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Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by agslow(m): 11:55pm On Jan 14, 2016
Is the installation included in the #35000?
survivalagro:

Hot dip....#35,000 per set....120 birds capacity
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by kevin96(m): 5:52am On Jan 15, 2016
Annabechick:
good morning ! pls is it ideal to use broiler starter to feed pullets my vet doctor said i should use broiler starter instead of chick mash when my birds arrives
Yes its better
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Judithume(f): 8:46am On Jan 16, 2016
pls have anyone heard of max pullets? their laying capacity n how large their eggs are. how good is it compared with chi n isa brown pullets.are they disease resistant.
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Godshand1: 12:26pm On Jan 16, 2016
I'm delighted to read these wealth of experiences shared here.

PLEASE URGENT ADVICE IS NEEDED!!!

I'm new in broiler farming, though an experienced friend advises me. I have 385 surviving broilers (out of 403 stock of 1 day old chicks) which are 4 weeks old, today. I administered Lasota on my broilers yesterday morning. But this morning two have died and two are very weak. I also discovered that some of them are infected with coccidiosis (and are discharging blood in their faeces), some showing symptoms of cough (discharge of green faeces), some white watery faeces while others a combination of two cases.

In view of this complicated case of infections, can I administer about three different antibiotics at the SAME TIME against the three major infections suspected?

Thanks.
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by twoMcfemad: 1:54pm On Jan 16, 2016
Point of Lay birds for sale

Location: Ibadan
Source: Amo Farms
Age: 16weeks++
Quantity: 2000
Interested? Pls contact me.
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Integrityfarms(m): 2:18pm On Jan 16, 2016
twoMcfemad:
Point of Lay birds for sale
Location: Ibadan Source: Amo Farms Age: 16weeks++
Interested? Pls contact me.
We are interested. Lets whatsapp 08064572551.
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by manya(m): 3:11pm On Jan 16, 2016
hello my fellow poultry farmers. i thank all of you for your great contributions to this thread. i weant you people to help me with my 1000 birds layer which are 23 weeks by Monday 18th January but their eggs drop is 50 eggs yesterday and 47 a day before.
Actually they have started laying on 27th Dec, 2015 with just one egg. they kept increasing it by just 3 to 4 eggs every day. Now they reached 50. please is there no problem at 23 weeks? NB: i give them animal care feed 4 bags every day untill 2 days ago i increased to 5 bags. the birds are from Zartech brown.
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by manya(m): 6:17pm On Jan 16, 2016
basking4me:


Our chicken processing plant and milling equipments are already being sourced.

Thanks everyone for keeping this thread going and your healthy comments.

@BASKING4ME, Please i want to talk to you about the chicken processing plant and milling equipment. have you already sourced them, how about the prices. please kindly help me with info on how i can also get them. thank you.
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by faridpac2: 9:08pm On Jan 16, 2016
Godshand1:
I'm delighted to read these wealth of experiences shared here.

PLEASE URGENT ADVICE IS NEEDED!!!

I'm new in broiler farming, though an experienced friend advises me. I have 385 surviving broilers (out of 403 stock of 1 day old chicks) which are 4 weeks old, today. I administered Lasota on my broilers yesterday morning. But this morning two have died and two are very weak. I also discovered that some of them are infected with coccidiosis (and are discharging blood in their faeces), some showing symptoms of cough (discharge of green faeces), some white watery faeces while others a combination of two cases.

In view of this complicated case of infections, can I administer about three different antibiotics at the SAME TIME against the three major infections suspected?

Thanks.
DONT GIVE 3 ANTIBIOTIC AT DE SAME TIME JUST GIV DEM GEMTADOX OR TYLODOX ANTIBIOTIC

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Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Godshand1: 9:32pm On Jan 16, 2016
Thanks for ur advice. But will gemdox or tylodox alone be able to treat this complicated infections? I need to act fast to b able to contain this challenge.

faridpac2:

DONT GIVE 3 ANTIBIOTIC AT DE SAME TIME JUST GIV DEM GEMTADOX OR TYLODOX ANTIBIOTIC
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by faridpac2: 10:11pm On Jan 16, 2016
ababale:
Goodevening house, please i am looking for suggestions as to which is the best feeds for broilers...
my options are VITAL, AMOBYNG, LIVESTOCK AND HYBRID FEEDS.
ABOUT BROILER FEEDS U WILL CHECK COMPANY'S CRUDE PROTIEN % DE 1 WIT HIGHER CP IT MAKE BROILER HEAVY LIKE AMO STATER IS 21% CP I TESTED IT OK EVEN VITAL IS GUD because I HV TESTED VITAL N AMO,IM CURRENTLY USING AMO

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Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by faridpac2: 10:28pm On Jan 16, 2016
Godshand1:
Thanks for ur advice. But will gemdox or tylodox alone be able to treat this complicated infections? I need to act fast to b able to contain this challenge.

