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Please does anyone know what it takes to be a distributor for any of the animal feed producing companies?

1b8m:
i estimated 10bags for the 6weeks I'm going to raise them. My target is atleast 2.5kg average live weight.

About your feeding, are you sure you're not underfeeding them? From what I learnt from experienced people like emmaachile and turks, 100birds would consume atleast 20bags of feed in 8weeks. Breaking that down, the 1st 4weeks should take about 6bags of starter while the remain 4weeks should take 14bags. If you're at your 3rd bag at 3weeks, you may be underfeeding those 91 birds

What's the average weight of your birds and please Could you share a picture of your birds?

I don't have scale to measure their weight, I have shared so much pictures about my birds in this group.
I am very sure my birds are doing so well. The weight is so good. one guy came yesterday begging me to sell for for at 900 and they are just two weeks old.
If the size and weight are not okay, he won't be begging me to sell two weeks old broiler for #900.
I trust my feed and my feeding plan.

1b8m:
i estimated 10bags for the 6weeks I'm going to raise them. My target is atleast 2.5kg average live weight.

About your feeding, are you sure you're not underfeeding them? From what I learnt from experienced people like emmaachile and turks, 100birds would consume atleast 20bags of feed in 8weeks. Breaking that down, the 1st 4weeks should take about 6bags of starter while the remain 4weeks should take 14bags. If you're at your 3rd bag at 3weeks, you may be underfeeding those 91 birds

What's the average weight of your birds and please Could you share a picture of your birds?

I don't have scale to measure their weight, but you can imagine how big they should be if women selling chicks in the street could be begging me to sell for them at #900 at two weeks.
I trust the feed I am using
and I trust my feeding plan.

Redomi:
I don't have scale to measure their weight, but you can imagine how big they should be if women selling chicks in the street could be begging me to sell for them at #900 at two weeks.
I trust the feed I am using
and I trust my feeding plan.

What feed are you using?

Day old from Noeloge82

One week old

Two weeks old,

Redomi:
Two weeks old,

This birds have really eaten well see the size of their crop

Amb25:
What feed are you using?

New Hope Extra Starter 0-2 week broiler starter The sellers refers to the feed name as "Professional" Yellow bag

Hello good day my fellow farmers. Here is the update about my birds.
One of the street farmers that has been discouraging me finally came to my pen house this evening and was very happy to see how grown my birds are, he advised me to start selling from Monday, he said he can get me buyers that will buy each for #1500.
Thereafter, he move on to my noilers cage to check, thank God he came, I would have lost them all, I complained to him that they are not eating like they used to eat before, he noticed they are weak, he raised their arms and behold the multitude of small tiny insect like lice moving all around their body. Immediately he bring out his phone and call one madam for the spray, he promised to bring it very early tomorrow.
When he was leaving he remind me to give them the last Lasota and the woman will come for it on Tuesday, I told him to keep calm, that I want to wait till days 28 for the last Lasota.




Sorry guys, I want to take one of my birds to a guy for weight measurements, I'll update you later

Redomi:
Hello good day my fellow farmers. Here is the update about my birds.
One of the street farmers that has been discouraging me finally came to my pen house this evening and was very happy to see how grown my birds are, he advised me to start selling from Monday, he said he can get me buyers that will buy each for #1500.
Thereafter, he move on to my noilers cage to check, thank God he came, I would have lost them all, I complained to him that they are not eating like they used to eat before, he noticed they are weak, he raised their arms and behold the multitude of small tiny insect like lice moving all around their body. Immediately he bring out his phone and call one madam for the spray, he promised to bring it very early tomorrow.
When he was leaving he remind me to give them the last Lasota and the woman will come for it on Tuesday, I told him to keep calm, that I want to wait till days 28 for the last Lasota.




Sorry guys, I want to take one of my birds to a guy for weight measurements, I'll update you later

For your noilers after the spray go and buy dewormed dlicer like consmitin use it on the birds for two days and during the two days don't give them vitamin

Couldn't get the scale to measure their weight.



