Goldenboy842:

Day 1-5th week.

U can use starter from day one to the fourth week,
Growers from 5-6th week.
Then finisher from 6-10,11th week.

Is it the same grower feed that layers take? or do they have theirs/

Cossycute:
Fumbaby pls how much do u sell ur birds @6weeks and who do u sell them to?

Just seeing this I didn't get your mention

I take them to the chicken market here in ilorin, they are always ready to buy but you will come back after 24hrs for your money

Wao its nice reading from page 1 till 13 am inspired and also will do this business too all our effort could have been so nice and good if we can access fund bur all the same we need to forge ahead
@goldenboy842 what is the total cost of 1carton of broiler I mean that zertEch or so
And also if am going for turkey which one is best the hybrid or foreign and what is their feeding + vaccination formula

Thanks

Fumbaby:


Just seeing this I didn't get your mention

I take them to the chicken market here in ilorin, they are always ready to buy but you will come back after 24hrs for your money

God bless u dear

eluyebamayowa:
pls help me out...am having some issues wit my 8wks cockrel, some wit swollen eye avin pulse inside and some wit sore on dia nose and mouth side..what can it be done

use red oil on it. it work faster

Pls I need your advice on Turkey rearing for producing day old, how can I go about it, feeding method, ways I can use to achieve the desire result

I've really been inspired by the testimony of many on this thread. I shall be undertaking my own project from tomorrow God willing. will be posting pictures to that effect come tomorrow.

please i am in need of where to hatch my turkey eggs here in lagos call me on 08028131974 and mature turkey for sale @15k but negotiable

eluquenson:
I have been following this thread for a while and i really learned a lot. Pls, i have an issue.
I had 7 broilers up to 5kg each and i intend selling them this december, but the unfortunate thing that happened was that i came home in the evening and found all the broilers dead inside the cage. Although, this is my first attempt to start with but, it was a big shock to me.

Pls, what could have happened?

picture(cage)

the possible couse of ur broilers is sudden death syndrom which occur at a result of broilers have high fat in their body it occurs mostly during hot weather thats is y its advisable to slought ur broilers at 3kg,

mbuotidemjames:





The name of the birds is AGRITED.....thats what I used in the first batch and I started selling them by 5 weeks.
For the feeds....im using TOP FEEDS.
Is there any suggestion of boosters to use to make them grow fast and heavy because they are so light and they resemble our native birds which can eat very well but not growing fast....please help

TRY AMO BYNG BROILERS N USE TOP FEED CRUMBLE SUPER STARTER N GIV DEM ANTIBIOTIC N MULTIVITE N FEED DEM WELL 24/7,GIV DEM ENOUGH SPACE N VENTILATION AND REGULAR SANITATION UR BIRDS WIL BIG N HEAVY THERE FORE EACH 100 BIRDS U WIL FEED DEM WIT 12 BAGS OF FEED IN SIX TO SEVEN WEEKS

Hello house, you guys are doing well n I appreciate how you r using this medium to help others .may God bless u guys richly.

I will b getting my broiler later today, 4pks. I will appreciate ur kind guidance all tru.
Another thing is that wia I am now, I cant get Lasota, is there any other vaccine I can use in it place? and also gumboro..

tnx

Hello house, gud day. I really appreciate all ur contributions and how u guys are using this thread to help people. May God bless u all.

I will be getting my broilers later today, 4cartons, pls I will be needing ur kind guidance all tru.

another thing is that I can't get gumboro wia I am now, is there any other vaccine I can use in it place? any advice will b appreciated.

tnx

my poultry house under construction

I just newly bought four plots of and that I intend to use for poultry farming. Can anyone help me out with the tutorial guide on what to do. I am still a novice. But I love agric. Location is Anambra state.

anyiway:
I just newly bought four plots of and that I intend to use for poultry farming. Can anyone help me out with the tutorial guide on what to do. I am still a novice. But I love agric. Location is Anambra state.

