Yeah!! I succeeded in surfing through the 23 pages of the thread (presently) and I must say'God bless all the contributors real good'.. ..... Though a prospective pig farmer and must say this thread has been really inspiring!!
Once again God bless!!

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@paul80
Hello my 'Ogas'. I am a beginner in pig farming. Please in what proportion can I combine pkc, cassava peels and litter (chicken dropping), if these were the only materials I could source?

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hope u subjected the cassava to heat to destroy the hydrogen cyanide in it cos it can be very poisonous to livestock wen consumed fresh

Helo my ogas
Pls in what proportion can I combine pkc, casavva peels and chicken dropping? I await a response pls

paul80:
Helo my ogas
Pls in what proportion can I combine pkc, casavva peels and chicken dropping? I await a response pls

Poultry litter shouldn't exceed 10%.

Is it ok to construct a pig pen without roofing? Pls I need advice. The roofing cost is too much for me as I am just starting out

Mackson01:
Is it ok to construct a pig pen without roofing? Pls I need advice. The roofing cost is too much for me as I am just starting out

it's not ok... pigs require a form of roofing even if it's primitive roofing

Hello everyone,I have been following this thread from beginning to this point and I learnt a lot from all who have contributed to this thread.
Please I would like to ask the house if one can feed pigs with bakery left overs,discarded fruits by fruit sellers and fast food left overs as well.will it lead to complications.

Pig farming gurus in the house... pls how do you weigh your pigs for sale. I discovered that pig buyers prefer to use their hanging scales thereby finding a way to cheat the farmer having tampered with the weighing equipment. Also, I found out the pigs are subjected to stress and injuries with the crude method of tying the pig and hanging it up with the scale. Pray, are there no weighing scales the pigs can simply walk into and be weighed? This should save the farmer the stress of running after the pig to tie it and then labouring to carry it up to hang on the hanging scale. I would appreciate contributions, please.

wakabout:
Pig farming gurus in the house... pls how do you weigh your pigs for sale. I discovered that pig buyers prefer to use their hanging scales thereby finding a way to cheat the farmer having tampered with the weighing equipment. Also, I found out the pigs are subjected to stress and injuries with the crude method of tying the pig and hanging it up with the scale. Pray, are there no weighing scales the pigs can simply walk into and be weighed? This should save the farmer the stress of running after the pig to tie it and then labouring to carry it up to hang on the hanging scale. I would appreciate contributions, please.

Go through the thread and u will get the answer to ur question. Someone posted a pix of such weighing scale here

Pls am new here just starting I need nipple anyone to help me and let me know the cost for one I would need 20 you can reach me on donvee4glory@yahoo.com or whatsapp me on 07014993831

lagbaja:
I am into pig farming. Pig farming is one of the most lucrative arms of animal farming. Pigs are highly prolific, giving birth to an average of 10 piglets per farrow. Typically a pig farrows 2.5 times in a year. So in a year, a pig can give birth to about 25 piglets.

The biggest variable cost component in pig farming is feed cost. It accounts for about 70% of the total cost. Your ability to source your pool feed in a manner that is most cost effective is your success determinant. Typically, pigs have FCR in the range between 2 and 4 depending on the breed and on the feed formulation. FCR means feed conversion ratio. It is a measure of how much kg of feed an animal will eat to produce 1kg of live weight.

This the is formula I adopt for my pigs (Modified for Amino Acid Balancing)

50% of cassava ( I buy them Fresh, break them into chips, dry and store them)
30% pkc
10% GNC( groundnut meal) or SBM (soyabean meal)
6% blood meal
2.5%. Oyster shell/bone meal/ lime stone
0.25% lysine
0.25% methionine
0.5% salt
0.25% premix
0.03% (3g per 1kg bakers Yeast) ( probiotic)
0.1% H-Plus from Animalcare

The above feed formulation will cost you about N30 per kilo. 1kg of live pig is sold for between N280 and N300. If your pig consumes 3kg of feed to give 1 kg of meat, It means that it will cost you N90 to produce 1kg of live weight. Therefore you make a gross margin of N300 - N90= N210.

