RealLordZeus:
Keep calm

It's nothing new
It has always been here
Just that the economy has brought out more farmers
Worry more about frozen products

Do people still buy frozen poultry?

Adakintroy:
Start you meat journey now with native fowl. Many of us dont know how weak we are until you bite native fowl..you go know how meat hard tp chow down and how protein de hard to digest for body. If you no sleep forget yourself make i know wetin cause am. All this chicken you fit bite bone no make you formidable and strong. Try use your money eat chicken weh and feed for for gutter. Only the smell for pot done wake your senses. No need for much seasoning.

No be all this once weh you go add bay leaves paprika maggi onions garlic ginger taste no go still come out. Just boil old native chicken with salt or small magi then taste chicken for the first time in your life.

Lol
But native fowl don't have much meat on its body. I prefer Noiler sha. It's not as tasteless as broiler. But generally Nigerians just like big big things regardless of how it taste.

That's how I went to sell Noiler to one man some years ago, and he said next time the one I should bring for him are those ones that are too big that they can no longer walk. Imagine. Most people don't care about taste or how healthy the chicken is, they just want it to be BIG.

luminouz:

Your reason is wrong!!!

Any particular reason?
Cos the next one will be marinated for full 24 hrs

kay29000:


Lol
But native fowl don't have much meat on its body. I prefer Noiler sha. It's not as tasteless as broiler. But generally Nigerians just like big big things regardless of how it taste. T

That's how I went to sell Noiler to one man some years ago, and he said next time the one I should bring for him are those ones that are too big that they can no longer walk. Imagine. Most people don't care about taste or how healthy the chicken is, they just want it to be BIG.

Big big things...

desmondadonis:
This chicken weighed 9kg when I went to buy it on 24th Dec. cost me 40k in Lagos. I was in awe of its size that I began to wonder what the rearers feed them. Haven’t seen such a thing before. The picture doesn’t do justice to the actual size of this chicken

The sad reality of chicken is that no mater how heavy it is or costly you bought it, you will only get 12 pieces from it.

If you have 13 pieces, you probably added the head to it.

desmondadonis:
This chicken weighed 9kg when I went to buy it on 24th Dec. cost me 40k in Lagos. I was in awe of its size that I began to wonder what the rearers feed them. Haven’t seen such a thing before. The picture doesn’t do justice to the actual size of this chicken

9kg
I've done 5/6kg but not 9kg
I wouldn't try such ooo, I consider purchasing power during my production, I no get strength to dey find buyer.
It's not about the feeds although feed production has advanced due to sci n tech, I give my birds nature as much as possible and I don't use fattener or booster.
It's more about advancement in hatchery system than the farmers

Why are you wondering?
The Chicken have been genetically modified. My family Raised 10 chick's starting around June, 3 Broiers and 7 layers. The broilers were so big after 3 months, they had to go. The layers ate same feed, but were struggling to get to half the weight of broilers. It's not the feed, and it's not selective breeding. It's gene modification being experimental on us for longterm health effects while the Government regulates in absenteeism.

Just like they are now mixing carcinogenic substances into straight run naptha to make gasoline and claiming the refineries are suddenly working. Na all of us go suffer am with time.

desmondadonis:
This chicken weighed 9kg when I went to buy it on 24th Dec. cost me 40k in Lagos. I was in awe of its size that I began to wonder what the rearers feed them. Haven’t seen such a thing before. The picture doesn’t do justice to the actual size of this chicken

40K for one chicken bayi. Was the end product up to 5kg?

Those chickens r more than 3 months, dat d reason. Low patronage n more farmers is forcing farmer to keep d chicken longer than usual.

I thought you weren't gonna shut up

Ijaya123:


The sad reality of chicken is that no mater how heavy it is or costly you bought it, you will only get 12 pieces from it.

If you have 13 pieces, you probably added the head to it.

Dey play. Some people can get up to 30 pieces from a chicken.

Caleycash:
It's true...quality over quantity has always being my thing, infact I prefer buying old layers like 2 or 3 and prepare it by myself, more tastier, natural and healthy.

Old layer is not natural. It taste better than Broiler, but still eats same commercial feed as broiler.

Talking about feeds how many of you are aware that chicken feeds are not powdery anymore instead they are solid form like tablet if you are familiar with cat fish feeds you will understand I asked my friend who produce cat fish feeds he said those powdery chicken feeds the chickens used there legs to scatter the feeds and only ate what they like inside but this solid cube they are force to eat it

Walai:
Aswear, I nearly commit with a 17 year old looking 23 and her Papa na very senior man.
Imagine spending 2025 in Nigerian jail

God save you bro. You suppose do special thanksgiving.

emmy512:

How about the feeds you give them.
Is there a chance that the feeds include new things youbare not aware of?
Like from their factory, because production is expensive and they won't use the same ingredients in the same measure like before so this time they add X to atleast make your chickens grow.

