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Agriculture / Mini Pen House Needed In Ibadan by Ineedajob4school: 3:57pm On Jun 13, 2023
Hello, good day farmers. I need a Mini pen house or backyard pen suitable for turkey farming. I would also like to have an idea of the price range and capacity
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 4:29pm On Oct 31, 2022
I got a call on Friday,28 October that the turkeys ran out of feed. I did a transfer to my uncle to help me get them a poultry grower feed. They are consuming 50 kg of feed in less than 14 days.
Solar subscription will expire on November 1. Livestock is capital intensive!!!!


pdate on expenses
12 turkeys @ #3200= #38,400
10 broilers @ #440= #4400
10 noilers @ #330= #3200
Transport (waybill)#1,000
Transport #1150
Charcoal #1200
2 torchlight @1000= #2000
Wood shavings #100
Syringe 2ml+5ml #100
Pos charges #100
Ultima feed half bag #4750
Transport #400
Hanging feeder #2000
Torchlight and battery #500
New hope starter #10200
Transport #400
Lasota #600
Milk #70
Half bag of grower feed #3100
Aluminum feeder #750
New hope starter #5100
Transport #400
Sun king solar #5000
Terratiga turkey starter #22450
Transport #1650
Transport #2000
Solar subscription #2000
Piperazine dewormer #600
Terratiga grower feed ₦22500
Transport ₦2000
Lasota vaccine ₦800
Milk ₦100
Solar subscription ₦2000
Grower feed 25kg ₦7000
Total cost= #146820
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 9:54pm On Oct 15, 2022
Got them the grower feed today, I saw the turkeys today and I was impressed by their height. Got here very late in the night. I will check their weight tomorrow morning. Two of the noilers died without me being informed. I am left with 6 noilers.

When I got there in the night,I was disappointed at how dirty their drinker was, biosecurity was in existent.

Got them Lasota vaccine for ₦800

Update on expenses
12 turkeys @ #3200= #38,400
10 broilers @ #440= #4400
10 noilers @ #330= #3200
Transport (waybill)#1,000
Transport #1150
Charcoal #1200
2 torchlight @1000= #2000
Wood shavings #100
Syringe 2ml+5ml #100
Pos charges #100
Ultima feed half bag #4750
Transport #400
Hanging feeder #2000
Torchlight and battery #500
New hope starter #10200
Transport #400
Lasota #600
Milk #70
Half bag of grower feed #3100
Aluminum feeder #750
New hope starter #5100
Transport #400
Sun king solar #5000
Terratiga turkey starter #22450
Transport #1650
Transport #2000
Solar subscription #2000
Piperazine dewormer #600
Terratiga grower feed ₦22500
Transport ₦2000
Lasota vaccine ₦800
Milk ₦100
Solar subscription ₦2000
Total cost= #139820

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Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 6:17pm On Oct 14, 2022
Just got a call from my uncle that the turkeys have run out of feed. I am concerned about how 10 turkey can finish 58 kg of feed in the space of 20 days (5-8 weeks). Tomorrow I will get them another 50kg bag of terratiga turkey grower feed. E no easy
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 8:40pm On Oct 07, 2022
Update on expenses
12 turkeys @ #3200= #38,400
10 broilers @ #440= #4400
10 noilers @ #330= #3200
Transport (waybill)#1,000
Transport #1150
Charcoal #1200
2 torchlight @1000= #2000
Wood shavings #100
Syringe 2ml+5ml #100
Pos charges #100
Ultima feed half bag #4750
Transport #400
Hanging feeder #2000
Torchlight and battery #500
New hope starter #10200
Transport #400
Lasota #600
Milk #70
Half bag of grower feed #3100
Aluminum feeder #750
New hope starter #5100
Transport #400
Sun king solar #5000
Terratiga turkey starter #22450
Transport #1650
Transport #2000
Solar subscription #2000
Piperazine dewormer #600
Total cost= #112420
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 8:23pm On Oct 07, 2022
Went to check the turkeys on Sunday, they clocked 6 weeks. When I checked their weight they range between 1.8 -2.2 I don't know how to react. Experienced foreign turkeys farmers, can you help me rate their growth rate.