YES IF THE CASE IS BACTERIAL INFECTION,BUT IF ITS COCCIDIOSIS U WILL GIV EMBAZIN FOR 3 DAYS THEN NORMAL WATER FOR 1 TO 2 DAYS THEN EMBAZIN AGAIN FOR 2 DAYS DATS K. GEMTADOX IS STRONG ANTI BIOTIC because I USED IT BFO EVEN TYLODOX IS GUD I USED IT RECENTLY. THE BEST WAY FOR SUCCESS IN POULTRY IS BIO SECURITY,I MEAN HYGIENE IN POULTRY FARM,FEEDERS AND DRINKERS N GIVE DEM CLEAN WATER N FEEDS ALWAYS N VACCINATE UR CHICKS DATS ALL,

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Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Teaphar015(f): 1:34am On Jan 17, 2016
hello good morning
good farmers in the house.My name is latifah.i am a graduate with Bachelor's degree in microbiology.I'v had interest in agriculture especially poultry farming since my childhood.Now as the economy of Nigeria is..being self employed(farming especially)is the only solution to unemployment problems.
To cut the long story short,I ventured into broiler production already.God so good, its been going on great.No mortality at all in my broiler production farm, except for d turkeys I am rearing as well.
Now the problem I have is that I started late October 30th to be precise coz of fear of bird flu(rumour I guess).so, I cudnt sell them off for Xmas and new year coz dey avnt really grown very big.
Now, my fear is..I changed my mind to raise them till Easter which is going to be almost 5months of their production.
What do you advice me to do because..I am going to have overweighed cost of production.and im sure its not economical enough to sell them for #3500.Im scared.im finking of getting help on processing into frozen chicken by ending of jan when they will be exactly 3months.
Please I need your advice on what to do and how to go about it. Thanks in advance.im new here, and it feels good to be part of ds great forum.
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by chukwuka12: 6:55am On Jan 17, 2016
manya:
hello my fellow poultry farmers. i thank all of you for your great contributions to this thread. i weant you people to help me with my 1000 birds layer which are 23 weeks by Monday 18th January but their eggs drop is 50 eggs yesterday and 47 a day before.
Actually they have started laying on 27th Dec, 2015 with just one egg. they kept increasing it by just 3 to 4 eggs every day. Now they reached 50. please is there no problem at 23 weeks? NB: i give them animal care feed 4 bags every day untill 2 days ago i increased to 5 bags. the birds are from Zartech brown.

Increasing the feed to 5 bags is ideal, how many hours of light do de have? They should get about 16 hours of light....
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by chukwuka12: 7:08am On Jan 17, 2016
Teaphar015:
hello good morning
good farmers in the house.My name is latifah.i am a graduate with Bachelor's degree in microbiology.I'v had interest in agriculture especially poultry farming since my childhood.Now as the economy of Nigeria is..being self employed(farming especially)is the only solution to unemployment problems.
To cut the long story short,I ventured into broiler production already.God so good, its been going on great.No mortality at all in my broiler production farm, except for d turkeys I am rearing as well.
Now the problem I have is that I started late October 30th to be precise coz of fear of bird flu(rumour I guess).so, I cudnt sell them off for Xmas and new year coz dey avnt really grown very big.
Now, my fear is..I changed my mind to raise them till Easter which is going to be almost 5months of their production.
What do you advice me to do because..I am going to have overweighed cost of production.and im sure its not economical enough to sell them for #3500.Im scared.im finking of getting help on processing into frozen chicken by ending of jan when they will be exactly 3months.
Please I need your advice on what to do and how to go about it. Thanks in advance.im new here, and it feels good to be part of ds great forum.

My thinking, pls don't make d mistake of keeping it to Easter..the cost will too much for u. Think of how to sell NOW!!! Easter is 10 weeks now, some1 who stocks now can still sell 1,500/2000 at Easter depending and who u supply to.
Processing into frozen chicken.... How will u sell it, is d market there...
I always advise you, have an idea of who u will supply broilers to before starting.... However explore options of selling NOW...