Thanks to my boss Noeloge82 and to Jidestroud for the advice in the beginning of this project.

They are 19 days old today

I upgrade their feed from New hope 510 crumble to New hope 511 pellet

19 days

Redomi:
19 days

They could av been more bigger if u use iron feeder
This tray feeder can transmit disease very fast and it's even stressful washing and scrapping dere poo

aysnoopy:
They could av been more bigger if u use iron feeder
This tray feeder can transmit disease very fast and it's even stressful washing and scrapping dere poo

I have just four iron feeders, but it wont be enough for them, I'm planning to buy five more on Monday.
To wash this tray and dry it Everytime i want to feed them is too stressful

aysnoopy:
They could av been more bigger if u use iron feeder
This tray feeder can transmit disease very fast and it's even stressful washing and scrapping dere poo

You are right....

Please Redomi try upgrade your feeding trough to a bigger one.It will reduce feed wastage and minimises disease transmission and most importantly administer amoxicillin or neomycin. The birds looks like they are down with Salmonella

MERCHANDISER:
You are right....

Please Redomi try upgrade your feeding trough to a bigger one.It will reduce feed wastage and minimises disease transmission and most importantly administer amoxicillin or neomycin. The birds looks like they are down with Salmonella

Thank you sir, I will give them tomorrow, but they are all healthy except one that has fowl pox

See what Imo State Task Force did to a poultry farmer for not having the state's emblem on his car... Thousands of a day old chicks lost...

MERCHANDISER:
You are right....

Please Redomi try upgrade your feeding trough to a bigger one.It will reduce feed wastage and minimises disease transmission and most importantly administer amoxicillin or neomycin. The birds looks like they are down with Salmonella

And for the feeder trough, I will manage the four aluminium feeders with the Bamboo Feeder I made myself. I will look for rope to hang them tomorrow

Redomi:
I don't have scale to measure their weight, but you can imagine how big they should be if women selling chicks in the street could be begging me to sell for them at #900 at two weeks.
I trust the feed I am using
and I trust my feeding plan.

at 3weeks, you should use about 5bags of feed else you'll be underfeeding. Below is a standard performance chart for Ross 308. You'll notice that at 21 days they recommend 1218g (i.e 1.218kg) cummulative feed consumption for a chick. Multiply that by your 91birds, you should get 110.838kg. Divide this by 25kg/bag and see if you're underfeeding or not.

The best way to check your progress is by weighing at intervals.

1b8m:
at 3weeks, you should use about 5bags of feed else you'll be underfeeding. Below is a standard performance chart for Ross 308. You'll notice that at 21 days they recommend 1218g (i.e 1.218kg) cummulative feed consumption for a chick. Multiply that by your 91birds, you should get 110.838kg. Divide this by 25kg/bag and see if you're underfeeding or not.

The best way to check your progress is by weighing at intervals.

Anyway, you may be right, but I don't think I am underfeeding my birds, they will be three weeks old on Tuesday, and I am on the fourth bag

Redomi:
Anyway, you may be right, but I don't think I am underfeeding my birds, they will be three weeks old on Tuesday, and I am on the fourth bag

you may or may not be underfeeding them, the only way you'd find out is by getting their average weight.

Yesterday, day 29

What does this watery foamy tears from the eyes of my birds mean? Please someone should tell me what to do or buy to treat them.

Ginaz:
What does this watery foamy tears from the eyes of my birds mean? Please someone should tell me what to do or buy to treat them.

its coryza...get a good antibiotics

Funlag:
its coryza...get a good antibiotics

Doxygen 20/20

Redomi:
See what Imo State Task Force did to a poultry farmer for not having the state's emblem on his car... Thousands of a day old chicks lost...

Ha! Is this actually the right way to go about it. This is inhumane and wicked and evil.


Can you post this on twitter and tag segalinks and co.

Exactly 3 weeks old today. Agrited delivered by Noeloge82

Ginaz:
What does this watery foamy tears from the eyes of my birds mean? Please someone should tell me what to do or buy to treat them.

Try and buy Cory sp use for 5 days