It’s no longer news what farmers are experiencing this season. Some have started coursing the hot season why it came this year. I DON’T NEED TO POST DISHEARTENING PICTURES HERE.

Truth be told, hot season is the most productive season with less expenditure in poultry farming. Yes. I advised some of my farmers this season not to brood their birds with external heat just put them in the brooder and gives feed and water and they did excellently.

Do you know what they saved for brooding cost?

A farmer called me on Monday lamenting over 280 birds lost in a day to heat stress while I was just dropping a call from another who was currently at the farm picking dead birds he can’t comfortably count at the moment.

The reality is, every farmer has had a taste of this disaster and only a few learnt how to handle it conveniently.

Do you know?

Heat stress comes with CRD which is often untreatable if not handled immediately?


No amount of vitamin given to your birds can revive them of heat stress if you don’t change the condition that exposes them to too much heat?

* Heat stress weakens your birds’ immune system making them susceptible to numerous diseases resulting to poor feeding and water consumption, poor feed conversion and poor or stunted growth?

Note: It may take a long time for your birds to recover from heat stress.

Of course, most farmers don’t know. However, the hot season is the most productive season for farmers.

How?

It help them save some expenses in brooding because they don’t need to send money on gas, kerosene, charcoal or electricity.

Save expenses in feeding and medication too – birds during this hot season don’t need too much feeding and medication.

The reasons is:

"They generate internal body heat when they consume too much feed adding to the extreme hot weather which can cause a great disaster so you need to feed them less. the secrete is in enriching your feed with organic feed additives and boosters to ensure that the little they take serve them all the required nutrients".

> *You need to clean their Penn often to avoid ammonia buildup which is the root cause of CRD. Cleaning your Penn often is one surest ways to keep diseases at bay.*

So you can see that the hot weather is a blessing in disguise to some farmers?

The secrets to surviving the extreme hot weather here this season are:

• Regular cleaning of your Penn

• Spreading very little or no wood shavings on the floor of your Penn to help your birds rest their chest on the cool floor during the hot hours

• Feeding very early in the morning and late in the evening – only serve your birds feed they can finish completely before 11am and serve them ordinary water.

• Serve water in drinkers that are easily accessible. Nipple or drip drinkers this season are not recommended.

• When attending to your birds, always serve them water first to avoid chocking.

• Serve water in open drinkers if possible to help your birds take as much as they can conveniently.

•Serve your birds greens or fruits during the hot afternoon. Water melon, water leaf, pumpkin leaf, king of bitters, bitter leaf and a lot of others are amazing digestible for your birds.

• Get a big bowl of water inside your Penn. Some birds understand when they are going into severe heat stress and help themselves to cool off inside the bowl of water. Talking from experience.

• Spray water on your birds to help them cool off. Some farmers say it’s stressful but I know a farmer who dipped over 600 broilers in water to help them cool off when he suspected heat stress and he never lose anyone. Note: He did this all by himself.

• If you used to visit your birds twice in the farm before (morning and evening), please, you need to increase it to 4 times now.

• Change their water often. Your birds will avoid warm water even though they are extremely thirsty and going into shock. Possible, drop some cubes of ice inside their drinking water often.

• Don’t Startle your birds at any time within the hot times of the day. If you meet them lying down at any spot cooling off just let them be. Don’t make any attempt to move them or make them get up. If you do disturb them, you’re indirectly killing them.

I got another shocking news from a farmer yesterday losing 120 birds to heat stress in a day. Of course, some farmers feels the same management practices applies to both hot and cold weather but that’s their worst mistake. Imagine brooding DOC for 9 days this hot season and only visiting them twice a day. I believe if he had visited them earlier, he could have been able to savage the situation on time.

Please, be vigilant and save your investment. Spend money to earn money. Go for intensive trainings to know how best to manage your poultry farm if you really need to stay long in the business. I don’t mean you should jump on every training advertisement but try to find out which is genuine and would offer good value for your time and money and grab such opportunities.

# *Remember, Ignorance has made some poultry farmers lose more than poultry diseases have.*

## *TO MY ORGANIC FARMERS, I HUMBLY PLEAD WITH YOU TO TAKE THESE POINTS VERY SERIOUSLY.*

It’s evident in our results that organic gives the fastest growth and amazing weight gain ever. This is a signal that our birds could be affected more by heat stress since the fast growing birds goes through heat stress more often than the smaller ones.

