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TIDDOLL:
For 1 in a family.?or a family of 5females ND 1male??

Sorry I mean 50k

ensodev:
hi....nairalanders...thanks to all profs teaching contributing to this trend....I love this trend....


pls....how much can someone get 4 female and a male to start with.

also considering starting medium how much female and male is needed.

You can start 2 -5 colonies.

nwabuwa:
how much is 4 females and 1 male grass cutter for breeding ..

from 45k and above.

ginison:
@Goshen360 pl pm me ur phone number, I want to start Grasscutter Farming and I needs some Vital info before I start, I want to start on a Large scale. Anybody that is ready to assist with info I will appreciate

Talk to us at Highhill Agri-Business Development Centre Abeokuta
+2348065220074

TIDDOLL:
Sir,please how much can I get a family of grass cutter..nd how can I contact you?...already into snails.

Good breed from Benin Republic is 5k

HABDEC: (HIGHHILL AGRI-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE)
8/10. Moringa Close.
klm.18, Abeokuta/Lagos Expressway, Lala town. Beside Bayak Filling Station, Along Obasanjo farm Akinjole on Obada Oko Road.
+2348065220074

Cucumber is a vegetable that is found around us. Dark green cucumber is a super food that is good for the total well being of the human body.

Here are ten reasons you should start eating cucumber:

1. Cucumber re-hydrates the body
Cucumber replenishes water in the body because the vegetable is 90% water. It hydrates the body making the skin look healthier.

2. Cucumber fights internal and external Body-Heat

Cucumber heals heartburn and calms the heart. Application of cucumber to the face will give relief from sunburn.

3. Cucumber eliminates toxins and replenishes vitamins and minerals

With the help of its high content of water, cucumber eliminates waste products from the body. Regular intake of cucumber dissolves kidney stones. Cucumber skin contains vitamin C; about 12% of the daily recommended intake. Cucumber is also high in potassium, magnesium and silicon.

4. Cucumber aids digestion and weight loss

Cucumber is good for people who need weight lose as it is low in calorie. The fibre in it is great for digestion. Daily consumption of cucumber can help to cure chronic constipation.

5. Cucumber fights cancer

Cucumber is known to contain substances linked with reducing the risk of several cancer types including; ovarian, breast, prostate and uterine cancer.

6. Cucumber is anti-diabetes and controls blood pressure

Cucumber juice contains the hormone needed by cells of the pancreas to produce insulin beneficial to diabetic patients. Cucumber contains a lot of fibre, potassium and magnesium. These nutrients work effectively for regulating both high and low blood pressure.

7. Cucumber revives the eye

Placing a chilled slice of cucumber over the puffy eyes is a beauty therapy. But it really works to reduce under-eye bags and puffiness due to its anti inflammatory properties.

8. Cucumber refreshes the mouth

Cucumber juice heals and refreshes diseased gums. press a cucumber slice to the roof of your mouth for a half minute, and the petrochemicals will kill the bacteria that causes unpleasant breath.

9. Cucumber promotes joint health, relieves arthritis and gout pain

As cucumber is an excellent source of silica, it promotes joint health by strengthening the connective tissues. When mixed with carrot juice, cucumber can relieve gout and arthritis pain.

10. Cucumber cures hangover

To reduce the severity of headaches and hangover, eating a few slices of cucumber before going to sleep calms the nerve.

Obaf16:
op u r blessed

Amen

Type of Soil For Snail Farm

Snail’s major habitat is the soil and soil contains some of the components and chemical substances that it needed to survive.

However, not all soils are suitable for snail rearing. The shell of the snail is mainly calcium and it derive most of them from the soil.

Snail also lay it’s eggs on the soil and drink water out of the soil.

Hence, the suitable soil for snail farming must contain these elements. Must be balanced, not waterlogged, not too dry, and must not be acidic.

The most desirable soil for snail is sandy-loamy soil with low water holding capacity.

Clayey soil and acidic soil must be avoided.

Jaymaxxy:
Op, how can one get a good Achatina achatina to start sail farming?

You can gut from existing snail farmers.

Let’s talk about the steps to take in setting up your snail farm in a small scale level and starts rearing your snail towards harvest.

1. Snail Farming Environment – Snails are easily dehydrated, and wind increase the rate of moisture loose in snail which in turn, leads to the dryness of the animal.

To prevent snails from losing water so quickly, your snaileries (the snail house) must be located in environment that is protected from wind.

A low plain, downhill site surrounded with enough trees is perfect for snail farming. You may plant plantains and bananas around your snail farm to prevent the impact of wind.

Achatina-Achatina is very good for commercialization as well, because of its profitability.

This is because of the volume of eggs it lays at once. Each achatina lays 300 to 500 eggs at a time in clutches, three times a year.

Therefore, if you start a farm with about 1000 snails, in one year you would be getting about 1million snails going by the number of eggs they produces.

3. Archachatina Marginata – Archachatina marginata, common name the giant West African snail, is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.

They can grow up to 20cm long, and live up to 10 years.

Among these three species, Achatina Achatina is the most desirable for farmers because it grows so big to become the biggest snail species in the world. Achatina Achaina has it’s origin from Nigeria, get to Liberia from Nigeria and then Ghana.

Another reason is due to it’s high yield capacity. The other species are very good too but I will focus on Achatina Achatina and Archachatina Marginata in this post because, they are easy to find in Nigeria.

skondo09:
Broad tanks, hw much do I bid to start snail farming, and he big could be the size

You can start as low as N1000 as big as N1million doing free range.

2. Achatina Achatina – Achatina achatina, common name the giant Ghana snail, also known as the giant tiger land snail, is a species of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family.

