Farouq94:


Lol yes the local roosters enjoy a good chase. But most time the hens are willing to mate with the rooster. Because a broiler is not as rugged, if you lock them in a cage they will surely mate.

Broiler breeders are the parent stock of DOC broilers. They are a male and female grown broilers that will mate and lay eggs. So when those eggs hatch, you rear them as meat birds.

sodeeqsulaimon88:
Where can we get the fulani hen and which distinctive attribute do they have so as to recognise them when we see them in the market.

Redman44:



Check Agege Market, Mile 12 Market ( Ketu ) or any open Market with a significant number of Hausa-Fulani Nigerians selling foodstuff there. Ask the Mallam traders for their hen and cockerels. They will direct you to where to get them. I am sure you will find what you want at Agege Market. Cheers.

sodeeqsulaimon88:
Thank you sir buh I live around Ikorodu
is it possible for me to get at sabo

Redman44:


Yes, you can check Sabo at Ikorodu. Mile 12 Market @ Ketu should not be too far from you.

QTCL:
Are you using an incubator to hatch or local hens?
And when you said one can get 200 fertile eggs weekly from 50 hens,are you refering to local hens or noiler hens?

No, i dont have an incubator yet. I make use of local hens for now, as u can see in the pix.

I use a cross of Fulani Male x Noiler Females.
My Noilers give me an average of 5eggs per week. 200 is actually a conservative estimate.

Farouq94:
This is what a Brahma chicken looks like:
Photo credit: Google (purely poultry website).

QTCL:
Do you synchronize the brooding or doing it randomly depending on availability of a broody hen.Can one force the local hens to get broody?

sodeeqsulaimon88:
What are the measures to be taken when swapping the eggs so as not to make it unhatchable.

which crossing will you Advice
meat wisely and Egg laying

GafarOlatunji:
Good day everyone....This is a very nice and educative thread I ever come across on nairaland, I appreciate you our boss in the house for your continues efforts for answering questions, and for your research making, you people are doing so well.

Pls, How can I raise my broiler breeder , is there a particular broiler that turn out to breeder at maturity , or I can get any broiler of my choice and raise for 5-6 months?

NativeChicken:


Yes o.. I have 20 chicks for now , with another 70eggs being incubated. Will post a pix.
I actually think it will be a viable project if one can commercialize this poultry system, especially if we can minimize feed cost.
With 10 Cocks and 50 Hens, one can get at least 200 fertile eggs weekly. That is at least 800 fertile eggs monthly!!

NativeChicken:


For now i have about 20 Noilers and 21 local hens. Am looking to scale up asap.
I do synchronize my broody hens but its still subject to availability of broody hen. Right now i have 7 sitting on eggs.
I dint think we can force them to go broody, but i suspect they have this jealous streak dt also extends to the Noilers, its like they go broody when they see others going broody��

Farouq94:


Do you keep records of the eggs you get from those 21 local hens weekly vs your noilers?

NativeChicken:


Not really coz its a no contest. I get an average of 4-5 eggs from d noilers weekly ie like 80 - 100 eggs. But, i have never got 1 crate from d local hens in a week.

Olayinka777:
Beautiful thread! I keep some backyard Fulani hens & cockerel too I just added a noiler rooster to the stock.

The Cockerel(father) & its offspring.

Farouq94:


Those are beautiful crosses! I eventually want to cross mine too with a cockerel, but I’ll be going for the Plymouth Rock (black cockerel).

NativeChicken:
Yea. i guess so. 30-40% max.
Its obvious that commercualization using d local breeds for incubation is only an interim option until one can afford an incubator.
The best option would be an off-grid incubator which will either be battery, solar or kero/diesel powered since we cannot trust our electricity supply.
I wonder where one can get such incubator and what d price will be?

Farouq94:


There are quite good local incubators that you can get made. That is with the solar battery or with kero lamp. The person that made my incubator said a 50 amps battery with a 130w panel can power my incubator 24/7.m, and it has a 300 eggs capacity.

NativeChicken:


Thats impressive. Is it automated? coz turning d eggs manually can b a drag. And whats d price range?

Farouq94:


Nope. I turn all the eggs manually, three times a day, the automated ones he makes are pricier, so for a start i settled for the semi-automated one. I initially thought turning the eggs was a small job until now that I have over a hundred eggs inside, and I’m seeing the benefit of automation lol. My own was made for 75k.

With an additional 40k for battery set-up you can be independent of NEPA.

Farouq94:


Nope. I turn all the eggs manually, three times a day, the automated ones he makes are pricier, so for a start i settled for the semi-automated one. I initially thought turning the eggs was a small job until now that I have over a hundred eggs inside, and I’m seeing the benefit of automation lol. My own was made for 75k.

With an additional 40k for battery set-up you can be independent of NEPA.