I hope this is helpful?

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Is this true?

This post was posted in 2021 in one of my poultry farming groups. I just stumbled upon it and decided to share it again so those willing to learn can learn from it again.

First, check Mr. Anthony's excellent result at 6 weeks 3 days (CHI Chicks) and tell me if this happened by chance!

Someone said this to me last week after narrating his poultry farming journey. At a point he wanted me to believe or agree with him on this very point yet I disagreed.

Poultry farming set tests for everyone. If you pass them, you'll think you are lucky. If you fail them you'll think you are unlucky.

I have shared my poultry farming journey (experience) in one of my posts. How I started the business with over 800k in 2018. Imagine a guy who want to have a side business that generate money for him and invested all he had only to lose everything within few months.

Then, I had said I was unlucky. Hahaha... And at some point I was beginning to think some village people were after me. Just like someone told me yesterday when we met at one vet outlet lamenting heartily that someone poisoned his birds when he was not around. Hahaha. I have heard this countless times from farmers believing that someone poisoned their birds. Is that always true?

Listen carefully, poultry farming is not for the faint-hearted. Trust me, you have to overcome a lot of obstacles. I fought and overcame mine.

When success comes, many farmers seem to forget the rules. This is very common.

Imagine a farmer who would devote all his or her time daily in the farm ensuring that the bird are doing well. Once they have success with a particular batch then claim to become experts and start giving less time and attention.

One of my organic farmers would say she always play music for her birds. Hahahaha funny right?

I just told her to keep it up.

Poultry FARMERS should understand that flexibility is the soul of poultry business. Never be rigid. Never claim you already know too much.

What works for a particular batch of birds may not work for he next even though they are from the same hatchery.

Exactly 5 weeks ago, I helped a woman ordered some birds alongside mine. As usual, I don't let her take more that 1 carton for a start since she don't even have any prior idea on brooding. I sent some brooding guides to her and she got the organic medications and the schedule.

At 4 weeks, she called for reports.

51 birds still complete.
Some are already weighing 2.1kg @4 weeks and she's planning to order another batch.

You see that?
While I was so proud of her results, I felt she was becoming excited and letting her sweet emotions take control.

Well, I simply advised her to hold on and raise the first set to maturity first before another.

Well, I could feel she didnt understand why but I do and I made her see reasons. The exciting part is, @5 weeks yesterday morning some persons already prícing some of the birds 2500 each and she refused to séll.

Why?

Because she weighed some and they are almost 3kg.

I made her understand that early success shouldn't make her forget the rules I gave her nor let those sweet emotions take control.

Sell them off if they are ready to pick all of them and restock was my response.

At most, the cost príce of these birds isn't up to 1500 yet so, why keep them if someone want to pick them?

Well, fast forward to evening yesterday, she lost 3 of the biggest birds to heat stress. Wow!

7500 gone right?

This is the reality of poultry business. Many farmers never got this 2cents advice that could have kept them in the business.

She don't even have any idea of the cause of death because they are very healthy and active. That was my perfect guess! Heat. Now they are ok but 3 gone.

Lessons:
1. There is nothing like LUCK, it's hardwork plus
2. Don't be gréédy. Séll when you can make good profit
3. It is better to spend more and get fast result than spend less, keep your birds longer and rísk Mortalities
4. Don't fall for the trícks quick success play. Stay focused and be flexible. Learn and unlearn and practice.

Enjoy Farming!

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You can always start up with what you have. The post was trying to portray a point. 2Million is a good investment capital to start up with.

I won't complicate this post but go direct to the point.

Please, if you are planning to stock birds (BROILERS), stock Abhor Acre Plus (precisely CHI). CURRENRLY, FIDAN is doing very well too.

Of course, I know every farmer has a particular type of birds that they best manage. In fact, I have heard people say they have never had success raising CHI or agrited. Just same way I used to fear FIDAN chicks judging by a one-time experience I had with them when I just started poultry.

I went to market yesterday to do some market survey.. I visited about 4 broiler sellers at the market to have a view of their market and pricing considering the consistent hikes in prices of DOC and Feed. My experience proved me right about CHI birds again.

For example, I visited the first shade and the brought out a giant bird and said the price was 15k.

