company in Abuja already sells patented seeds. Nigerians are like headless chicken without sense. They are already eating gmo food. The main issue is the gmo seeds. Tho it has more yield it makes farmers dependent on the companies which is a security risk. Anyone that doesn’t want gmo should go open their own farms na.