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Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by faridpac2: 7:43am On Jan 17, 2016
I THINK U BETTER SELL DEM ALL NOW IF U WANT GET PROFIT EVEN NOW U ALMOST LET TO GET PROFIT,because KEEPIN BROILERS MORE THAN 8 WKS THEY WILL CONSUME PROFIT,WIT GUD MANAGEMENT AND FEEDS UR CHICKS CAN REACH 3KG IN 8 TO 9 WKS.DNT KEEP BROILERS FOR LONG IF U WANT MAXIMIZE UR PROFIT,GUD MNGMNT N GUD ENOUGH FEED IS ALL ABT BROILERS FARMING,

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Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by yemmit90: 11:17am On Jan 17, 2016
Teaphar015:
hello good morning
good farmers in the house.My name is latifah.i am a graduate with Bachelor's degree in microbiology.I'v had interest in agriculture especially poultry farming since my childhood.Now as the economy of Nigeria is..being self employed(farming especially)is the only solution to unemployment problems.
To cut the long story short,I ventured into broiler production already.God so good, its been going on great.No mortality at all in my broiler production farm, except for d turkeys I am rearing as well.
Now the problem I have is that I started late October 30th to be precise coz of fear of bird flu(rumour I guess).so, I cudnt sell them off for Xmas and new year coz dey avnt really grown very big.
Now, my fear is..I changed my mind to raise them till Easter which is going to be almost 5months of their production.
What do you advice me to do because..I am going to have overweighed cost of production.and im sure its not economical enough to sell them for #3500.Im scared.im finking of getting help on processing into frozen chicken by ending of jan when they will be exactly 3months.
Please I need your advice on what to do and how to go about it. Thanks in advance.im new here, and it feels good to be part of ds great forum.

Now that you found yourself in this situation, you have two options for you to get reasonable profit from your investment.

1. You sell them to the proccessors or you proccess it if you can. But i'm not sure if any processor would be willing to buy 3 months old broilers which must not less than 2.5kg.

2. If you still have some money,you can cut down their feed consumption by 50% and raise them till Easter. Infact you can even cut it down to 30% from now and increase it to like 80% a week to Easter(just a week to Easter).

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Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by manya(m): 12:30pm On Jan 17, 2016
chukwuka12:


Increasing the feed to 5 bags is ideal, how many hours of light do de have? They should get about 16 hours of light....

Thank you for the response chukwuka, do you mean 16 hours including sun light?
i started giving them light form dusk to 10pm, that makes it 16 hours is that ok?
pls is there no problem with the rate of increase in the daily egg laying? the increase is just 3 to 7 every day. i got 64 eggs yesterday and 57 day before? and they started since december 27th.
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by tabontabon: 5:57pm On Jan 17, 2016
How Much Is It? Where Is Your Farm Located? Indicate Your Phone Number
twoMcfemad:
Point of Lay birds for sale
Location: Ibadan Source: Amo Farms Age: 16weeks++ Quantity: 2000 Interested? Pls contact me.
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by twoMcfemad: 8:28pm On Jan 17, 2016
tabontabon:
How Much Is It? Where Is Your Farm Located? Indicate Your Phone Number

Ibadan. 08074409457.
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by tuk2ato(m): 11:23pm On Jan 17, 2016
Mix anticocci plus antibacterial, make sure your birds recover properly before you start any vaccination.
Godshand1:
I'm delighted to read these wealth of experiences shared here.

PLEASE URGENT ADVICE IS NEEDED!!!

I'm new in broiler farming, though an experienced friend advises me. I have 385 surviving broilers (out of 403 stock of 1 day old chicks) which are 4 weeks old, today. I administered Lasota on my broilers yesterday morning. But this morning two have died and two are very weak. I also discovered that some of them are infected with coccidiosis (and are discharging blood in their faeces), some showing symptoms of cough (discharge of green faeces), some white watery faeces while others a combination of two cases.

In view of this complicated case of infections, can I administer about three different antibiotics at the SAME TIME against the three major infections suspected?