So I took 5 of my local turkeys along. I moved the noilers out of the foreign turkeys pen, I moved them together with the adult local turkeys. Immediately one of the males started attacking the noilers.
I just got a call from my uncle about the turkeys being aggressive towards the noilers, I might need to move the noilers to my parents house.

My Lord! Foreign turkeys are voracious eaters. 10 turkeys of 6 weeks are about to finish 2 bags/50 kg of feed under 3 weeks. Dear Lord I am getting scared.

So I bought them piperazine dewormer to deworm them.

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Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 3:55pm On Sep 25, 2022
I finally moved the turkeys and noilers to my uncle's place,the facility I was using before was temporary. Moving the turkeys was very stressful for me because of the bad road. Commercial Vehicles have completely avoided the route I was to follow,so I had to take a bike to the major junction. I would have love to use a bike for the long journey, unfortunately, the transport cage was too bulky to carry on bike. I had to wait for two hours before I was able to get a cab to convey me and the birds. I had to immediately give them multivitamin to help them cope with the stress. I pray they meet up for Christmas sales

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Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 3:28pm On Sep 25, 2022
Liadi2:
Please where did you get this turkey feed because is rare, very scarce to see.

Depends on your location,they have outlets around. If you need their official line I can send it to you
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 3:26pm On Sep 25, 2022
yemmit90:
You tried but still need to learn some stuffs. Let me share some of my guidelines to my small scale clients.

Your mortality, stress and expenses are way too much for only 32 birds. If you had follow some specific steps, you are not suppose to lose a single bird out of the 32.

Next time, for 50 birds or below, just get #1800 Amoxycol, # 600 vitamin, centre dixcos. Amocycol and vitamin for 5 days, center dixcos at day 6 and 7, and by day 8 and 10, give them lasota and Gomboro respectively( that should be 1400 combine). Give them 2nd lasota and gomboro at day 21 and 24. Repeat Amocycol and centre dixcos after this.

For 32 birds brooding, you don't need chacoal at all, just find machine carton, let them play and feed in it during the day and put them back in their hatchery carton in the evening for 5 days. At day 6, allow them to sleep in that matching carton and put small solar lamp there( you must cover it at night with small opening. After day 10, you can transfer them to their cage or new house. You can use the same matching carton for years for the same purpose.

Besides, in order to cut cost and still achieve the same result, you don't need special feed for turkey, just give them normal professional new hope feed or breedwell like the rest. Since you have just 12 turkey, the least available 50 doses of fowl pox vaccine might ne too strong for them, just get "pox cure" and administer it at 2nd week, 4th week, 8 weeks and 12 weeks respectively. You cant finish 1 sachet of #700 all through for them all.

Wish you a successful rearing.

Boss, I thank you for your input sir. Truly, most of the cost are avoidable. The facility I use is not mine, most of the cost have been on transport and logistics. The initial plan was to partner with my ex-colleague to raise broilers for December sale because of some constraint we couldn't go on, so I decided to raise foreign turkey for Christmas. I would say my decision was spontaneous and impulsive. Going forward sir, I would appreciate your comments and advice on how to raise them and cut cost without compromising on the necessary things.
Thanks sir

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Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 1:05pm On Sep 24, 2022
Update on expenses
12 turkeys @ #3200= #38,400
10 broilers @ #440= #4400
10 noilers @ #330= #3200
Transport (waybill)#1,000
Transport #1150
Charcoal #1200
2 torchlight @1000= #2000
Wood shavings #100
Syringe 2ml+5ml #100
Pos charges #100
Ultima feed half bag #4750
Transport #400
Hanging feeder #2000
Torchlight and battery #500
New hope starter #10200
Transport #400
Lasota #600
Milk #70
Half bag of grower feed #3100
Aluminum feeder #750
New hope starter #5100
Transport #400
Sun king solar #5000
Terratiga turkey starter #22450
Transport #1650
Total cost= #107820

Mortality update
3 turkey
1 noilers
2 broiler (culled) 3 dead (5)
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 12:57pm On Sep 24, 2022
There have been challenges along the way, they ran out of feed for two days. Their weight has not been encouraging they range between 1-1.3 kg. This has been due to two reason
1) low quality feed
2) lighting.