I will advice you to look for a practicing farmer around you so as to learn from there. Also, start small so as to gain more experience along the line. Most people that sells tutorials normally do copy and paste and don't really have a farm. If you start small, you will learn the rudiments of Poultry so as to avoid making huge losses due to a management error. Good luck

anyiway:
I just newly bought four plots of and that I intend to use for poultry farming. Can anyone help me out with the tutorial guide on what to do. I am still a novice. But I love agric. Location is Anambra state.

I will advice you to look for a practicing farmer around you so as to learn from there. Also, start small so as to gain more experience along the line and employ the services of a reputable vet doc to guide you along the way. Most people that sells tutorials normally do copy and paste and don't really have a farm. If you start small, you will learn the rudiments of Poultry so as to avoid making huge losses due to a management error. Good luck

Kenchosen:


use red oil on it. it work faster

its fowl pox oooo, altho oil works, but just for the mean time ni ooo, so its better to use fowl pox vaccine for them

dam4wummy:


Is it the same grower feed that layers take? or do they have theirs/

Same sir

THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF SMALL SCALE POULTRY PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA

Family poultry is defined as small-scale poultry keeping by households using family labour and, wherever possible, locally available feed resources. The poultry may range freely in the household compound and find much of their own food, getting supplementary amounts from the householder. Participants at a 1989 workshop in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, defined rural poultry as a flock of less than 100 birds, of unimproved or improved breed, raised in either extensive or intensive farming systems. Labour is not salaried, but drawn from the family household (Sonaiya 1990b). Family poultry was additionally clarified as “small flocks managed by individual farm families in order to obtain food security, income and gainful employment for women and children” (Branckaert, as cited in Sonaiya, 1990c). Family poultry is quite distinct from medium to large-scale commercial poultry farming.

Family poultry is rarely the sole means of livelihood for the family but is one of a number of integrated and complementary farming activities contributing to the overall well-being of the household. Poultry provide a major income-generating activity from the sale of birds and eggs. Occasional consumption provides a valuable source of protein in the diet. Poultry also play an important socio-cultural role in many societies. Poultry keeping uses family labour, and women (who often own as well as look after the family flock) are major beneficiaries. Women often have an important role in the development of family poultry production as extension workers and in vaccination programmes.

For smallholder farmers in developing countries (especially in low income, food-deficient countries [LIFDC]), family poultry represents one of the few opportunities for saving, investment and security against risk. In some of these countries, family poultry accounts for approximately 90 percent of the total poultry production (Branckaert, 1999). In Bangladesh for example, family poultry represents more than 80 percent of the total poultry production, and 90 percent of the 18 million rural households keep poultry. Landless families in Bangladesh form 20 percent of the population (Fattah, 1999, citing the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, 1998) and they keep between five and seven chickens per household. In LIFDC countries, family poultry-produced meat and eggs are estimated to contribute 20 to 30 percent of the total animal protein supply (Alam, 1997, and Branckaert, 1999), taking second place to milk products (38 percent), which are mostly imported. Similarly, in Nigeria, family poultry represents approximately 94 percent of total poultry keeping, and accounts for nearly four percent of the total estimated value of the livestock resources in the country. Family poultry represents 83 percent of the estimated 82 million adult chickens in Nigeria. In Ethiopia, rural poultry accounts for 99 percent of the national total production of poultry meat and eggs (Tadelle et al., 2000).

Poultry are the smallest livestock investment a village household can make. Yet the poverty-stricken farmer needs credit assistance even to manage this first investment step on the ladder out of poverty. Poultry keeping is traditionally the role of women in many developing countries. Female-headed households represent 20 to 30 percent of all rural households in Bangladesh (Saleque, 1999), and women are more disadvantaged in terms of options for income generation. In sub-Saharan Africa, 85 percent of all households keep poultry, with women owning 70 percent of the poultry. (Guéye, 1998 and Branckaert, 1999, citing World Poultry 14).

