99thEnemy:
Hawks never start tourism for that site?

Hawks did attempt nd succeeded in taking 1 chick

This happened when the cock was locked away and my dogs were away for mating.

Brilliant idea.

Eagba:

Bros I think you can read something on cockroach farming in look for a container, do it in it n feed your birds some cockroaches to supplement their feed

excanny:


Have u tried enclosing them in a cage? That way they don't disturb other neighbours.

The thing is they thrive better roaming freely and it's less intensive or semi intensive, so caging them won't do them good

Gentlesoul2021:


OMG, they will complain, it will look like u inconvenient them even if u get a cage, they will still talk about the smell..
Some landlord will not even allow u, I wonder why they haven't report u to the house owner

Of course, I understand their grief, mind you, before I bought them there are some that do entered and shit around and no one was talking about it.

I don't know what they will say now as soon as eighteen more is added

wealthyplaces:
I am inspired by this thread to start something new in poultry business though in small scale. Please how do I go about it? I have a small space in my backyard in a rented apartment. What do I buy? From what I've read so far, I intend selling for meat and eggs.
@marhoinspire
@epainos
@redomi
@ade1313
@newoffer
@truthhurts2
@gentlesoul2021
etc
Please I need inputs. How much is the startup cost on a minimum.

It depends, are you living alone in that compound? If not, will they accept it or not?

I don't know which side you are but here, a grower is sold for around 1500, I even bought mine for 1k each. So let's say at 1500, you can start with 4 ( 3 hens and 1 cock)

Wow! Bless you. This is highly encouraging.

I'm in Lag. Agbara axis. Where can I get the birds.

truthhurts2:

It depends, are you living alone in that compound? If not, will they accept it or not?

I don't know which side you are but here, a grower is sold for around 1500, I even bought mine for 1k each. So let's say at 1500, you can start with 4 ( 3 hens and 1 cock)

truthhurts2:

Of course, I understand their grief, mind you, before I bought them there are some that do entered and shit around and no one was talking about it.

I don't know what they will say now as soon as eighteen more is added

Eighteen lol be ready for serious dragging but no fold...

Gentlesoul2021:


Eighteen lol be ready for serious dragging but no fold...

I tell you...
But I no send ooo. Though my plan is to give all those complaining one hen each to keep them shut, so at the end of the day it won't be about mine, rather about ours... smiles

truthhurts2:

I tell you...
But I no send ooo. Though my plan is to give all those complaining one hen each to keep them shut, so at the end of the day it won't be about mine, rather about ours... smiles

Chai sense no go wound you. U go really keep them shut ooo

newoffer:
I'm in Lag. Agbara axis. Where can I get the birds.

I don't know about Lag, but I'm in Ogbomosho. And I don't know if it's possible to send from here to Lag for you

Redomi:
Their mother is under than basket, I'm forcing her to incubate some eggs, I gave her 9 eggs

How exactly do you force a chicken to incubate eggs? Also, what the hell happened to the feathers of that chicken in-between the two black chickens?

Gentlesoul2021:


Chai sense no go wound you. U go really keep them shut ooo

Seriously, that'll be case closed

Smitaro100:



Y ur fowl come resemble wetin craze na.. abi dem dey take kolos.

LMAO!!

truthhurts2:
I think the only problem here is space, if you're living in your house or a rented apartment, in as much as it is fenced and you live there alone, no neighbors or anybody complaining about them (the native birds) then you're free. Have also started with the local hens around early March this year (3 hens and 1 cock), but 1 hen got killed a week after I bought by one of my neighbors complaining about their shit.

At the moment, the 2 remaining hen joined lay eggs together 18 eggs, in less than 3 weeks they will hatch. The problem now is, the more the hens, the more the complain from my neighbors.

What exactly is the complaint of your neighbors? Do the chickens eat their food, or shit around their entrance?

kay29000:


What exactly is the complaint of your neighbors? Do the chickens eat their food, or shit around their entrance?

The later... which I don't know what to do about that.

Eagba:

Bros I think you can read something on cockroach farming in look for a aerated container or drum do it in it n feed your birds some cockroaches to supplement their feed

Cockroach farming? Nothing way person no go ready for nairaland

truthhurts2:

The later... which I don't know what to do about that.

Hmm...there is very little you can do, unless you cage them. I also have this problem, even though I rare my chickens in my parents house, my sister has a small school in there, and the Noilers always go inside the school for shade when it is sunny, and shit all over. At least, your own local chickens don't shit as much as Noilers.

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

kay29000:


Hmm...there is very little you can do, unless you cage them. I also have this problem, even though I rare my chickens in my parents house, my sister has a small school in there, and the Noilers always go inside the school for shade when it is sunny, and shit all over. At least, your own local chickens don't shit as much as Noilers.

