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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 |
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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 |
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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 1 Like |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. 1 Like
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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 1 Like
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Liadi2: Depends on your location,they have outlets around. If you need their official line I can send it to you |
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yemmit90: 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 2 Likes |
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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) |
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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.
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I had it before, I don't know the current price |
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13/092022 Week 4 day 2 I will give the turkeys intracox anticocci for 2 days
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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
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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) |
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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 1 Like
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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 1 Like
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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
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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
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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
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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
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uche393: 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 |
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jfkenny: I really doubt it will be sufficient, i am just trying to see if I can run on a budget |
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Ometech: Thanks,it is not marek,if it was it will be permanently paralyzed with legs spread sideways |
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Princeadebayo11:Thanks for calling my attention to it,I never knew the it wasn't there |
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Feed ration for two days
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swaqq: Thanks sir,they don't need external heat again |
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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.
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Tuesday 30/08/22 week 2 day 2 They completed the anticocci medication. I am contemplating separating the broilers because of their consumption rate. |
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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
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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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