exco90:
currently rearing 100 birds 75 boilers and 25 noilers... 12 days old from a day old.. .. 3 lost.. I don't apply all those things you guys made mention.. no lamp.. no vaccination. infact I don't know about them.. where I got them I was only given some drugs to add to there water.. which have been doing.. I got them at the rate of #4000 per 50 birds. for the 100 birds that makes it 8k.. with the drugs 2k.. totalled 10k.. bought there feed.. boiler starter 4k.. gotten there cage ready.. broiler is sold here around 5-6k.. in idanre ondo state.. especially during the festive period..

am hoping to sell them during December .... any advice on what to do please... I'm a novice..

please where did you get them?

I intend to start a poultry with noilers and layers or broilers

[quote author=jidestroud post=89641152]

Wow, that's interesting. N4,000 for 50? That's approx. N80 per chick. . Are you sure you got broilers?? Then again, it's offpeak period but certainly that price is a giveaway.

Secondly, I have heard of people's success stories in raising birds without vaccinating, or administration of drugs in the very least. It all boils down to how you prioritize biosecurity. So it is very possible.

Best of luck bro!!!
(I would like to know your source by the way)


Thanks... I do take care of them like they are my babies... Lol.. I pray it should be a success story in the making.. by the special grace of God.. I will be here to give testimonies

jidestroud:


Wow, that's interesting. N4,000 for 50? That's approx. N80 per chick. . Are you sure you got broilers?? Then again, it's offpeak period but certainly that price is a giveaway.

Secondly, I have heard of people's success stories in raising birds without vaccinating, or administration of drugs in the very least. It all boils down to how you prioritize biosecurity. So it is very possible.

Best of luck bro!!!
(I would like to know your source by the way)

please boss can you guide me on how i can use 90k to raise broiler. The 90k will cover brooding house, birds, feed, vaccine, pen and other things neccessary. Thanks in advance

matex97:
please boss can you guide me on how i can use 90k to raise broiler. The 90k will cover brooding house, birds, feed, vaccine, pen and other things neccessary. Thanks in advance

Even Oga's get Oga(s) at the top oooo , and I always acknowledge those who know have in depth knowledge. I would have to refer you to my superiors (moreover, I'm pro organic)

Pls check out these mentions, the answers you seek lies within.
@noeloge82
@Emmaachile
@Izzymore
(Hope you guys don't mind )

Nevertheless, I can still share my self developed organic program with you.

jidestroud:


Even Oga's get Oga(s) at the top oooo , and I always acknowledge those who know have in depth knowledge. I would have to refer you to my superiors (moreover, I'm pro organic)

Pls check out these mentions, the answers you seek lies within.
@noeloge82
@Emmaachile
@Izzymore
(Hope you guys don't mind )

Nevertheless, I can still share my self developed organic program with you.

Thank you very much. Please share it with me

jidestroud:


Even Oga's get Oga(s) at the top oooo , and I always acknowledge those who know have in depth knowledge. I would have to refer you to my superiors (moreover, I'm pro organic)

Pls check out these mentions, the answers you seek lies within.
@noeloge82
@Emmaachile
@Izzymore
(Hope you guys don't mind )

Nevertheless, I can still share my self developed organic program with you.

The main help i need is how to use the money to buy the needed things i.e lik a budget. Thank you.

@jidestroud no problem we learn everyday

@matex97 budgets vary depending on location and project for instance in constructing a cage prices vary based on size , materials and labour so I will advice u to discourse with carpenters around u , when ur through with that then u can know exactly how much remaining and then u can seek for information on your project

Good luck

noeloge82:
@jidestroud no problem we learn everyday

@matex97 budgets vary depending on location and project for instance in constructing a cage prices vary based on size , materials and labour so I will advice u to discourse with carpenters around u , when ur through with that then u can know exactly how much remaining and then u can seek for information on your project

Good luck

okay boss. Thank you very much. Please what should be the dimension of the brooding house and the pen respectively for 50 birds? Please I need this information so that it can aid my discussion with the carpenter. Thank you

matex97:
okay boss. Thank you very much. Please what should be the dimension of the brooding house and the pen respectively for 50 birds? Please I need this information so that it can aid my discussion with the carpenter. Thank you

If its not too much for you do 8ft by 20ft double step that is up and down

noeloge82:


If its not too much for you do 8ft by 20ft double step that is up and down

okay boss . Thank you. I presume this is the dimension for the main pen. Please what about that of the brooding house or i can use this same facility for both brooding house and main pen purpose

matex97:
okay boss . Thank you. I presume this is the dimension for the main pen. Please what about that of the brooding house or i can use this same facility for both brooding house and main pen purpose

This is not main pen , its for cage that's why I said up and down u can reduce it if its too much for you
And u can brood on the upper one and as they grow u can bring some down

noeloge82:

This is not main pen , its for cage that's why I said up and down u can reduce it if its too much for you
And u can brood on the upper one and as they grow u can bring some down

Thank you very much boss. I am grateful

zekepio:

Chronic respiratory disease

Ok. Thanks

jidestroud:


Vet doctor? Nope.