Thanks.
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by davies427: 9:55am On Jan 18, 2016
Good morning house n d gurus here. Have been dollowing this forum. Thanks everyone for the sight n knowledge that is shared here. Anyways isnit advvisable nt to use fish meal rather increase crude protein. Also to stop buying bone, rather buying bone phosphate. Has anyone tried or heard abt this before. Thanks
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by chukwuka12: 11:55am On Jan 18, 2016
Bird Flu in town, pls be careful with your birds....
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by chukwuka12: 1:24pm On Jan 18, 2016
manya:


Thank you for the response chukwuka, do you mean 16 hours including sun light?
i started giving them light form dusk to 10pm, that makes it 16 hours is that ok?
pls is there no problem with the rate of increase in the daily egg laying? the increase is just 3 to 7 every day. i got 64 eggs yesterday and 57 day before? and they started since december 27th.

Light up till 10pm is good... I don't think it's bad, some start laying 18 weeks, some 20 weeks, some 23 weeks... Yours started laying early they will pick, its after 2 months that you should know if they laying well or not
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by ababale(m): 8:20pm On Jan 18, 2016
please what proactive steps can we take towards Bird flu(H5N1) outbreak.. it recently cleared one farm of over 1500 layers..
Tips will be highly appreciated
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Teaphar015(f): 11:44pm On Jan 18, 2016
Thanks house dor the advice...I have thought through all of the options u gave me..
okay..if im to meet processors, how much are my birds supposed to weigh for them to be paid for at a reasonable amount? Processors in the house should plz help with d response.
And the second option suggested by @Yemmite90 that I shud reduce their feed to at least 30% of their normal feed.i think iv strted with that already.but i wanna knw..will they reduce in size in ds period of feed reduction? and gain bk d lost weight wen I increase bk the quantity in march(having contd wiv d normal budget of feed) OR will they remain d weight they are ..only tat they wont grow fast until I increase d feed again?
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by EJaja(m): 11:49pm On Jan 18, 2016
Hi Nairalanders am looking for a chicken pen for lease in Port Harcourt and its environment. Any one with a pen or who knows someone who has should kindly drop me a message on here.
https://www.nairaland.com/2874016/chicken-pen-needed-rent-port
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by zetang: 3:59am On Jan 19, 2016
hello every one. i am new here and really donot know how to use the site well. However i really want to relate more with people involve in poultry farming beacouse i just started and will like their ideas
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Godshand1: 6:43am On Jan 19, 2016
Thanks a lot for the advice. I have been administering a mixture of Pantacox and EST Mix and they are better now. All those symptoms are gradually disappearing. Kudos to us all!
tuk2ato:
Mix anticocci plus antibacterial, make sure your birds recover properly before you start any vaccination.
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by faridpac2: 8:58am On Jan 19, 2016
Godshand1:
Thanks a lot for the advice. I have been administering a mixture of Pantacox and EST Mix and they are better now. All those symptoms are gradually disappearing. Kudos to us all!
HELLO MY FARMERS FRNDS THERE ARE USEFUL POULTRY SITE WHICH U CAN LEARN HOW TO FORMULATE YOUR BROILERS AND LAYERS FEEDS AND CUSTOMIZE YOUR FEEDS FOR BETTER RESULT WWW.AGROLIFEBENEFITS.COM
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by chukwuka12: 9:02am On Jan 19, 2016
Teaphar015:
Thanks house dor the advice...I have thought through all of the options u gave me..
okay..if im to meet processors, how much are my birds supposed to weigh for them to be paid for at a reasonable amount? Processors in the house should plz help with d response.
And the second option suggested by @Yemmite90 that I shud reduce their feed to at least 30% of their normal feed.i think iv strted with that already.but i wanna knw..will they reduce in size in ds period of feed reduction? and gain bk d lost weight wen I increase bk the quantity in march(having contd wiv d normal budget of feed) OR will they remain d weight they are ..only tat they wont grow fast until I increase d feed again?

Pls count your losses and sell all your birds NOW... Every extra day de stay gives you more cost... Those who sell 2,500 or 3,500 have ready markets... Do you have the market for that now?? Urgently look for how to aggressively sell them now, weda live or processed...

If you stock day old broliers BTW now and next week they will very big for Easter... So don't keep those birds for Easter.... My opinion pls
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by chukwuka12: 9:09am On Jan 19, 2016
ababale:
please what proactive steps can we take towards Bird flu(H5N1) outbreak.. it recently cleared one farm of over 1500 layers..
Tips will be highly appreciated

I think it's basically to be cautious, careful.... Do not let people into your farm, when you going into the farm where your farm slippers/boot/shoe use hand glooves

Avoid any form of foreign materials coming into your farm...

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