Let it not be like their feed no longer has any effect on your chicken even after cutting costs on their end

There is something sinister going on concerning the poultry industry in Nigeria. Something is definitely being added to the feed of the chickens. The catfish I ate yesterday was also tasteless.

GMO chickens. Many people will inherit diseases or meet their demise in a short while. Some Africans are so slow and fail to realise they are in the middle of a silent, Cold War with the West whose plan is to depopulate and eventually eradicate the Africans. This is just one of the process since Africans don’t wanna grow their own food and love foreign food.

Just like the one I consumed this festive period though it was organically raised by my mom the meat still make me fear because of its size.

empron:
I think it is the feed composition,I bought 8pcs in October ending by December they are very big apart from regular feed and bitter leaves juice I gave them never add anything to it.

Please what's the work of the bitter leafe water,we all learning here

Very soon the chickens will be like Ostrich.

Anyway, I don't eat chicken......I refer Guinea fowl , Turkey and ducks ....

emmy512:

Thank you.
This is what I've been looking for.
Someone that actually understands.

The fact we both haven't seen anything like it before is why I am concerned.
I know people use different things to boost their growth but why we're they not boosting it years before untill ending of this year.

I wish I weighed mine, the moment I lifted one with my left arm and it felt too heavy I just thought if this is turkey

This are called Noila, they are usually this big

kay29000:


Old layer is not natural. It taste better than Brouler, but still eats same commercial feed as broiler.

I just recalled, you're absolutely right, but their meat is super delicious 😋, broilers when prepared seems too young and over soft to me, I prefer strong bones 😆

desmondadonis:
This chicken weighed 9kg when I went to buy it on 24th Dec. cost me 40k in Lagos. I was in awe of its size that I began to wonder what the rearers feed them. Haven’t seen such a thing before. The picture doesn’t do justice to the actual size of this chicken

9kg? You must be kidding right

I actually overheard a poultry rearer telling a colleague that there was a new feed in town, though quite expensive that could make birds grow overly out of proportion.
It was chemical based.
It's quite unfortunate what we consume these days.

Hmmmm.....I saw one being transported in an open trailer in Port Harcourt. It was amazing. I had to take this picture.

I think there's something going on in the poultry industry that we don't know.

Most people rear chickens from October saving for December, that gives 16 weeks instead of the usual 8 weeks, hence the size. There's nothing extraordinary about it, just longer breeding time

Maliqcious:
9kg? You must be kidding right

lol. Would have uploaded the scale reading here. Just that I’ve deleted the pictures and somehow still manage to have this one in my gallery.

emmy512:
December of last year marked the first time I came across a chicken so big and heavy that I had to stop and wonder. It’s not something you typically see around here, and I’d imagine the same goes for other states as well.

Initially, I thought it was just a rare exception when I received two hefty chickens as gifts. They were so massive that I almost doubted they were the regular chickens we’re used to seeing. Each one cost up to ₦28,000 a price far beyond what we’d usually associate with the common poultry we know.

However, my visit to the market recently revealed something surprising. Chickens just as big as the ones I received were everywhere! Stall after stall, it was the same big, heavy birds ready for sale. It got me thinking: why the sudden shift?

Where did all these oversized chickens come from? Why weren’t they as common before the end of 2024?

It’s curious how this trend seemed to pop up almost overnight. Could it be that something new is being used to grow these chickens faster and larger? Were there advancements in poultry farming techniques that suddenly became widespread? Or is this tied to some kind of new feed or growth-enhancing practice that wasn’t used before?

More importantly, should we be concerned about potential health implications? If these chickens are being bred or enhanced in ways we don’t fully understand, could there be side effects for consumers down the line?

I can’t help but wonder if others have noticed this trend too. Does it feel suspicious to you, or do you think it’s simply a result of improved farming practices?
Share your thoughts
have you encountered these big chickens recently, have you been seeing them often before ending of last year? and do you know what might be causing this sudden boom?

Maybe it's only me that's noticed this


While you are here, you can check out my other topic

Good observation OP you are smart 🤓

Pumping things... Or specialty things dem feed em

JOACHINpedro:
Not only chickens. Even today's teenagers

Haha

emmy512:

Any particular reason?
Cos the next one will be marinated for full 24 hrs

I already said it up there. On this thread

The members who live in secluded towns and villages are quick to show themselves. 1995 was the first time I saw an Agric fowl. Twenty-nine years — wow, thirty years later, they are my preferred choice over native chickens which offer nothing but bones.

Gmo