₦airaland Forum

Nazgul:
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.

pocohantas:
My aunty'd husband reared them for commercial purposes and I think the taste was nice. I haven't seen it in years. I wonder what happened.

CJStarz:
We used to call it Agric back in the day

Morbeta11:
https://x.com/yabaleftonline/status/1948678899849642363?t=vbwZdOpXOV6KFnz62Lwn5w&s=08[/quote]It’s very expensive to raise than the rest, and you can’t put too much money on it for sell, so people prefer to raise the other ones.

But it’s more sweeter.

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.

ednut1:
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.

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

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

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.

anonimi:
May 1, 2025

May Day: Hunger, unemployment, insecurity real— Tinubu

According to him: “The theme demands our collective attention and serves as a stark reminder of the need to create an environment where every worker feels safe, valued, and empowered to contribute to the growth and prosperity of our nation. As your President, I assure you that this administration is committed to creating such an environment for the common good.”

On the economic hardship, he noted that while it is a global phenomenon, its effects on Nigerians are particularly severe.

Tinubu said: “I am aware of the peculiarities of the economic hardship Nigerians face—rising living costs, hunger, insecurity, unemployment, and the loss of livelihoods. These challenges are real and demand definitive solutions, which I am poised to address as your President.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/may-day-hunger-unemployment-insecurity-real-tinubu/

safarifarms:
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.

slimjordan:
I saw it yesterday at Akai efa Calabar

Judolisco:
toor, when I see gmo trending on twitter... I was jst laughing.... GMO food wey una Don dey chop since...

Some Nigerians don't want to embrace innovations.... I saw on LinkedIn where d modified beans takes lesser time to cook, less than 30 mins...

Anytime they want to introduce something good to dis continent some particular set of people will start fighting it especially Nigeria, they'll misinforming people.... And dis same set of people will go abroad and eat d same food....

And ask them what their contribution is to science and technology, they'll start blaming the government

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

maasoap:
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?

Morbeta11:
https://x.com/yabaleftonline/status/1948678899849642363?t=vbwZdOpXOV6KFnz62Lwn5w&s=08[/quote]Very long time am keeping this pic as a souvenir

okomile:
Now
Dem plenty for market


Kukuruku

Character completed

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

safarifarms:
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.