Income generation is the primary goal of family poultry keeping. Eggs can provide a regular, albeit small, income while the sale of live birds provides a more flexible source of cash as required. For example, in the Dominican Republic, family poultry contributes 13 percent of the income from animal production (Rauen et al., 1990). The importance of poultry to rural households is illustrated by the example below from the United Republic of Tanzania (see Table 1.1). Assuming an indigenous hen lays 30 eggs per year, of which 50 percent are consumed and the remainder have a hatchability of 80 percent, then each hen will produce 12 chicks per year. Assuming six survive to maturity (with 50 percent mortality), and assuming that three pullets and three are cockerels, the output from one hen projected over five years would total 120 kg of meat and 195 (6.8 kg) eggs.







A study on income generation in transmigrant farming systems in East Kalimantan, Indonesia (see Table 1.2), showed that family poultry accounted for about 53 percent of the total income, and was used for food, school fees and unexpected expenses such as medicines (Ramm et al., 1984).

Flock composition is heavily biased towards chickens in Africa and South Asia, with more ducks in East Asia and South America. Flock size ranges from 5 - 100 in Africa, 10 - 30 in South America and 5 - 20 in Asia. Flock size is related to the poultry farming objectives of:

home consumption only;

home consumption and cultural reasons;

income and home consumption; and

income only.

(See Table 1.3.)

In Bangladesh (Jensen, 1999), the average production rate per local hen of 50 eggs/year was regarded by some as low productivity. However, if it is considered that 50 eggs per hen per year represents four hatches from four clutches of eggs laid, incubated and hatched by the mother hen, and the outcome is 30 saleable chicken reared per year (assuming no eggs sold or eaten, 80 percent hatchability and 25 percent rearing mortality), then it is a remarkably high productivity.

PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Family poultry are kept under a wide range of conditions, which can be classified into one of four broad production systems (Bessei, 1987):

free-range extensive;

backyard extensive;

semi-intensive; and

intensive.

Indicative production levels for the different systems are summarized in Table 1.4.

Table 1.2 Annual budget for a family farm with 0.4 ha irrigated paddy, 0.1 ha vegetable garden, 100 ducks and two buffaloes in Indonesia



Unit


Rupees

Annual expenses





Crops



1 198 000

Animals:





- Buffaloes



- Ducks



1 147 200

Subtotal



2 345 200

Annual revenue





Crops:





- Maize


240 kg


96 000

- Rice


4 000 kg


2 000 000

- Cassava


600 kg


60 000

- Peanut


60 kg


60 000

- Soybean


60 kg


30 000

- Mixed garden



150 000

Subtotal Crops



2 396 000



Animals:





- Buffaloes


- meat


150 kg


300 000



- draft


30 days


180 000



Subtotal Buffaloes



480 000




- Ducks


- eggs


13 140 eggs


5 256 000

Subtotal Animals



5 736 000

Annual net return to family labour from crops


1 198 000
(20.7%)

Annual net return to family labour from livestock




- Buffaloes


480 000
(8.3%)

- Ducks


4 108 800
(71.0%)

Total return to family labour from agriculture


5 786 800
(100%)

Source: Setioko, 1997.

Table 1.3 Flock size and poultry farming objectives in Nigeria

Objectives


Flock size


% of sample

Home consumption only


1-10


30

Home consumption and cultural reasons


1-10


Income and home consumption


11-30


44

Income only


>50


10.5

Source: Sonaiya, 1990a.

Free-Range Extensive Systems

In Africa, Asia and Latin America, 80 percent of farmers keep poultry in the first two extensive systems. Under free-range conditions, the birds are not confined and can scavenge for food over a wide area. Rudimentary shelters may be provided, and these may or may not be used. The birds may roost outside, usually in trees, and nest in the bush. The flock contains birds of different species and varying ages.

Backyard Extensive Systems

Poultry are housed at night but allowed free-range during the day. They are usually fed a handful of grain in the morning and evening to supplement scavenging.

Semi-Intensive Systems

These are a combination of the extensive and intensive systems where birds are confined to a certain area with access to shelter. They are commonly found in urban and peri-urban as well as rural situations. In the “run” system, the birds are confined in an enclosed area outside during the day and housed at night. Feed and water are available in the house to avoid wastage by rain, wind and wild animals.

