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Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by sleekman(m): 9:57pm On Mar 14, 2015 |
doctormalik: doctormalik:370 W/ Dollar @200? Ok O! |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Nobody: 10:14pm On Mar 14, 2015 |
doctormalik: sounds more like a joke |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by FarmTech(m): 10:17pm On Mar 14, 2015 |
doctormalik:.. Broiler farmers in the house, is this realistic? |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Nobody: 11:05pm On Mar 14, 2015 |
FarmTech: Absolutely not. It only becomes realistic when that value is doubled |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Judithume(f): 11:31pm On Mar 14, 2015 |
Is doctormalik serious. Does he know the amount used to feed these birds.he maybe joking |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by sleekman(m): 11:58pm On Mar 14, 2015 |
Judithume:I Wonder If Obasanjo Farms Will Sell @double Dat Amount. Even Orobo D Illegally Imported Chicken Is 550/kg. B4 I Open Eye Oga Just Vanish |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Eggcelent(m): 5:58am On Mar 15, 2015 |
bigiyaro. Stop administering the antibiotics latest Monday. Success. 1 Like |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by condi1704(m): 8:24am On Mar 15, 2015 |
FarmTech:Ridiculous! when cost of doc is average of 150, feeding for six week averagely 500, cost of vaccine and drugs and miscellaneous 50. Average weight at 6 wks 1.8kg. Now production cost is 700 (150+500+50), He wan buy at 666 (1.8 X 370). No be loss be that! It must be a joke. Abeg I no do. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by jamp: 8:37am On Mar 15, 2015 |
condi1704: Pls lets ignore some posts. The guy is a joker |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by tunezvic(m): 11:53am On Mar 15, 2015 |
[quote author=doctormalik post=31622320] 370 per kg. I can pick minimum of 1000. I can buy from Ibadan very well.[/quote this must be a joke.. in my locality, i sell my 4 weeks old broiler for 650 during esther and 700 christmas. selling at loss be that. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by tunezvic(m): 11:57am On Mar 15, 2015 |
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Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by fishleg123: 2:48pm On Mar 15, 2015 |
happy Sunday farmers in d house. my 200 black layers are now 21 weeks old and we already have 26 eggs today. presently they. eat a bag 25kg of grower feed. the question is when I'm I to change to layers feed. thanks |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by kelvin961: 2:57pm On Mar 15, 2015 |
fishleg123: Pls change now.....u ought to VE changed wen they VE laid 5%.....but not withstanding..... Just change now......pls wen changing to layer's mash let it be a gradual process..... |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by fishleg123: 4:02pm On Mar 15, 2015 |
kelvin961:pls, how I'm i to make d change a gradual process. is it by mixing grower and layers mash together. if so, what's is d ratio to use. thanks |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by kelvin96: 4:48pm On Mar 15, 2015 |
@fishleg123 .....if not for the fact dat it has gone far from 5% i would ve advised u use 75% of grower to 25% of layers mash....then 50%-50% grower/layermash ,then d next day u will use 75% of layer mash to 25% of growermash and then layermash fully....but the way it is now if i were u.....i will just use 50% -50% 2moro den full layers mash d next day. ......Goodluck |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by fishleg123: 5:06pm On Mar 15, 2015 |
if I may ask, Mr kelvin96, pls what's is d different between layers mash and grower mash. why must one switch to layer mash. thanks. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by kelvin96: 5:51pm On Mar 15, 2015 |
@fishleg123, layers mash has higher energy and in some cases it has higher protein too....your birds at this stage needs more protein dat will enable them form eggs and extra energy that will strengthen dem while laying this eggs....if u continue with grower it will wear dem out and before u know it ....they will be stressed up and it can led to anytin.....hope u know what dat means. 1 Like |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by fishleg123: 6:25pm On Mar 15, 2015 |
kelvin96:thanks so much for d info. I've collected 31 eggs today. I will start giving them d layer mash as soon as possible. thanks. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Eggcelent(m): 8:25pm On Mar 15, 2015 |
fishleg. First, congratulations on getting to this point successfully. In addition to what kelvin96 and/or kelvin961 said earlier, layers mash contain higher calcium content which is needed for formation of egg shell. Continuing with growers mash beyond a certain point means your birds may develop ricket as they draw calcium from their bones to make egg shell. Meanwhile, opinions differ on when to switch to layers mash. I'm of the school of thought that the best time to switch is when the birds are between 30 - 40% daily laying capacity. However, the consensus is that the change must be gradual. Success. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Nobody: 9:10pm On Mar 15, 2015 |
fishleg123:congrat bro, please how big are d eggs? im aware they wl b small, just want to know ow small. thanks |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by kelvin961: 3:15am On Mar 16, 2015 |
Eggcelent:Good. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Trueigbo: 7:50am On Mar 16, 2015 |
hello house, am constructing a new pen that will house 2 rows of battery cages. what is the size of the pen. am thinking of 25ft by 50ft. please i need advice |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by fishleg123: 8:23am On Mar 16, 2015 |
good morning house. thanks so much Kelvin and eggcellence, I will update d house as we progress. justified19:good morning house. thanks so much Kelvin and eggcellence, I will update d house as we progress. d eggs are not too small. they are medium size. however, we have about 7 of them that are very small. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Nobody: 8:51am On Mar 16, 2015 |
hello house, pls who has experience with top feed concentrate plus maize? is it really good? |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by SGN(m): 9:55am On Mar 16, 2015 |
Dear All, I have eggs to sell from my farm around Asejire (i.e. along Ibadan - Ife road, before Ikire). I am ideally looking for regular customers who can lift around 200 crates in a week. Please if you have anyone who is an egg dealer who is interested please do get in touch on Xxxxxxx. I have small customers who buy 15, 20 or 25 crates at a time but this is not very good for cash flow and hence the need for customers who can buy in higher numbers. Thanks. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by obnelly: 10:22am On Mar 16, 2015 |
SGN:You may quote me anywhere those customer buying 15,20 and 25 crates are more reliable than those buying 200 crates.when you have gluts you will understand what I am saying. Bulk buyer buys when its cheaper so during gluts most of them visit farms with the cheapest price. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by SGN(m): 10:37am On Mar 16, 2015 |
@obnelly I agree... but I also have another issue - and that is I am not physically present there to manage the day-to-day activities, so a lot slip through because of that, and I think consolidating many customers into a few can help put thing under control a little bit and help the cash flow. Thanks for the response. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by laposta: 11:22am On Mar 16, 2015 |
@SGN Don't do it that way. If a bulk buyer does not honour his or her purchase in any one week, you will be running around to spread out the massive stock you have on hand. You can work with one bulk buyer and so many other buyers that can help absorb the shock if the bulk buyer disappoints. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by davidzfarm18(m): 12:04pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
fishleg123:Congratulations. In addition to all that have been discussed. I suggest you change very gradually. day 1. 80 growers to 20 layers day 2. 60 growers to 40 layer day 3. 40 growers to 60 layers day 4. 20 growers to 80 layers you switch completely at day 5. pls ensure you give them multivitamins. equally their consumption has to increase considerable in the next 2wks. meanwhile. if they are alreadily eating 1 bag at 21 wks pls check to ensure that the feeds are not being wasted. their consumption should be at 21kg per day now and increase to 1 bag in the next 3 wks. Except the feed is low on energy. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Judithume(f): 12:30pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
Pls how important is mareks vaccine? My birds are ,300 n the vaccine is expensive 4000 advice me what to do |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Judithume(f): 12:31pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
Pls how important is mareks vaccine? My birds are ,300 n the vaccine is expensive 4000advice me what to do |
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