The two issues have been resolved, I got them a standard turkey feed and a solar powered system. So, I have decided to move them to my uncle's place, I will try to always check on them.

I lost three of the broilers I left to graze for food. I moved them back into the Cage to treat them after i saw some red poo which means they are down with red poo.
The turkeys are fine except one that got stuck in between the coach of block I used as partition,it now has a paralyzed leg which doesn't look good.

They will be six weeks tomorrow.

Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 10:00pm On Sep 15, 2022
I had it before, I don't know the current price
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 7:34am On Sep 13, 2022
13/092022 Week 4 day 2

I will give the turkeys intracox anticocci for 2 days

Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 7:32am On Sep 13, 2022
09/092022 Week 3 Day 5

I got an aluminum feeder for #750

Update on expenses
12 turkeys @ #3200= #38,400
10 broilers @ #440= #4400
10 noilers @ #330= #3200
Transport (waybill)#1,000
Transport #1150
Charcoal #1200
2 torchlight @1000= #2000
Wood shavings #100
Syringe 2ml+5ml #100
Pos charges #100
Ultima feed half bag #4750
Transport #400
Hanging feeder #2000
Torchlight and battery #500
New hope starter #10200
Transport #400
Lasota #600
Milk #70
Half bag of grower feed #3100
Aluminum feeder #750
Total cost= #73,220

Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 7:22am On Sep 13, 2022
Update on expenses
12 turkeys @ #3200= #38,400
10 broilers @ #440= #4400
10 noilers @ #330= #3200
Transport (waybill)#1,000
Transport #1150
Charcoal #1200
2 torchlight @1000= #2000
Wood shavings #100
Syringe 2ml+5ml #100
Pos charges #100
Ultima feed half bag #4750
Transport #400
Hanging feeder #2000
Torchlight and battery #500
New hope starter #10200
Transport #400
Lasota #600
Milk #70
Half bag of grower feed #3100
Total cost= #72,470

Mortality update
3 turkey
1 noilers
2 broiler (culled)
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 7:19am On Sep 13, 2022
08/09/2022 Week 3 Day 4

The black poo persists, I am not willing to take any risk. I have placed them on floxinor antibiotics for 4 days. The noilers and broilers have started flying out of their cage to graze for feed. I bought them half bag of grower feed.
The stunted one was dead I went to check them in the morning.

I did an head count of the birds and discovered one noilers was missing and I had one extra turkey. The agents made a mistake by mixing them up.
I will get a feeder for the noilers and broilers tomorrow

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Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 7:12am On Sep 13, 2022
07/09/2022 week 3 Day 3

I am going to get a grower feed for the noilers and broilers to reduce their cost of production since December is still far.
I discovered the turkeys have been pecking the stunted broiler I left with them,I had to remove it and place it with the noilers and broilers. It doesn't look like it is going to survive another day

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Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 7:07am On Sep 13, 2022
06/09/2022 week 3 Day 2

I gave them miavit multivitamin,on the second day I noticed the turkeys were excreting black pasty poo. I suspected it might be too much of protein or they were reacting to the multivitamin, I was opportuned to visit a vet store the woman advice me to stop the multivitamin to observe if there would be changes

Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 7:00am On Sep 13, 2022
04/09/2022 week 3

I moved the broilers and noilers to the other room reduce cost of feeding. I left the stunted broiler with the turkeys

Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 6:42pm On Sep 03, 2022
03/09/22 week 2 day 6

I gave them Lasota vaccine as a precautionary measure against Newcastle disease,it will be giving at a month interval, I bought 100 dose for #600 and 1 sachet of dano milk powder for #70