Caging them will reduce their performance cos they are not adapted to that e.g the Cock running after the hen for puna , and the hen running a whole 1 mile from gbola is one of their adaptive ways and also, when the time comes for the hen yo lay she can't do that conveniently inside the cage

Love800:
What crop do you plant?

maize, cassava, cocoyam, okro, pepper

truthhurts2:

Caging them will reduce their performance cos they are not adapted to that e.g the Cock running after the hen for puna , and the hen running a whole 1 mile from gbola is one of their adaptive ways and also, when the time comes for the hen yo lay she can't do that conveniently inside the cage

True.

wealthyplaces:
I am inspired by this thread to start something new in poultry business though in small scale. Please how do I go about it? I have a small space in my backyard in a rented apartment. What do I buy? From what I've read so far, I intend selling for meat and eggs.

Please I need inputs. How much is the startup cost on a minimum.

First, you need to learn. The cost of feeding is extremely high, and it continues to rise. So, if you are not very good, you will not make a profit. So, it is best to start small with no intention of selling in order to learn everything thoroughly. Alternatively, you can sell with some initial losses. If you can do this, you have the ability to learn.

Eggs are easier to sell than meat, so you may want to think about it now. Meat used to be the better option, but it is difficult to sell these days, except around Christmas.

You will purchase day-old broiler chicks for meat, and there are several types. You need to know which one to buy for your market. Also, your cage must be in good condition. You can buy day-old eggs as well, but you will not be able to produce eggs until 5 months. As a result, you must continue to feed them for another 5 to 6 months before producing anything. You can, however, buy some that have been grown for three to four months. It is extremely risky, but people do it anyway. I would not do it, which is why I have to sell meat to support myself because it is a six-week cycle.

The question is, how do you intend to sell your meat? At what price? Go find out. If you can sell whole processed chicken for 4,000 per kg, you can profit by N2,000 per bird if you do not pay salaries. As a result, you may want to budget around N3k per kg for live chicken. Analysis is for today. It changes so fast, so one must follow the market closely.

If you get into wellness and can find customers who eat organic meat, you will have a solid market. This is what you should aim for. Depending on how your product is packaged, you can sell it for between N5k and N10k per kg. You will need a solid understanding of how to raise chickens without antibiotics or vaccines. Many people are unable to do it, but this is what I do.

truthhurts2:

It depends, are you living alone in that compound? If not, will they accept it or not?

I don't know which side you are but here, a grower is sold for around 1500, I even bought mine for 1k each. So let's say at 1500, you can start with 4 ( 3 hens and 1 cock)

Why are you telling him to buy all those malnutritional birds? Why not start from day old?

Don't listen to this. Start your journey from the beginning. Learn the rope very well.
etc.

What I explained above is for broiler and layers because I don't believe in local slow birds. They produce fewer eggs, too. If you want to do free range, I prefer noiler, and you start from day old also. But if you really want to do local fowls, then you should buy some young mothers hen that are still laying very well and a cock. Start producing your chicks immediately. Why would you first buy growers....wait for like 6 mths before they start laying eggs and you start multiplying your chickens. Start the multiplication ASAP. Again....I will NEVER go for local fowl because they are not fast growing. Instead, I would rather do cross breeding if I wanted to do them. But really...I would rather do noiler for a start.

Nice!

Okay.
Thanks so much

newoffer:
The guys who sell corn millet and other raw ingredients. They provide broken seeds and

Redomi:
Their mother is under than basket, I'm forcing her to incubate some eggs, I gave her 9 eggs

Are these the best conditions you can provide for them? Clean their place up and fence it. The chickens look stressed, like they're representing Nigeria

epainos:

I am not condemning you bro. A man who views issues using his own instincts alone without listening to others might miss out. I am trying to tap into your wisdom. Don't look at me like hey....layers are cool, native na wash...Nope. There must be something in this thing that is making you go for it. And I want to learn

If you can sell it for 6k upwards, that's a good deal. Please bro...I just want to learn and I might ask strange questions. Just pardon me. A beg. I get more excited that you can sell at N6k upward. Not bad at all.

I know you said people don't like broilers, and I disagreed previous. But after checking it out again, I think I have heard such too...and I won't dispute it further. However, there is something to unravel.

Just pardon me. Let's say someone gives you the contract to sell broilers of 3kg along with your native chicken, do you see a way out? How much would you propose to sell 1 broiler? Sure, you aren't producing the broilers, but you will pick then up and just sell in addition to your native birds.

To be honest, which will move more? What about quail birds? What do you think?

@marhoinspire... abeg, no VEX bro. I am just trying to see another view and style of chicken business. Personally, I am thrilled that you guys can sell native chickens. I produce quail birds for personal consumption and I have not thought of how to sell the birds or the eggs....but when I saw this thread.....my heart goes to quail, noilers, kuroilers, native chickens, etc. There may be gold there. This is why I am trying to figure out how you guys are doing it. Marketing and Sales are two areas that interest me so much.

Please I need quail birds. Where are you located and how much will you sell

marhoinspire:
Sometimes in October I concluded that I want to venture into local chicken production.
So many factors made me choose this path
1. Low cost of feeding
2: low mortality rate, etc.

I started with 3 hens and 1 cock

As at today I have 26 local chicken

They would have been more if I did separate the chicks from the mother hen on time.

What I do now, when the hen hatch, I give her 2 weeks to raise the chicks, then I separate her from the chicks, in less than two weeks, they usually go back laying eggs.