Her reason was the bird is very big ooo and it's 5 months old. Since I know I wasn't going to buy but just taking a survey, I priced it considerably low. Of course, I was just waiting for an opportunity to move to the next point knowing well she won't sell. But before I left, something amazing happened.

See brought out another bird and she told me before bringing it out that it was 12,000 last ooo although it's just 10 weeks. She said "oga you will like it when you see it". Then I requested to see it.

Immediately I saw the bird I smiled.

Me: this bird is from CHI right?

She: I don't know ooo she replied. I bought them for resell.

Then I assured her again that it is chi. The bird was not tall, the cob was small but, BUT, the weight was excellent. Then she called the farmer she bought them from to confirm and my guess was right.

The most amazing thing was, we weighed the two birds right on the spot. Guess what?

The 10 weeks old CHI that look smaller weighed 5.2kg while the giant bird said to be Marshall weighed approximately 4.6kg

The onlybdifferenr was the height. The Marshal male was indeed a giant.
Did you spot the difference?
The one that looked smaller has the best meat yield, the assumed bigger had less.

Now if you are a consumer and you wish to buy one of these birds, which would you buy? The 4.6kg live weight for 15,000? Or the 5.2kg for 12,000? Now imagine a frozen food seller wants to buy this bird hoping to sell at the current market price for frozen foods 3,200 per kilo. Is it a good market?

On the other hand, the other chick weighed 5.2kg live. From the meat yield I get from CHI so far, a 5.2kg chicken will give nothing less than 4.4kg dressed. Selling at the current price 3,200 per killo frozen foods, this seller would make more money at 10 weeks compared to the other at 5 months.

The same experience from the second and third seller's shops I visited. Only the last seller wowed my view from zartech. The height and weight were so amazing.

In the end, the aim was achieved. The prices of mature broilers in the market has appreciated. The least price I could see was 10,000. While this may sound good to Farmers, do you think buyers are smiling at it?

Now ask yourself, what if they decide not to buy chickens again? Will you leave poultry?

My advice:

Do anything you can to raise your Broilers to your target weight within the shortest possible time. You can't spend up 7,000 to raise a 10 old chicken now to give you that CHI weight (5.2kg) above which is very possible with organic medications. Sélling such bird at 12,000 is almost 50 percent profit already. I hope you understand??

In fact, 12 weeks is too much to keep a broiler. That's not the purpose of broiler meat production. You should keep your Broilers from 6-9 weeks maximum with excellent result.

I understand that anytime I post pics of my birds at 6 weeks with average 3.1kg live weight, a lot of controversies ensue. Some would say it's a lie. Others would say from their 30 years of experience in poultry business they have never experience that so it's not possible.

Well, it is.

understanding that there are different species of Broilers out there and each species has its own characteristics is the key.

With organic medication, good management practice and good feed, Abhor Acre Plus will always wow your imagination.

Note: this is not a paid review to promote Abhor Acre Plus species. It's my honest review to help you make better decisions this year as you set out to have a better experience in poultry.

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Well, assumptions aren't facts. Always treat your workers even though some arent't appreciative enough, a good farm record keeping will help you detect any abnormalities fast enough to contain it.

Do you have passion for poultry and really wish to stay long in the business? Then, obey these rules!

# **Rule 1**

..."Only order for birds you can conveniently take care of".

This is the most important rule of all.

Instead of stocking 500 birds and then struggle to feed them or give them medication, buy 200 ,feed and give them good medication.

Trust me, you'll make more profit than keeping 500 and struggling to feed and give the medication. If this happens, you'll battle with stunted growth, recurrent morbidity or disease outbreaks and high mortality.

# **Rule 2**

..."Never borrow money to start poultry business unless you are an expert".

Of course, there is no expert in poultry business. In fact, we learn everyday. Every stock you take in will always teach you something different. However, Haven learnt from all the different characteristics displayed by each stock, you get to know more and won't be excited when challenges come. You'll know how to handle them without much damage.

# **Rule 3.**

..."Be vigilant".

The little things you don't take as anything matters.

If you want to succeed in poultry, you must take it as a real business. Do you know what a business man does every morning when he gets to his store? He pray, then open the store and go round to check if everything is in its place. He take stocks of what he met there and relate with his records yesterday before closing the store.