Update on expenses
12 turkeys @ #3200= #38,400
10 broilers @ #440= #4400
10 noilers @ #330= #3200
Transport (waybill)#1,000
Transport #1150
Charcoal #1200
2 torchlight @1000= #2000
Wood shavings #100
Syringe 2ml+5ml #100
Pos charges #100
Ultima feed half bag #4750
Transport #400
Hanging feeder #2000
Torchlight and battery #500
New hope starter #10200
Transport #400
Lasota #600
Milk #70
Total cost= #69,370

Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 1:39pm On Sep 02, 2022
jp130:
Wher r d noilers? Pics plz

Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 8:59pm On Sep 01, 2022
01/09/22 week 2 day 4

Time to separate the boys from the men

I weighed the quantity of feed I gave them yesterday,it was a little bit above 2kg. I was surprised when I got to the brooding room to find their drinkers empty and the feeder almost empty.

It is about time I separated them, my major concern is out to stop the turkeys from flying over the two coaches of block I want to use as partition, second is how to get an adult feeder for the noilers and broilers.

The turkeys will be fed ad-libitum while the broilers and noilers will be on a ration diet, I may dispose the broilers since they have fulfilled the purpose I initially bought them for,I will keep the noilers for their eggs and meat -offspring too

Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 8:48pm On Sep 01, 2022
uche393:
150k will never be enough, each turkey will finish 1 bag of feed. unless you will sell the chicken first and raise money to continue. each 10birds need 3 bags of feed to gain 3-4kg weight

You are right sir.
Turkeys FCR is between 2.8-3:1
Target weight is 15kg,which means I will need roughly 45kg of feed to achieve that weight
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 8:45pm On Sep 01, 2022
jfkenny:
Great work...are u sure 150k can finish rearing the birds till maturity.. foreign turkey are voracious eaters as well.

I really doubt it will be sufficient, i am just trying to see if I can run on a budget
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 8:43pm On Sep 01, 2022
Ometech:
That must be Marek's disease(improper vaccination of Marek's)

Thanks,it is not marek,if it was it will be permanently paralyzed with legs spread sideways
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 11:20am On Aug 31, 2022
Princeadebayo11:

You didn't put their feed
Thanks for calling my attention to it,I never knew the it wasn't there
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 8:11am On Aug 31, 2022
Feed ration for two days

Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 8:05am On Aug 31, 2022
swaqq:
Why not buy a kerosene lantern, it will serve as light and heat source, you should be able to use 1 litre of kerosene for a week.

Thanks sir,they don't need external heat again
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 7:59am On Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday 31/08/22 week 2 day 3

I served them a full four liter measure of feed,they finished it in two days,these guys ain't nice they are voracious eaters.
Today, I will put little aloe Vera extract in their water for an hour or two then plain water for the rest of the day.
Yesterday, I noticed a stunted broiler with swollen vent among the birds.

Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 7:54am On Aug 31, 2022
Tuesday 30/08/22 week 2 day 2
They completed the anticocci medication. I am contemplating separating the broilers because of their consumption rate.
Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 7:51am On Aug 31, 2022
Monday 29/08/22 week 2 day 1
I got a full bag of new hope starter feed for #10200 transport #400


Update on expenses
12 turkeys @ #3200= #38,400
10 broilers @ #440= #4400
10 noilers @ #330= #3200
Transport (waybill)#1,000
Transport #1150
Charcoal #1200
2 torchlight @1000= #2000
Wood shavings #100
Syringe 2ml+5ml #100
Pos charges #100
Ultima feed half bag #4750
Transport #400
Hanging feeder #2000
Torchlight and battery #500
New hope starter #10200
Transport #400
Total cost= #68,700

Agriculture / Re: Foreign Turkeys Diary by Ineedajob4school: 7:47am On Aug 31, 2022
Sunday 28/08/22
Today makes them 2 weeks,they have consumed 12.5kg of feed which is equivalent to an half bag. I will have to get them a full bag of feed on Monday.
The broilers have outgrown them weightwise,the turkeys are now becoming a nuisance by always flying over the two coaches of block used as partition.

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