The clinical signs were there. Consulted a paravet with a sample and it was diagnosed.

On further investigation from the hatchery, it turned out that there was a major issue with that particular batch. Even one kept complaining of pullorum.

Alryt... Following. Thumbs up

Hello bro. Please can you give breakdown on how you administer these on your birds. Thank you.

jidestroud:


Well, except for the commercial feeds, every other thing used is 100% organic.

List of what makes up my recipe includes;

1. Garlic

2. Ginger

3. Tumeric

4. Apple Cider Vinegar (My most essential)

5. Pawpaw leaves

6. Basil leaves (scent leaves)

7. Christmas Melon (used occasionally)

8. Aloe vera

10. Neem oil (walahi, it works wonders)

11. Red oil.

inverseparanoia:
Hmm...after enthusiastically raising broilers but sold at a loss in Yenagoa, I have taken a vacation from farming for the meantime...

where did you sell? swali?

vito30:


where did you sell? swali?

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My brother, it's a long story. I called those buyers in swali, the woman sent her son. Wen he came, he told me he wud buy them 1500 each. I mean my birds were weighing 2.5 and above. I had no option so i sold them at a loss. The remaining ones, I heard there are hausa boys in swali that buy. I went there with a sample. We agreed 1500 per bird. They promised to come to Tombia community to clear them. I was happy. Appointed day came with no feed left, those boys stopped at Tombia junction and we're asking my whereabout. I told them to drive down to Tombia, they refused, telling me the road is not safe. I had to take the birds to them in swali. They started misbehaving, telling me it's no longer 1500 as agreed. Well, I sold some 1500 and some 1300. No gain. The few I left at home, Tombia boys( led by one Ebuka an Anam boy living in Tombia) stole them. One afternoon I dropped my feeders and waterers and fled ekpetiama kingdom.

jidestroud:
Day 20 - Organic Kuroilers from DOC

Good Afternoon folks, it's been a positive adventure so far raising birds without the use of synthetic drugs/vaccination/medications.

This is day 20 and so far so good.

Latest addition to their organic treatment
� Addition of pawpaw extract 5 tablespoon to 5litre

And

�Addition of 5 tablespoon of extracted scent leaves juice.

This would be put in their water for the next 5days.

*Note*: Ginger/garlic and aloe vera is always in their water as a immune booster.

Mortality: 1 so far (Due to pullorum)

Feeding: 1 bag

I need urgent response please..
All this extracts... You did the extraction yourself or you bought them.. if you did them yourself.. can you please tell us how you go about them.. how the extraction is being done.

inverseparanoia:
o

My brother, it's a long story. I called those buyers in swali, the woman sent her son. Wen he came, he told me he wud buy them 1500 each. I mean my birds were weighing 2.5 and above. I had no option so i sold them at a loss. The remaining ones, I heard there are hausa boys in swali that buy. I went there with a sample. We agreed 1500 per bird. They promised to come to Tombia community to clear them. I was happy. Appointed day came with no feed left, those boys stopped at Tombia junction and we're asking my whereabout. I told them to drive down to Tombia, they refused, telling me the road is not safe. I had to take the birds to them in swali. They started misbehaving, telling me it's no longer 1500 as agreed. Well, I sold some 1500 and some 1300. No gain. The few I left at home, Tombia boys( led by one Ebuka an Anam boy living in Tombia) stole them. One afternoon I dropped my feeders and waterers and fled ekpetiama kingdom.

eyaa...suffered similar fate. I even went to frozen food and those bars in tombia junction and it turned out they buy old layers. I believe Yenagoa is not ripe for the biz, just eggs that would sell. I'm planning on reinvesting sha, maybe start up a chicken BBQ in sagbama, and also supply to hotels.

vito30:


eyaa...suffered similar fate. I even went to frozen food and those bars in tombia junction and it turned out they buy old layers. I believe Yenagoa is not ripe for the biz, just eggs that would sell. I'm planning on reinvesting sha, maybe start up a chicken BBQ in sagbama, and also supply to hotels.

I will not advice anybody to go into broiler farming in Bayelsa. In other towns, people go to market and buy broilers every blessed Sundays and weekdays... it is not so in Yenagoa. The

inverseparanoia:


I will not advice anybody to go into broiler farming in Bayelsa. In other towns, people go to market and buy broilers every blessed Sundays and weekdays... it is not so in Yenagoa. The

What is your tribe most preferred meat... This is just like selling Chickens where people prefer Pig

please where can i get brahmas breed of chicken to buy at Abuja?

inverseparanoia:
o

My brother, it's a long story. I called those buyers in swali, the woman sent her son. Wen he came, he told me he wud buy them 1500 each. I mean my birds were weighing 2.5 and above. I had no option so i sold them at a loss. The remaining ones, I heard there are hausa boys in swali that buy. I went there with a sample. We agreed 1500 per bird. They promised to come to Tombia community to clear them. I was happy. Appointed day came with no feed left, those boys stopped at Tombia junction and we're asking my whereabout. I told them to drive down to Tombia, they refused, telling me the road is not safe. I had to take the birds to them in swali. They started misbehaving, telling me it's no longer 1500 as agreed. Well, I sold some 1500 and some 1300. No gain. The few I left at home, Tombia boys( led by one Ebuka an Anam boy living in Tombia) stole them. One afternoon I dropped my feeders and waterers and fled ekpetiama kingdom.