Achatinidae. Giant African land snails are hemraphrodites, meaining they possess both the female and male reproductive organs. Two snails are still needed for breeding, but they are very prolific breeders.

Similar to the other species in the genus, Achatina achatina’s shell can attain a length of 200 mm and a maximum diameter of 100 mm. They may possess between 7-8 whorls and the shell is often broadly ovate. The body of the animal is silver-brown in color although albino morphs may exist.

1. Achatina Fulica – The East African land snail, or giant African land snail, scientific name Achatina fulica, is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. It is the smallest in size among all the desirable species for rearing in Africa.

Achatina fulica has a narrow, conical shell, which is twice as long as it is wide and contains 7 to 9 whorls when fully grown. The shell is generally reddish-brown in colour with weak yellowish vertical markings but colouration varies with environmental conditions and diet. A light coffee colour is common.

Adults of the species may exceed 20cm in shell length but generally average about 5 to 10cm. The average weight of the snail is approximately 32 grams (Cooling 2005).

chimoskyg:
I so much love this thread

Op pls can you give me more details

I love sails

Snail farming can be very profitable in Nigeria.

Yet, it is one of the most neglected animal rearing business.

What is Snail: Land snails belongs to the class of Molluscan, Gastropod. The one popularly known as ‘Congo Meat‘ in many parts of Africa. Nigeria – Eju, Igbin, etc…

There are so many species of snails but the types we are looking at here are the ones that are suitable for commercial Snail Farming in Africa.

There are different spices of grass-cutters, but the popular ones are the thryonomis agregorianus (brown race) and the thryonomis swinderianus (black race)

tolexy007:
bro shield more light on how we can rear this thing

The animal reproduces very quickly and in good numbers. A fully grown female Grasscutter after gestation, carries the pregnancy for 140 – 150 days and deliver about twice a year.

Each pregnancy produces average of four to seven young ones per birth. Sometimes up to ten, that means one female Grasscutter could produce 8 – 20 other Grasscutters in a year

It grows big and very fast too. Grasscutter is one of the biggest rodent in Africa. A fully mature female or male that is ready for market weighs between 3.5kg for the female and 4.5kg for the male.

While measuring 45cm to 60cm in body length. The standing height is between 25 to 30cm. The body size of a fully grown male is about the size of a nine inches block.

A good number of Grasscutter is consumed yearly but most of them still comes from the wild through hunters who goes into the bush to hunt for them but usually not easy to catch, making the animal meat very scarce in the market.

GboGboAye:
It depends on which part of the country you are in.

Ok.

hurlar2014:
Bros thanks for this topic i want to go into snail farming pls where is ur office and how can i get started, here is my email.... olaneedluv@gmail.com

HABDEC
(HIGHHILL AGRI-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE)
8/10. Moringa Close.
klm.18, Abeokuta/Lagos Expressway, Lala town. Beside Bayak Filling Station, Along Obasanjo farm Akinjole on Obada Oko Road.
+2348065220074

rugipp:
I don't really know much about agriculture, but from the way I view it, grass cutter should be more lucrative, cos of the high demand of meat in the food industry. How many people really eat snails in local canteens?

The meat is widely consumed allover the West Africa region and beyond, making it one of the top 10 animals whose meat is in highest demand in the market.

A market ready Grasscutter is sold between N4,000 to N5,500. Five hundred Grasscuters in a year could earn you between N2 Million to N2.75 Million.

tolexy007:
bro shield more light on how we can rear this thing

Greater Cane Rat popularly known as Grasscutter belongs to the rodent family and is very closely related to the porcupine, almost look alike except that porcupine is bigger.

The spiny fur on the back and rounded nose distinguish Grasscutter from true rats. It reaches a length of about 720 mm when fully matured.

Grasscutter is one of the animal that is extremely suitable for commercial rearing for very good reasons.

I chose grasscutters because I like grasscutter more than my goats.

At times goats give more trouble. If they get out they can destroy other people's things.

Grasscutters have bigger litters, and you get more than one [offspring] unlike with the goats.

"They also bring good prices."

Grasscutter domestication and business

Though the business of domesticating grasscutters (Thryonomys swinderianus) is known in the here in Nigeria, the sub-region and in other parts of the world, We've not been able to significantly optimise the benefits of grasscutter production for the economy.

Unlike chicken and other meat products that encounter keen competition from imports, the grasscutter virtually has no competition. But the production of grasscutter somehow remains in the category of subsistence farming, placing demand far above supply.

Many of those who patronise the grasscutter meat buy them from hunters who use hunting dogs or people specialised in trapping the grasscutter in the wild.

Grasscutters has it.

We train prospective farmers and set them up with genetically improved breeds of grasscutters using free range system.

holluwai:
Would like to give this business a trial. Who can put me through? What and what will I be needing?

Which of the 2?
Grasscutter or Snail Farming.

mekybabe1:
I have been thinking of going into snail farming. Can someone kindly throw more light on snail farming? Thanks!

Do free range snail farming.

R

Anthony0094:
which type of snail? local snail or foreign snail? and which type of grasscutter ? Nigerian grasscutter or English grasscutter?

Which is English grasscutter again?

TheBizGuy:
There's one available in Ikorodu on 10 plots. It's going for #10m. If the price is within your client's range, an inspection can be arranged. You can reach me on 08074251161. Thank you.

We are looking for something bigger.

survivalagro:
a poultry farm of 2000capacity pen,on a 1.5plot of land,with well etc is available for sale in ibadan.

If interested,mail@
survivalagroservice@gmail.com

Ok

ikofageorge1:
I learnt that some farmers do sell the same suckers at a far cheaper rates of between N80 and N100. What's your say on that sir ?

Bro.
What do you mean by same suckers? Loool suckers get level.

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