The other component of pig farming that is capital intensive is their housing. Pig housing has to be properly planed according to the number of pigs you intend to grow. You need to decide whether you want to do batch (all in all out) or continuos pig production (first in first out).

The biggest pig farm in west Africa is at oke aro , Agege. Another one is at Gberigbe Ikorodu. Accomodation costs at this locations are very high. I will advice you to site your pig pen close to where you can get cheap land and source raw materials at low price. Eg cassava plantations.

Technology application will greatly hep you in your pig farming. Fr example using, pig ni.ppl.es (see picture below) will ensure that you deliver constant and clean water to your pigs , it will also reduce labor requirements. You also need to construct a manure allay within your pig house so that when they poo poo, you can flush it away via the manure allay ( the manure allay is like a gutter).

Sir what if I replace the cassava with brewery wast.. .

lagbaja:
I am into pig farming. Pig farming is one of the most lucrative arms of animal farming. Pigs are highly prolific, giving birth to an average of 10 piglets per farrow. Typically a pig farrows 2.5 times in a year. So in a year, a pig can give birth to about 25 piglets.

The biggest variable cost component in pig farming is feed cost. It accounts for about 70% of the total cost. Your ability to source your pool feed in a manner that is most cost effective is your success determinant. Typically, pigs have FCR in the range between 2 and 4 depending on the breed and on the feed formulation. FCR means feed conversion ratio. It is a measure of how much kg of feed an animal will eat to produce 1kg of live weight.

This the is formula I adopt for my pigs (Modified for Amino Acid Balancing)

50% of cassava ( I buy them Fresh, break them into chips, dry and store them)
30% pkc
10% GNC( groundnut meal) or SBM (soyabean meal)
6% blood meal
2.5%. Oyster shell/bone meal/ lime stone
0.25% lysine
0.25% methionine
0.5% salt
0.25% premix
0.03% (3g per 1kg bakers Yeast) ( probiotic)
0.1% H-Plus from Animalcare

The above feed formulation will cost you about N30 per kilo. 1kg of live pig is sold for between N280 and N300. If your pig consumes 3kg of feed to give 1 kg of meat, It means that it will cost you N90 to produce 1kg of live weight. Therefore you make a gross margin of N300 - N90= N210.

The other component of pig farming that is capital intensive is their housing. Pig housing has to be properly planed according to the number of pigs you intend to grow. You need to decide whether you want to do batch (all in all out) or continuos pig production (first in first out).

The biggest pig farm in west Africa is at oke aro , Agege. Another one is at Gberigbe Ikorodu. Accomodation costs at this locations are very high. I will advice you to site your pig pen close to where you can get cheap land and source raw materials at low price. Eg cassava plantations.

Technology application will greatly hep you in your pig farming. Fr example using, pig ni.ppl.es (see picture below) will ensure that you deliver constant and clean water to your pigs , it will also reduce labor requirements. You also need to construct a manure allay within your pig house so that when they poo poo, you can flush it away via the manure allay ( the manure allay is like a gutter).

Sir what if I replace the cassava with brewery wast.. .
And Sir how long do ur pigs take to reach over 100 kg

Boiled soyabeans are currently available for sale in 50kg bags. For pig farmers its a better alternative if you want to add fat and protein to your growing and finishing pigs. Book your order 08189051586

dynamix101:
Boiled soyabeans are currently available for sale in 50kg bags. For pig farmers its a better alternative if you want to add fat and protein to your growing and finishing pigs. Book your order 08189051586

how much is a kilo?

We have fast growing Weaners, Growers, about-to-cross and Hyperactive matured breeding Boars(male pigs) for Sale.

My boars have excellent libido and fly their room pens, they never get tired!!!

we have both Large White, Large Black, PIC breeds.