You should understand your mkt...
B/4 production.....
Buyers in your axis are not ready to pay above 1500...
from your writeup irrespective of weight...
Do a 1.8kg to 2.2kg at that price..
U still make your profit ...

Willie2015:


You should understand your mkt...
B/4 production.....
Buyers in your axis are not ready to pay above 1500...
from your writeup irrespective of weight...
Do a 1.8kg to 2.2kg at that price..
U still make your profit ...

If u take 1.8 birds, which market women call "aboki fowl" to them, u will pity urself. The simple truth is that there's no market for broiler birds during non-festive periods in Yenagoa.

jidestroud:
Other things to buy includes:

1. Earthen pots (2) for burning coals.

2. Charcoals

3. Feeder trays

4. Water troughs

5. 200watts bulb (2).

6. 3yards electrical cable.

Other materials needed includes;

Sawdust
Engine oil
Sacks
Padlocks

guday sir, my cockrel of 3months are struggling with eye problem whch mostly affect one eye leaving it reddish, drippling with water and swollen. what shoukd i do to get rid of this disease. thanks

Collinsaik:
guday sir, my cockrel of 3months are struggling with eye problem whch mostly affect one eye leaving it reddish, drippling with water and swollen. what shoukd i do to get rid of this disease. thanks

Coryza is suspected as the culprit.

1st and foremost, seek inorganic (use of antibiotics) approach to treat your birds because I don't know how complicated the infection is. There are various drugs readily available and effective to treat it. But more importantly, I will like to address the issue of biosecurity if you most subscribe to organic farming of poultry birds.
In your case, these questions arises;

1. How often do you clean where you keep them?
2. What's the population size compared to the number of birds?
3. What medications have you given so far?
4. Are they exposed to local birds around?
5. Where do you get your feeds from? ( it so happened that I once got feeds from a store that also raised birds. Most of the birds were infected with coryza at the store and how it got to me birds still baffles me)

Well, since you could also want to use my organic remedy to treat the aforementioned disease, this is what I would do.

1. Prepare a blend of Garlic, Ginger and Tumeric.
2. Bring out the birds from their homes and disinfect appropriately, including the surroundings.
3. Place them on a continuous medication of the blend (approx. 4 teaspoons to 5litres of water)
4. Proper ventilation is also key.
That is my approach.


Note:
If you need quicker results and not a fan of organics, jejely go buy antibiotics (I don't give names )

[quote author=jidestroud post=90228195]

Coryza is suspected as the culprit.

1st and foremost, seek inorganic (use of antibiotics) approach to treat your birds because I don't know how complicated the infection is. There are various drugs readily available and effective to treat it. But more importantly, I will like to address the issue of biosecurity if you most subscribe to organic farming of poultry birds.
In your case, these questions arises;

1. How often do you clean where you keep them?
2. What's the population size compared to the number of birds?
3. What medications have you given so far?
4. Are they exposed to local birds around?
5. Where do you get your feeds from? ( it so happened that I once got feeds from a store that also raised birds.

Thanks bro i wil do the organic acordin to ur guidance. i practice semi extensive system to save cost . (flock of 53 birds) my fear is that they may nt like d taste and refuse the water

[quote author=Collinsaik post=90229046][/quote]

Oh! Semi-intensive??
Just make sure there are no other sources of water for them to drink from.

On the contrary, farming organically is more expensive

jidestroud:


Oh! Semi-intensive??
Just make sure there are no other sources of water for them to drink from.

On the contrary, farming organically is more expensive

realy? wow before i was thinking that othewise is the case now its Noted; thanks @jidestroud. I wil say u are like a mentor to me in this field . am pasionate about agriculture

Please HELP! I bought 40 3wks old cockerel on Saturday and as at this evening, 10 are already dead! They first start to droop and begin to close their eyes as if they want to sleep and before you know it, they will fall dead. Please what can I give them to save them? Please this is urgent!

Here is another picturs

trychris:
Please HELP! I bought 40 3wks old cockerel on Saturday and as at this evening, 10 are already dead! They first start to droop and begin to close their eyes as if they want to sleep and before you know it, they will fall dead. Please what can I give them to save them? Please this is urgent!

Sorry about your loss. Pls provide the following answers to the following questions;

1. Who or where did you source it from?
2. Where you given their medical records?
3. What drugs/medication have you used since Saturday?
4. What feed are you giving them?
5. Is there any heat source provided for them? (Or how exposed is your housing?)

Let's start with the above.
By the way, why are you using that for the feeders? What about your water container? I will love to see it.