Don't just open your open your Penn and start rushing to give your birds feed and water and rush out again. Check around. Watch how they behave when you came in. Check what fell and what is no longer in its place

# **Rule 4**

..."Never ignore warning signals".

Yes, I call them warning signals.

Bad smell

Withdrawal from feed

Moodiness

Withdrawal from water

There are numerous warning signals i can't mention here. In fact, they are so many

A farmer must know how his birds behaves when they see him enter the in the morning. How they behave when he serve them feed. He should know the very active terrors and gentle lambs

If you keep these signals, you'll easily spot when something is not right

# **Rule 5**

..."Never change feed indiscriminately!"

I know you do this. Yes, you.

When farmers talk about changing feed from this to this and that then this all in the name getting better result, I'm always scared for them.

Whether you are changing from a bad feed to a good one, you must be very careful.

Do you know every change in feed affect your negatively first before gradually bringing in the results you desire? Most of the times, you may suffer withdrawal, coccidiosis, feed wastage, stress and more.

Imagine changing from mash to Pellet indiscriminately. Do you know what that means? Have you studied the difference between mash and Pelleted feed and the process of digestion?

They may contain the same ingredients but the formulation process varies so is the digestion process.

Note: I don't mean changing from starter to grower or finisher but changing from one commercial feed to another e.g. from top feed to hybrid then Ultima, livestock, new hope, Chikun and more; you are doing your birds more harm than good.

Each company use their own unique ingredients to make their feeds although they may give the same nutritional content. Before using any feed for yiur birds, find out first about the feed and make sure you stick with it. Don't be surprised, the cheapest feeds in the market may give you the best result.

# **Rule 6**

**..."Never let your birds run dry of water".**

Have you heard of heat stress? If it has happened to your birds then you'll understand what I'm saying.

Heat stress can wipe your entire flock. And it may leave your birds vulnerable to all kinds of infection as their immune system get weakened and may take more than 14 days to fully recover.

Your birds can survive 48 hours without feed but they can't survive 7 hours without water.

Instead of running out of water, please, run out of feed.

# **Rule 7**

..."If you can't drink that water, don't give it to your birds".

Some farmers takes chickens as they are just animals and nothing matters. Maybe they've forgotten they are dealing with delicate live animals.

Waterborne diseases are some of the deadliest disease and most difficult to control. Imagine a tiny drop of of harmful substance inside the drinking water; it'll contaminate the whole water. If it was feed, it may not be that bad.

Please, if you can't drink that water, don't give it to your birds. I'm not talking about medicated water.

Some farmers believe too that if a particular drug cures a disease, once the same drug is mixed with their drinking water it'll kill all the harmful bacterial inside the water. Lols...

Let's continue from here later...

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Can I Still Make Money From Poultry?

How much can you make as a poultry farmer?
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Majority of Nigerians really don't know or understand the earning potential in poultry business.

Many intending farmers are held back by the sad tales told by those who jumped into the business with very little or no knowledge of the business and ended up burning off their little capital.

Here's the thing, if you have money to invest, you're sure to live entirely of poultry business.

That's true I must say as long as the capital to invest is there.

Ok, lets say you have 10 million naira and you don't know what to invest it in to bring good profit at least 15-20 percent every 6 weeks.

I'll advice you put it in poultry.

You mustn't build your own farm or own a land to do this.

There are many unused farms around you can lease for some time.

Most you can get to lease for at most 300k a year with up to 2000 capacity structure depending on your location.

Lets say you could get 1.

And you have extra cash 5-10M to invest in broilers production.

Currently, considering the high cost of feed and chicks, 10 million can only conveniently raise 3000 birds to 5 weeks without any wahala at all.
Now let's assume you could get a market for this production at 5 weeks.
And your targeted profit per bird is averagely 500.

Do the maths.

Note: 500 profit is just a benchmark. It could be much more depending on your production AND marketing strategy

The main work here is ensuring that the stock is well managed to achieve good production with very little mortality.

At every 5 weeks interval, your 10million naira investment could be giving a return of 1.5m above.

Lets say you could target 6-7 stock period within the year. You could be making a 100 percent return on investment (10million) profit in a 12 months span.

Yes, I know you want to say it is not as easy as I say it and its true. But nothing is easy... You just have to work it out and make it happen.
Note: this is an investment advice only for real business minded people.