Farm location is at Ota, Ogun state.Call or SMS 08034209301

what's the demand like across the country and is there opportunity for export ?

jaz:
what's the demand like across the country and is there opportunity for export ?

demand is great!
export already happens to cotonou.
If u process into pork at a competitive price you can export to more nations

femu:
how much is a kilo?

A kilo costs 120 but if you are buying large qty, we can negotiate.

Good works to ALL on this thread.
I have followed this thread keenly 1-24th page and I have also been on Nairaland for some time now, but I will say, this is the best I have ever seen.

All of you guys are so matured, intelligent and with good sense of integrity.

Please don't be offended that am NOT discussing matters on Bower, Farrows Growers, Tips, Weaners etc. ...(I have never heard about those terms until I started following this thread) meaning "am a JJC"

All of you are wonderful minds, most especially GLORIA.-- Coming out publicly again to share a good testimony of Deji after the bashing is a huge sign of good humility from her.

Am also impressed by CHARLES‘s understanding too and i guess same reason he didn’t add further derailing observations.

DEJI’S sense of wisdom, maturity and quest for standard are mind blowing.

My kudos to the entire gurus in pig business on this thread, you have all made my reading /learning worth it.

You guys are example of the type of youth of my good Nation/Nigeria dreams. Good Job Brothers and Sisters. From West/East & North/South and from Keziehenry (1pg) to AreaFada2(12pg) and to dynamix101 (24 pg.) speaking only one voice.

Sir/ma, what is the latest on the piggery Association? Please kindly update all.

I will encourage every great mind on this thread to join.

Regards to All
Femi

Hello house,
I've bin nursing the ambition of going into piggery for a while, and now is the time to start. For a start, I want to go into Fattening and later to Breeding as space and capital abounds. Now my kwestn is this, I av up to 100k and I've goten a parcel of land to start on, there is a ready source of water on the site too, so how do I go about it with 100k capital ?.
Please advice me on the ffg conditions: numba of growers to buy(male or female), type of pen, feeding .. All based on 100k capital. Tnx as I await ur contributions Sir and Ma !

[quote author=OLAplusONE post=37905747]Hello house,
I've bin nursing the ambition of going into piggery for a while, and now is the time to start. For a start, I want to go into Fattening and later to Breeding as space and capital abounds. Now my kwestn is this, I av up to 100k and I've goten a parcel of land to start on, there is a ready source of water on the site too, so how do I go about it with 100k capital ?.

Hi Ola. I'm assuming that your 100k is all you are expecting to spend till your pigs are ready for sale, hopeim right?
First, earmark 50% for feeding,drugs etc. Next, since you don't have pens,consider renting or construct 1 by yourself on your land. You will need to be very imaginative; use strong but cheap materials and be prepared to be making corrections regularly. I think renting should be cheaper but it depends on your location really.
As per sex of your pigs, it doesn't really matter since you are fattening. After deducting 50k ,for food etc, plus watever you spend on your pen, you'll be left with less than 50k. U should be able to get 4-5 growers; be more particular about breed NOT sex.
Hope this helps. Waiting for other contributions.

i have over 60 Adult pigs for sale and over 75 piglets. pls interested buyers should call me 07065001983, 08060596090, 08057372887 thank you.

upcoming farmer!

how easy can one get large supply of spent brewery grain? I need it urgently

fidelism:
how easy can one get large supply of spent brewery grain? I need it urgently

I no the guy in charge of the brewery waste at ibadan,so if ur farm is in ibadan he can supply u

tayo52:
I no the guy in charge of the brewery waste at ibadan,so if ur farm is in ibadan he can supply u

I need it in Lagos.

get PIC pig @ affordable price.

i just want to know the state of pig producer association of nigeria. i think, it is high time we begin to do something about it. if we cooperate together, sky is never a limit. long life pig farmers.

PLS I NEED AN EXOTIC BOAR IN IBADAN(AROUND 50KG) URGENTLY.

Please house, can some one give me a good formular to prepare creep feed