In the European system of free-range poultry keeping, there are two other types of housing. The first of these is the “ark” system, where the poultry are confined overnight (for security against predators) in a building mounted on two rails or skids (usually wooden), which enable it to be moved from place to place with draught power. A typical size is 2 × 2.5 m to hold about 40 birds.

The second type of housing is the “fold” unit, with a space allowance (stock density) for adult birds of typically 3 to 4 birds per square metre (birds/m2), both inside and (at least this) outside. The fold unit is usually small enough to be moved by one person. Neither of these two systems is commonly found in developing countries.

Intensive Systems

These systems are used by medium to large-scale commercial enterprises, and are also used at the household level. Birds are fully confined either in houses or cages. Capital outlay is higher and the birds are totally dependent on their owners for all their requirements; production however is higher. There are three types of intensive systems:

Deep litter system: birds are fully confined (with floor space allowance of 3 to 4 birds/m2 within a house, but can move around freely. The floor is covered with a deep litter (a 5 to 10 cm deep layer) of grain husks (maize or rice), straw, wood shavings or a similarly absorbent (but non-toxic) material. The fully enclosed system protects the birds from thieves and predators and is suitable for specially selected commercial breeds of egg or meat-producing poultry (layers, breeder flocks and broilers).

Slatted floor system: wire or wooden slatted floors are used instead of deep litter, which allow stocking rates to be increased to five birds/m2 of floor space. Birds have reduced contact with faeces and are allowed some freedom of movement.

Battery cage system: this is usually used for laying birds, which are kept throughout their productive life in cages. There is a high initial capital investment, and the system is mostly confined to large-scale commercial egg layer operations.

Intensive systems of rearing indigenous chickens commercially is uncommon, a notable rare exception being in Malaysia, where the industry developed in response to the heavy demand for indigenous chickens in urban areas (Supramaniam, 1988). However, this accounts for only two in every 100 000 (0.002 percent) of that country’s indigenous chicken.

Table 1.4 Production and reproduction per hen per year under the different management systems

Production system


N° of eggs per hen/year


N° of year-old chickens


N° of eggs for consumption and sale

Scavenging (free-range)


20-30


2-3


0

Improved scavenging1/


40-60


4-8


10-20

Semi-intensive


100


10-12


30-50

Intensive (deep litter)


160-180


25-30


50-60

Intensive (cages)


180-220


-


180-220

1/ improved shelter and Newcastle Disease vaccination
Source: Bessei, 1987.

The above management systems frequently overlap. Thus free-range is sometimes coupled with feed supplementation, backyard with night confinement but without feeding, and poultry cages in confined spaces (Branckaert and Guèye, 1999).

Conclusions

Over the last decade, the consumption of poultry products in developing countries has grown by 5.8 percent per annum, faster than that of human population growth, and has created a great increase in demand. Family poultry has the potential to satisfy at least part of this demand through increased productivity and reduced wastage and losses, yet still represent essentially low-input production systems. If production from family poultry is to remain sustainable, it must continue to emphasize the use of family labour, adapted breeds and better management of stock health and local feed resources. This does not exclude the introduction of appropriate new technologies, which need not be sophisticated. However, technologies involving substantially increased inputs, particularly if they are expensive (such as imported concentrate feeds or genetic material) should be avoided. This is not to say that such technologies do not have a place in the large-scale commercial sector, where their use is largely determined by economic considerations.

Development initiatives in the past have emphasized genetic improvement, usually through the introduction of exotic genes, arguing that improved feed would have no effect on indigenous birds of low genetic potential. There is a growing awareness of the need to balance the rate of genetic improvement with improvement in feed availability, health care and management. There is also an increased recognition of the potential of indigenous breeds and their role in converting locally available feed resources into sustainable production.

This manual aims to provide those involved with poultry development in developing countries with a practical guide and insight into the potential of family poultry to improve rural livelihoods and to meet the increasing demand for poultry products.