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Majority of farmers are often excited when they hear the word brooding. Some don’t want to give it a try at all. For first timers, they would rather opt for already brooded chicks from farmers who does brood and sell.

Well, I understand. But the brooding process of Day Old Chicks isn’t such a big deal. It is not rocket science I mean. Understanding the term ‘brooding’ and the process involved makes it simpler.

What is Brooding?

In the simplest term, brooding means providing artificial warmth (mimicking the natural behavior) of the mother hen to keep the young chicks from cold.

Brooding do not only center on providing warmth for the DAY OLD CHICKS, it also involves every other efforts employed to ensure the young chicks do not suffer any extreme temperatures (heat and cold) and are protected against any environmental factors that could pose some dangers to their health.

The brooding process is one of the most significant aspects of the chicks’ life with the most lasting effects (positive or negative).

This simply means the success of your poultry Farming business is 70 percent dependent on the brooding process.

Some questions farmers ask are:

How long can I brood my birds?

Can I brood birds of different breeds or species together?

Can I brood broilers and layers together?

Can I brood chicks of different ages together?

What happens if I don't brood my birds?

Answering the questions above correctly means you’re practicing the right brooding techniques. If otherwise, it means you’re practicing the wrong brooding techniques.

How Long Can I Brood My Birds?

One of the commonest mistakes farmers make is setting a brooding timeframe. In a country like Nigeria and most other Africa countries, setting a timeframe for brooding is wrong. We are in a climatic country or continent where the weather condition isn’t regular. Our seasons aren’t regular too. Practically, there is no such thing like a brooding timeframe here. The weather condition at the time determines how long we brood our birds. It is advisable that every farmer studies their daily weather condition and brood their birds accordingly. If the weather condition permits to brood for 14 days, please, do. If it permits to brood only for 4 days, you should follow accordingly. If your birds are 3 days old and the weather condition at night is hot, you may skip providing extra heat for the birds that day. If it rains the next day and the weather is cold, you can resume your brooding again until you’re certain they can withstand any weather condition by themselves without any negative effects. What if your birds are already above 3 weeks old (stopped brooding already) and then it starts raining and the weather condition at night gets extremely cold? You can resume giving your birds extra heat again considering the weather condition of each day.

Can I Breed Birds of Different Breed or Species of Broilers Together?

Yes. Practically, this is possible. Majority of farmers does this regularly and it works perfectly most of the times. However, it is advisable to understand the characteristics of both breeds you wish to brood together. Some species are heat tolerant while others are cold tolerant. Brooding different breeds together that responds to either of cold and heat differently may have negative effect on your stock. The temperature or brooding management you provide each day may favor one breed and affect the other negatively.

Can I Brood Broilers And Layers Together?
NO. Broilers and layers should never be brooded together. Biologically, these two species are completely different in nature and they respond to brooding management different.

For example, the broiler species are fast growing modified species with heavy body mass and fat composition. They require less brooding heat and brooding duration compared to layers. Because of their fast growth nature and heavy body mass, their heat tolerance is relatively very low compared to layers. The amount of brooding heat required by a broiler chick may not be enough for a young pullet. Practically, layers require a longer brooding period than the broilers.

Can I brood chicks of different ages together?

No. This is totally not advisable. Farmers who have attempted this brooding practice always have sad tales to tell. At any given point, none of the chicks will have a comfortable weather condition because their heat requirement is different. The environment won’t be conducive too. The older birds will always bully the younger chicks and possibility of stamped is high. Besides, their immunity strength is different too. Day Old Chicks have relatively low immunity and can easily contract disease from the older chicks in the same Penn with a stronger immunity. Brooding birds of different ages together should be discouraged.

What Happens If I Don't Brood My Birds?

Brooding is required for Day Old Chicks. As said earlier, brooding is not all concerned about providing heat for the young chicks but involves all other practices that ensure their safety and survival.

Not brooding your young chicks simply means exposing them to harsh biological and environmental factors that could pose a great risk to their general wellbeing and hamper their health and survival.

Brooding promote good health and enhances the general performance of the chicks throughout their stock period. Poorly brooded chicks will show evidence of poor growth, poor feed conversion, poor immunity, poor carcass yield or quality.
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