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Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Eggcelent(m): 7:06am On Jul 15, 2015 |
Abiola1016. Prices of feeds vary based on brands & location. Growers go for between #1850 & #2300; Layers between #2200 & #2500. IMO, there is no "best" brand. The stage of growth/life of the birds determine the brand I feed them with. You may wish to consider these in no particular order; Livestock, Vital, Amo Bygn, Top & Animal Care. You can reduce the cost per bag by between #200 & #500 depending on the method you adopt. For example, you can save about #200/bag by mixing concentrates with grounded maize & wheat offal from Golden Penny. You can save up to #500/bag by substituting wheat offal with rice bran. NOTE: the figures are based on 25kg bags of feeds. Finally, the quantity of feeds to be consumed by 1200 birds will be determined by their age. 18 weeks + birds will consume six 25kg bags of feeds daily or a little less. Success. 3 Likes |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Abiola1016: 11:20am On Jul 15, 2015 |
Thanks for the quick response.... is it cheaper to produce local feed? Like how much is the standard price to produce a 50kg local feed? Standard meaning with just standard ingredients |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Eggcelent(m): 1:03pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
Abiola1016. I thought my response was explicit enough for you to glean all the answers you needed. As to whether it's cheaper to make your own feeds; yes, it should be depending own where & in what quantity you source the components/ingredients. However, your overriding concern should be quality at the most cost effective price rather than cheap prices. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by obstead200(m): 2:23pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
Eggcelent:well am honored to have the almighty prof. eggcelent respond personally to my post. Thanks a lot. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by tosindguy: 6:53pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
fnk: Ping, I studies agric but d plant aspect. Now I want to start a very small farm for cockrel only, can I get a details article on how to go abt it. Tho, I av very little idea sha. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by WESTERNER19: 8:12am On Jul 16, 2015 |
hi all, I av 180 old layers for sale in ibadan at a reasonable price...interested person shld notify. thanks |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by tunezvic(m): 4:56pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
Am having some issues with my 21 weeks layers. some of the birds died today and I decide to do a post mortem diagnosis on the birds, then I discovered some growing tumor on the intestine on one of the birds. This the first time am seeing such a case. Mortality is up to 20 already and I have some weak ones that are still down. Note:they just started dropping 2 week ago. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by adebamtech(m): 6:46pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
tunezvic:sorry for this ugly incident. but if i may ask, did you missed any of the vaccine/drugs before they reached laying period? are they on deep litter or battery cage? |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by tunezvic(m): 8:07pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
adebamtech:No! ..they are on deep litter, planning to move them to cage by next week. Have been treating them for respiratory disease but it seems they took a new turn today,that was when I discovered the growth of some lump on their intestine..my oga in the house, I need your suggestions. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by davidzfarm18(m): 9:27pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
tunezvic: Its well with ur birds. I hope you did not miss Marek's. Tumour in intestine suggest leucosis group of virus. Lymphoid Leucosis which affected my birds starts from 24th-26th Week and hence ruled out. Marek's could be very dangerous as it slowly kills the birds and what more, the timing. Unless you take the sample for analysis. you can not rule out Fowl Cholera or Typhoid which you can use Colistine or cyprofloxacin to take care of it. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by pathology(m): 12:32am On Jul 17, 2015 |
good morning house, how can I control mosquitoes invasion in my broilers' pen |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by fnk: 5:06am On Jul 17, 2015 |
tosindguy: Personal, I am not a fan of cockerel, they take time to grow, and even though they look big, when dressed. They look skinny and just Bonny. Though DOC is pretty cheap, zatech to to us at N10 when I was doing my experiment. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by fnk: 5:07am On Jul 17, 2015 |
pathology: How is the surrounding area? Mosquitoes has never been an issue in my broiler pen. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Tmex(m): 7:57am On Jul 17, 2015 |
fnk:. The higher the demand, the higher the price and the lower the demand too, the lower the price too. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Eggcelent(m): 11:35am On Jul 17, 2015 |
Dutch experiment: Feeding live insects to chickens 12746NUTRITION Dutch feed producer ForFarmers and the Department of Entomology at Wageningen UR, the Netherlands have together launched a trial in which broiler chickens are being fed live insects. Dutch experiment: Feeding live insects to chickens Insects are rich in protein. With this trial, both parties want to investigate whether the broiler chicks grow healthy and at the right pace when they receive live insects as an addition to the feed. The trial is being carried out at the ForFarmers pilot plant in Nijkerk, the Netherlands with 1,000 chicks. The animals are divided in to 4 different groups, allocated 4 different diets. The parties involved hope to make a positive step forward regarding sustainability by encouraging chickens in their natural behaviour. The first results are expected at the end of September. Even if the results are positive, it will take some time before this feeding regime will be implemented in practice, because its application is fairly costly. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Eggcelent(m): 1:51pm On Jul 17, 2015 |