It's advisable to get your birds from day old than to buy 3wks old birds.
1: You will vaccinate your birds well.
2.: Mortality rate will be reduced to the bearest minimum.
3: You know the right age of your birds.

Liadi2:
Pls I need your advice on Turkey rearing for producing day old, how can I go about it, feeding method, ways I can use to achieve the desire result

It is easily understood with a guide because it is both simple n difficult, a little mistake can cause a whole lot of damage.

whatsapp me 08160403222 for the guide not free though.

Goldenboy842:


It is easily understood with a guide because it is both simple n difficult, a little mistake can cause a whole lot of damage.

whatsapp me 08160403222 for the guide not free though.

Can I whatsapp you too?

baba11:

Can I whatsapp you too?

Yeah , feel free bro I got some time to spare.

baba11:

Can I whatsapp you too?

FEEL FREE BRO. AM HERE FOR YOU.

jimmiedave:
Hello house, gud day. I really appreciate all ur contributions and how u guys are using this thread to help people. May God bless u all.

I will be getting my broilers later today, 4cartons, pls I will be needing ur kind guidance all tru.

another thing is that I can't get gumboro wia I am now, is there any other vaccine I can use in it place? any advice will b appreciated.

tnx

you welcome bro, you can whatsapp me 08160403222

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Liadi2:
Pls I need your advice on Turkerearing for producing day old, how can I go about it, feeding method, ways I can use to achieve the desire result

I am into turkey business and I will put you through all what you will need to start rearing it from start to finish. To start, you need to get ready the brooder i.e where you house them. You prepare the place by washing it with detergent and disinfectant leave it for two days and make sure the place is totally dry. You will put wood shaving on the floor to avoid split legs because the floor will be slipery for their legs and their legs are so frigile. You also need coal pot, coal, flat tray for feeding and waterer for drinking. Next thing is to get day old turkey make sure you get good and healthy day old turkey. How to check and know good and healthy day old turkey: day old turkey must be thoroughly checked it must not be wet,the body must be dry and look floffy. The navel or belly buton must be totally healed with no lump and not wet. This will be find before vent where poop is coming coming out. I will try and upload pic to this effect.

Agriculture is a key that can cure poverty if done well.
If you want to go into Agriculture please get a mentor to avoid some mistake.

Hello house!

My mum is trying her hands on 90 birds and I', helping her out..She seems to be having problems with them tho..

1) They're about 7 weeks now and some of them (5) haven't really developed as much as others..They don't eat much, they look skinny and don't weigh as much as others do..I feed them all with TOP FEEDS SUPER STARTER.

2) Some of them seem to be sneezing, though I've administered coftacin and one reddish drug that looks like zobo (Can't recall the name) but the sneezing persists...Some of them would isolate themselves and sleep a lot throughout the morning and then get bubbly in the afternoons. I've been watching them for a while now and these are the things I've noticed.

And may I add that they were bought at 4weeks old (A mistake I recently discovered)..Could it be that their vaccine wasn't enough is why they're being all sickly? Also, so far so good, we've lost two birds out of 90...

You advice would be greatly appreciated!

Pls oo help me out my 5weeks broilers are dying suddenly o, am tired and don't knw wat to do again....

Christty:
I am into turkey business and I will put you through all what you will need to start rearing it from start to finish. To start, you need to get ready the brooder i.e where you house them. You prepare the place by washing it with detergent and disinfectant leave it for two days and make sure the place is totally dry. You will put wood shaving on the floor to avoid split legs because the floor will be slipery for their legs and their legs are so frigile. You also need coal pot, coal, flat tray for feeding and waterer for drinking. Next thing is to get day old turkey make sure you get good and healthy day old turkey. How to check and know good and healthy day old turkey: day old turkey must be thoroughly checked it must not be wet,the body must be dry and look floffy. The navel or belly buton must be totally healed with no lump and not wet. This will be find before vent where poop is coming coming out. I will try and upload pic to this effect.

seriously I really appreciate your contributions, pls i will like to ask more questions from you kindly send me your contact pls Biodunayodele68@gmail.com