Will keep updating on progress made

Hawk no dey strike 🤔

epainos:

First, you need to learn. The cost of feeding is extremely high, and it continues to rise. So, if you are not very good, you will not make a profit. So, it is best to start small with no intention of selling in order to learn everything thoroughly. Alternatively, you can sell with some initial losses. If you can do this, you have the ability to learn.

Eggs are easier to sell than meat, so you may want to think about it now. Meat used to be the better option, but it is difficult to sell these days, except around Christmas.

You will purchase day-old broiler chicks for meat, and there are several types. You need to know which one to buy for your market. Also, your cage must be in good condition. You can buy day-old eggs as well, but you will not be able to produce eggs until 5 months. As a result, you must continue to feed them for another 5 to 6 months before producing anything. You can, however, buy some that have been grown for three to four months. It is extremely risky, but people do it anyway. I would not do it, which is why I have to sell meat to support myself because it is a six-week cycle.

The question is, how do you intend to sell your meat? At what price? Go find out. If you can sell whole processed chicken for 4,000 per kg, you can profit by N2,000 per bird if you do not pay salaries. As a result, you may want to budget around N3k per kg for live chicken. Analysis is for today. It changes so fast, so one must follow the market closely.

If you get into wellness and can find customers who eat organic meat, you will have a solid market. This is what you should aim for. Depending on how your product is packaged, you can sell it for between N5k and N10k per kg. You will need a solid understanding of how to raise chickens without antibiotics or vaccines. Many people are unable to do it, but this is what I do.


Why are you telling him to buy all those malnutritional birds? Why not start from day old?

Don't listen to this. Start your journey from the beginning. Learn the rope very well.
etc.

What I explained above is for broiler and layers because I don't believe in local slow birds. They produce fewer eggs, too. If you want to do free range, I prefer noiler, and you start from day old also. But if you really want to do local fowls, then you should buy some young mothers hen that are still laying very well and a cock. Start producing your chicks immediately. Why would you first buy growers....wait for like 6 mths before they start laying eggs and you start multiplying your chickens. Start the multiplication ASAP. Again....I will NEVER go for local fowl because they are not fast growing. Instead, I would rather do cross breeding if I wanted to do them. But really...I would rather do noiler for a start.

You don't rubbish other people's opinions, I'm entitled to mine as you are to yours.

And who told you that you will have to wait for 6 months before they start laying 🥚? I bought mine at a very little age (not even to growers level) and they start laying within 3 months. You might know a lot, but you don't know all, the earlier they have the presence of a cock among them the better and also, they can sometimes go as far as laying 20-plus eggs (that depends on her previous generations).

Slightlyredneck:

Please I need quail birds. Where are you located and how much will you sell

Live and already dressed birds are transported to various parts of Nigeria, so location is not an issue here.

Do you want to purchase quail birds for consumption or start your own home quail production? There are two sides to it. I need to know so that I can properly educate you before you make your decision.

truthhurts2:

You don't rubbish other people's opinions, I'm entitled to mine as you are to yours.

It's not my intention. No vex if you are annoyed. Perhaps I should have used another way to express my view.

And who told you that you will have to wait for 6 months before they start laying 🥚? I bought mine at a very little age (not even to growers level) and they start laying within 3 months. You might know a lot, but you don't know all, the earlier they have the presence of a cock among them the better and also, they can sometimes go as far as laying 20-plus eggs (that depends on her previous generations).

I don't claim to know all. And hey... if you get this...its impressive.

I'm still trying to get the maximum number of eggs they can lay.

For example, layers start with around 3 eggs per week. At the peak, they lay 6 and start declining. So, I figure out 5 to 5.5 eggs per week so that layers give 286 eggs per year. And of course it should be over 300 sef.

So, could you make an estimation of the number of eggs they can lay? If not that much, then the focus should be meat production like broilers. But then, my fear is their sizes.

My friend, no one... absolutely no one has been able to answer my questions. All they post is that local breeds are profitable when they have not survived a year in the business. With 3 months max, you will know if broilers production is for you. And layers already have a template on the ground.

I agree. I don't know all... and here are the questions I like to find answers to. Kindly help out.

Cc: wealthyplaces

epainos:

It's not my intention. No vex if you are annoyed. Perhaps I should have used another way to express my view.


I don't claim to know all. And hey... if you get this...its impressive.

I'm still trying to get the maximum number of eggs they can lay.

For example, layers start with around 3 eggs per week. At the peak, they lay 6 and start declining. So, I figure out 5 to 5.5 eggs per week so that layers give 286 eggs per year. And of course it should be over 300 sef.

So, could you make an estimation of the number of eggs they can lay? If not that much, then the focus should be meat production like broilers. But then, my fear is their sizes.

My friend, no one... absolutely no one has been able to answer my questions. All they post is that local breeds are profitable when they have not survived a year in the business. With 3 months max, you will know if broilers production is for you. And layers already have a template on the ground.

I agree. I don't know all... and here are the questions I like to find answers to. Kindly help out.

Cc: wealthyplaces

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