German poultry industry agrees to beak trimming ban 0458BROILERS Beak trimming in the German poultry industry is going to become a thing of the past following the signing of a voluntary agreement which will ban the practice as of 1 January 2017. German poultry industry agrees to beak trimming ban The move is a key component of an animal welfare initiative "A question of attitude". Signatories of the pioneering agreement are the Central Association of German Poultry Industry Association, the German Egg Association and the Association of German Turkey Producers and the country's Federal Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt. In signing the agreement, the poultry industry has committed to stop beak trimming of layers from 1 August 2016, and to stop stocking pullets with trimmed beaks from 1 January 2017. "Timely as well as ambitious" "We are in Germany on the right track to become the EU trendsetter in animal welfare," Schmidt commented on the signing. "The agreement is timely as well as ambitious in comparison to other known initiatives. This is not only a success on the road to more animal welfare, but it also shows that we can achieve a lot with the principle of voluntary commitment." "Animal welfare is key for guiding of our daily work" said Leo Graf von Drechsel, president of the Central Association of the German poultry industry. "We see ourselves as a constructive partner, we hear very clearly what society thinks and we are proud to have implemented this agreement on a voluntary basis". Calls for EU-wide harmonisation Graf Drechsel also made it clear that the waiver of beak trimming needs an enormous effort from the industry, also in financial terms. In order that this 'tour de force' doesn't start a competitive disadvantage for the German egg producers, the industry and government need to support the policy: "We have to promote this topic at European level", said Graf Drechsel calling for EU-wide harmonisation." by ROSIE BURGIN Jul 17, 2015 |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by fnk: 4:47pm On Jul 17, 2015 |
Tmex: Dude! the price different in most cases is too much, look at from N180, to N100, I have seen somethings from N170 to N80. And it also goes the other way round. The difference is just too much. It is either they are loosing a lot of money when they make those changes and or making one heck of money all the time. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by grownaira: 8:55pm On Jul 17, 2015 |
fnk: Cost of production of doc is less than N50. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by kelvin96: 12:34am On Jul 18, 2015 |
tunezvic: Are there paralysis? On a more serious note , did you gave them mareks vaccine? if yes when was it ? |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by davidzfarm18(m): 10:59pm On Jul 18, 2015 |
tunezvic; How far with ur birds? @segun1976:-Hope you are smiling to the bank already. Great wkend house |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Tmex(m): 11:16pm On Jul 18, 2015 |
fnk:they make profit even at N80 and tend to maximize the profit once there's an increase in demand, |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by tunezvic(m): 11:18pm On Jul 18, 2015 |
kelvin96:not really paralysis,the symptoms is more of crd. I gave them mareks when they were 2weeks old.. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by segun1976: 8:31am On Jul 19, 2015 |
davidzfarm18:Thanks to everyone on thiss forum. God helped us to weather the storm. However production dropped from about 65% to 55%, this iss because we crashed d feed from 100g/bird/day to less than 70g to manage excess fat which we thought was responsible for the mortalities we were experiencing. Other measure we took include reducing the maize in our feed formulation and adding 1% limestone. The water lines were flushed and litter packing was daily and rescheduled to the evenings. With all this and a mild treatment of CRD, mortality reduced to an average of 1bird/day. Egg size reduced but production has started to clim gradually. This batch is about 2c wks and now at 61% production. We lost 3% of the birds to the crisis but we thank God for His mercies. We should start smilling to tha bank soonest. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by segun1976: 8:34am On Jul 19, 2015 |
Happy Sunday, Farmers, please what is the price of layer concentrate in your location? Animal care cost N3,450 in Ikorodu, Lagos state. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by davies427: 12:05pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
segun1976:@ segun hw did u flush ur water line. Did u use a pressure machine or just manually flushing. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by Eggcelent(m): 12:27pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
segun1976. Akure - #3490. Owo - #3560. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by jamp: 1:02pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
Eggcelent: Animal care concentrate cost more than top feed, any reason for that |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by segun1976: 3:44pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
davies427:It was a manual flushing (just opening the end of the line and allowing water flow through while the overhed was full) |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by segun1976: 3:46pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
Eggcelent:Seems it's marginally cheaper in Lagos. Maybe cost of transportation is responsible. |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by segun1976: 3:48pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
As a Bizfarmer (combination of business & farming), I'm thinking about the impact of spent-layer disposals (during the salah) on the price of eggs. Do you think it would really matter? |
Re: Starting A Poultry Farm (a Blog) by segun1976: 3:51pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
Eggcelent:This means average cost of layer feed would be higher than N85/kg in a place like Owo?? |
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