femu:


Nice looking. Eye candy!

It's difficult to talk about the advantages or disadvantages of a system without experiencing it.
Definitely cleaning will be easier but i would rather use the extra tiling costs to buy more pigs.

Aside the costs, won't it be slippery for grown pigs especially when they want to mate?

Do they do more of breeding or fattening?

A good way to evaluate the system of any farm is no of years they have been operating and years of operating a particular system successfully with good output

Thanks for your contribution. I think they do more of fattening, one of the farmer told me no matter how strong the floor of the pen is pig will dig hole in no time . But with tiles they can't dig any hole on the floor and it last longer than concrete floor.

FRANCOXAV:
Hello great and undaunted FARMERS

Please I am from Anambra State but I wanna get a good breeding line for my newly built piggery. I have heard of WAGON and others.

Which is the best and how do I source it. I need help.

muyiroro:
Thanks for your contribution. I think they do more of fattening, one of the farmer told me no matter how strong the floor of the pen is pig will dig hole in no time . But with tiles they can't dig any hole on the floor and it last longer than concrete floor.

glowdot4:


u mean the tiles are made with a material stronger than concrete?

femu:


You can find Bacon in some major supermarkets and malls all over lagos.

Fresh Pork is available at all major busstops in Lagos.

You can also buy at Okearo and Lagos Abbatoir

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tayo52:
once u reach iju ishaga take bus going to oke aro wen u reach there take 50bike to pig farm u will get more than enough

FRANCOXAV:
Isuofia

FRANCOXAV:
Isuofia

dadson2009:
Rearing of pigs is good but the odour is the problem wen ppl start complaining

Pigexpert:
You can induce gilts by exposing or placing them close to a boar for 30 minutes morning and evening.
During this period you can also increase their food so that they can produce more eggs

dejia:

Hello Fellow Farmers/ Potential Farmers,


This month ( October) was so fast! i will try and write a few advice for those looking into " our industry".

I promised to write about Management and the Nigerian factor


** Management: uhmm.. like i have written in some of my previous posts, We have 3 major factors to succeed in Piggery, they are

1) The Breed ( Genetics)

2) Feed

3) Management


Management for me is the biggest among the 3 factors, alot of us think Labour is cheap, "why do i have to automate,

Nigeria is a country, where the minimum wage is N18,000; so why do i have to spend so much money on automation? I will

rather employ someone to do the job than spend alot of money ( drinking nipples, slated floors,farrowing crates)"..

Labour in Nigeria is inefficient, unreliable, scarce and one of the biggest challenges most farmers in Africa .

In Nigeria its worse, in my 3years as a pig farmer, i have lost count of how many farm workers i have employed, i have tried, Togolese, Benue, Igbo, Yoruba

Tiv, Nassawa boys etc... Most of them work when you are there, they work when they want to and dont follow instructions.

They also dont come cheap.this is a major factor constraint in our industry. Pigs have specific time they need to be fed, to convert it ultimately

; i love to compare pigs with human beings, what is the point, when instead of you giving a child food 3 times a day,

you put his breakfast and lunch in the microwave and at night, you give him the 3 meals.. will that child be as healthy as

a child given his 3 meals has at when due?


** Skilled Labour: Well, am sorry to say,.. the graduates coming out of Nigerian Universities these days are something else..

I have employed Master degree holders, who will cross their legs and do nothing and cant even keep farm records. some cant use Ms.excel

I have employed a Vet Doctor, who couldnt diffreniate between a castrate Male pig from an uncastrate pig.

You have so many people claiming to be vet doctors who cant inject correctly, who cant read pig behaviours;

There are quacks who claim to be vet doctors. all these are big issues that have to be considered before setting up a piggery..

For alot of farmers or people looking at farming " inabsential " ( you are abroad, and you are looking into having a farm

in nigeria or you are working and want to have it as a side business). This is a big factor that i will recommend

you take time to look carefully.


The Nigerian Factor:

There are stories of farm manager making substandard feed, we have cases of feedmillers cheating the farmer etc.selling unpalatable feed

Most successful farms in Nigeria, now hire expartriates from China, India and SA, not because they know the job better

maybe because they dont understand what is called " Nigerian factor"

I can write a book on Management issues especially on Nigerian factor, i will advice that people going into piggery should

look into ways to reduce it; it is believed you cant eradicate it completely, you can only reduce it.

Also I will advice people looking into piggery to try and automate as many things as they can. Network with

people who have experience, get consultants who have experience to consult for you. You also need to do alot of Research, read books,

there are thousands of materials all over the internet on piggery, some are not applicable in Nigeria, some are relevant while others are not.

*** Farm Record:

Alot of young people ( including myself) are into farming, but most of us are still doing it the old way, the way the

illerates do it, i have visited alot of farms in Nigeria, and they cant tell me, how much feed their pigs eat per day or

how much it cost? Farming is all about " Input and Output" it is pure Mathematics, in Piggery, all we are doing is converting

feed to meat ( for those fattening). You have to know your cost per day, per animal .

farm record keeping is has important has the farm itself

you need to know when your pigs were born, when they are supposed to be weaned, when they attain first heat, etc.

in some countries, they monitor the cycles of their sows to know when they will be on heat.( Secret for having large

number of piglets). You need to either tag each pig or tatoo them, or have a way of identify each of your breeders stock to keep

proper record.


** Digital Scale:

You also need to have a digital scale to weigh you pigs on a regular basis to know if you are making profit or not.

Alot of farmers dont have scales, some have " hanging scales" which i think is " Barbaric " to hang a pig upside down

just to check its weight. Some sell pigs just by the way it looks (lol), this is 2015.. we need to measure correctly.

I will recommend that anyone going into piggery, should ensure that they have a digital scale to weigh their pigs regularly, to know

how to calculate its FCR ( Feed Conversion Ratio) and know if the farm was making money or running at a loss.

I hope i have been able to add another 2kobo to my previous post.

Eefosa1:
DEJI PLEASE CAN YOU SUPPLY ME THE NIPPLES DRINKER QTY 6 ASAP

moniyitan:
Hmnnn , this is the first time I have read a topic and I could feel the writer speaking my mind D 9ja Factor. It's unreal because no textbook would explain this . I went into farming 16 yrs ago and bought 12 hectares of land and just about every 9Ja Factor was ever present. Ha my stories r too many. Please I would like to contact you as I would like to get back to farming again.moniyitan@yahoo.co.uk

Toyins:
Please I am looking for a farm land around Abeokuta- Ibadan road to start my pig farm this year. God bless all of our mentors in this forum. (An Acre).