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Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by israelotics: 3:16pm On Apr 11, 2015 |
pls,nairalanders i would love to start a small farm in my big backyard planting beans,maize,corn okra,paw~paw and i would love to support it with a pounltry and i want a proffessional advice before starting nairalanders plz help. |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by israelotics: 3:21pm On Apr 11, 2015 |
patiently waiting....... ![]() |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by incredible6(m): 3:26pm On Apr 11, 2015 |
that's sounds like a lot of things u wanna do.. how big is ur backyard for this kind of integrated farming.. if u wanna dive into poultry for commercial purpose and u want to make profit I suggest u go into egg production .. thank me later |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by noblefarm: 3:56pm On Apr 11, 2015 |
incredible6: I have had ppl on Nairaland here and other Agri forum cry of having enough eggs but no buyer. I have plenty of land here I can use for commercial farming but my fear is the market |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by incredible6(m): 5:07pm On Apr 11, 2015 |
noblefarm: I would have gone deep into why I said egg production is more viable but to stay from argument I would say don't even engage in poultry 4 now as there is bird flu in the country at this moment. |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by Ura: 5:16pm On Apr 11, 2015 |
Ura: incredible6:I don't agree with you. Will you keep eggs inside your house and think that people will see it from outside? The eggs, especially the first eggs must be marketed. Are there no mallams who make eggs, indomie and tea around them? Are there no confectionery shops around them, not to talk of those that hawk snacks about? Are there no restaurants and hotels? Not to talk of retailers. I can go on mentioning so I disagree that there is no market. Sorry. The reply was meant for noblefarm. 1 Like |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by Ura: 6:26pm On Apr 11, 2015 |
It is ok to start even with one layer only. But if you are rearing to sell, I will not advice to go for only 5. Let us say close to 10 birds because 30 eggs make a crate and the the 5 birds might not lay on a daily basis. So, having like 10, you should be able to make a crate in 4-5 days which is ok instead of having to wait for like 8 or 9 days before you make a crate. Is that all you need to know? Pardon my omission. I am in a haste to do some other activity. |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by knowledge4(m): 8:01pm On Apr 13, 2015 |
noblefarm: Who is saying that there is no market for eggs? Do you know what you are talking about at all? Poultry egg that has an inelastic demand pattern in Nigeria? You do not understand the market for eggs. Eggs are in high demand,highly sought for! Check 1st signature below |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by noblefarm: 8:40pm On Apr 13, 2015 |
knowledge4: pls why ppl come de close their poultry farms after some years of running the farm, a lot of abandoned poultry farms everywhere. what do u mean by "1st signature below" |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by FarmTech(m): 10:24pm On Apr 13, 2015 |
Starting with 5 layers? How will you vaccinate them? The least dose vaccines comes with is 200 doses, though I heard that 50 dose now exist. |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by Ura: 10:47pm On Apr 13, 2015 |
noblefarm: 1. they don't take time to study the business before going into it. 2. they employ people and go and sit down, then the people run down the business. 3. they have no knowledge of record keeping. 4. as they see the chicken big big, that is how they eat and dash to people. then when the profit starts coming, they want to show every one that they have arrived, so they eat the profit and eat into the capital too. You will find out that many of them try to go back to the business after some time. 5. many don't like to do marketing. they want you to come and look for them. is it possible to be checking every house may be you will see a poultry farmer there? - No be me be 1st signature o. I just wanted to answer your question. |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by noblefarm: 11:09pm On Apr 13, 2015 |
Ura: God bless u for answering me, so from ur reply u agreed poultry is lucrative too? Am asking this because I have a large expanse of land I wanted to use for crop farming but cassava is not it now despite it will take over 12months to mature, cocoa, palm kernel, and cashew will take years but poultry will take less. So am asking if to see if can change the plan for commercial poultry farm |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by Ura: 4:48am On Apr 14, 2015 |
noblefarm: Poultry is lucrative. When you are ready to start, as in, even when before you start the foundation, call me. I will guide you. Many people get it wrong from the very beginning, then they start complaining afterwards. |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by israelotics: 4:30pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
Thanks All Ur Advice Is Really Helpful |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by PURITYMYPRIDE(m): 8:46pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
I don't think people should invest in poultry farming now.Bird flu is in Nigeria.thank you. 1 Like |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by israelotics: 11:14am On Apr 15, 2015 |
Plz Gals Is It Possible For Broilers To Lay Eggs |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by israelotics: 2:27pm On Apr 15, 2015 |
Will 20k Be Enough To Feed 10 Broilers To Maturity. |
Re: Is It Ok To Start A Housefarm With 5 Layers ? by FarmTech(m): 9:09pm On Apr 15, 2015 |
israelotics:.. I'm not a broiler farmer, but some of them would say N600/bird to cover cost of doc, feed, medicatn and vaccination. From that it seems 10 birds would need N6000. Broiler farmers shud pls confirm this. |
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