In order not to stress them, I postponed the litter cleaning till the next day, Tuesday.

Never had time for them over the weekend and a few things happened. Their power supply developed a fault, the lantern also went bad then their litter was not cleaned on time! Oh my!

So, on Monday at 7am, their feed and drink were withdrawn as I prepare to give them Gumboro 100 dose on day 14.
Again, same process like Lasota, they were given the vaccine with milk through their drinker two hours later. After about an hour, the drug was withdrawn and the rest was poured away.

Coccidiosis Alert! Later, I observed their poo and noticed a stain of red!

Let me note here that they were placed on Multivitamins and once on water for about five days so, I guess that affected one or two of them.
No time to waste time! A dose of anti-coccidiossis with Multivitamins was mixed with water for treatment.

You can't allow your chick to get weak before treating them or else it might be too late!

They have been very active! Every 3-4 days, their litter is scraped and filled with saw dust. This is to ensure that the floor is dry. A wet litter has many adverse effects on the chicks. Even the chicks know this because once the floor is dry, you will see them running happily and sand-bathing with the saw dust. ;Dl

SLOVFO:

What antibiotics and vitamins are you using?

Here they are: I also included the anti-cocci drugs
1. Centre-Dicox (anti-coccidiossis) now #1850.
2.Vit 12 500ml (now #650)
3. Doxytylonor (#2500)

On the 9th day, I administered lasota of 100 dose on them through drinking. It was done in the morning after they were 'starved' of food & water for 2 hours. This is to ensure that they drink it well.

After about 3 hours, I withdrew the milk & glucose and gave them another combo of multivitamins and antibiotics.

On Saturday, one gave up the ghost . I never knew what happened as I wasn't at around but I was informed it was looking tired and died few hour later

On getting home, I did a head count and discover that one was missing? But how?
I suspected a big rat which refused to leave the cage side was responsible despite eliminating all other ones.

On closer scrutiny, I saw an opening in the cage! My bad.

I felt my bio-security was tight but never knew the intruder had a secret passage.
Now, population reduced to from 52 to 50.

Only one got hatched and here is it. The hatchery had some issues which affected others adversely and were not hatched while a few it was discovered were not well fertilized. This one came out on July 21. Not a failure after all.

On arrival, they were served with glucose and milk. These will help reduce the transit stress and make them regain some loss energy.
So they were introduced into their three-deck cage which was padded with carton so as to prevent them from being exposed to cold.
At this point, let me remind would be farmers that chicks need warmth in the first 10 days.

So I paid the 1k for transportation and took the chicks to their new home

On Tuesday morning, the driver confirmed the consignment has landed for me to pickup at the designated point.

I have to give some credit to Izzymore for the prompt delivery �

So got to the place and saw several other brands and types of poultry as you can see in this picture

Agreed on a price and did the transfer on Monday August 16 for a carton. I had to ask him more than once to confirm their true status which he affirmed as positive

So deal concluded, I waited for the consignment which would be delivered on the same day, late in the night and ready for pickup the following day, Tuesday at a pre-arranged destination with a driver.

Why all male? Well, from observation, buyers in my area prefer the cock to the hen which are usually priced lesser! After all, they all consume the same food and moreso, my last stock had just 19 males (cocks).

So my search began.
Let me say here that the impression I have is that it's not possible to have an all-male Ross 308.
Eventually, I reached out to one of the vendors here on NL to get me a Marshall All maleline but, out of curiosity I asked if it was possible for me to have all-male Ross 308 and he said Yes!

With an appreciable knowledge from rearing cockerel (that are so agressive and snaps at any food in sight), for 6 months before maturity and rearing some Ross 308 strain from Sayed ( which took like three months to mature), I feel it's time to experiment with an all-male Ross.
So, I began my search here on NL but got a little info on my quest.

Hi all!
I'm opening this thread as a way of documenting the process of raising an all-male Ross 308 Broiler strain from Agrited.

Raising DOC can be stressful but exciting especially if you have the passion for rearing�

xreal:




You mean one of the Ross 308?

Sorry for the loss.

Thanks. So, today being the 8th day of their arrival, they had lasota with milk to wash it down.
After about 1hour, the combo was replaced with multivitamins and antibiotics.
Population: 50
Three foreign Turkeys I got are three weeks old today. They are co-habiting with a broiler from an egg I took to a Hatchery. It came out on July 21

Lost one this afternoon. I went out and when I came back, was informed it was found lying on its side in a corner and had its eyes shut but was breathing. It later gave up the ghost.

Thanks. Really needed it. They are currently on glucose and milk to calm their nerves but will soon switch them on to multivitamins and antibiotics.

Got my all male-cast Ross 308 from Agrited this morning.

Cool. Are they Ross 308? I want an all-male breed

Ok

IamAsiri:


It's Black Soldier Fly larvae sir. You can feed your chicks with larvae from Black soldier fly or use the larvae as a source of protein, thereby eliminating soya beans for now. It's just my thought but you can google and research more about it.

It's also very easy for you to set up yourself.

IamAsiri:


Don't you want to go the BSF way sir?

What's BSF Sir? Can you expatiate and share it here. Thanks

Farmers in the house, please is there an alternative to buying off-the-shelf feeds? The cost keeps rising and at this rate, it will be difficult to think of making a profit from rearing broilers as buyers are not ready to pay more!

Please, if you have a formula or solution, kindly share to help us. Ejoor!

Okay, can you share a picture of a matured one if you have it?There are too many females in Ross 308 so, I would maybe like to try it out.

Why Marshal if I may ask?

Have you ever tried crossbreeding any of the regular goats with the tall ones called 'Goroso'?

It was here in Lagos.

I saw a pair on May 1, 2007. They hovered hiding behind dark clouds at a point. One particular one was darting from one point to the other. I was quite scared to film them with my camera, I can't forget that night.

kindlyheart:
if UFO was real, there will be sightings here too and not only in white nations.

So, I finally got a guy who has a hatchery, gave him 13 fertilized eggs on Friday.
He said it would take between 21 and 22 days.

Thanks. I got one though a bit faraway. Took his number said one egg cost 120 to hatch and must not be over 10 days after they were layed.

But I don't belong to any. Can you do me a favour by sending a link to me?

Please, who knows about a commercial hatchery along Agbara axis?

kennethfranc:
At last I settled with paying #100 per egg instead of purchasing the incubator.
Out of 11eggs I took to a commercial incubator, 7 healthy chicks were hatched which been sold already.

I've also dewormed the birds while giving them multivitamin...

Is there a place to hatch or an hatchery along Agbara in Lagos?