DammyOlu123:
Hello house. I am a new turkey farmer, with 30 6-, week old birds.

I have heard that it is recommended to separate the birds with a male:female ratio of about 1:4. This is to ensure proper fertilization of the females(because I plan on collecting and hatching the eggs, and selling off the hatchlings), and also to prevent fighting (something I witnessed firsthand! )

So, I would like to know if keeping the turkeys in pens would disrupt the organic farming I'm aiming for(less fat when they are table-size)

Any other advice would be appreciated (eg best feed to give, when to change type of feed[chick to growers mash], any precautions to take, etc.)

P.S.: They are still on top feed chick mash. How may weeks old is it advisable to switch to growers mash? I plan on using top feed throughout, because I heard it is good for laying female turkeys. any contrary opinion?

Happy belated new year.

pls how can I get the contact of the person you purchase from.

Liadi2:
pls how can I get the contact of the person you purchase from.

Drop your number, let's talk. She stays at Alakia axis, if that'll be convenient for you. I don't know if she'll still have the same stock I bought from though.
damilola_toochi@yahoo.com. Mention me if you send an email.

Good a.m good people, new to the thread. Please, as a newbie to poultry farming, wch page of the thread can I visit for required information?
Thanks

pls house did any body has experienced light brown poo poo in chicks? and it looks like worms inside.

Eggcelent:
Limamini. Ok. Understood now. I'll suggest you persevere a little more. All things being equal, your birds will start producing enough eggs to meet expenses on their feeds with a little profit beside. Success.

Eggcelent my boss of life thanks for bringing peace to my poultry puzzle and a very big happy new year to you. My birds are doing fine now. I have been able to get six crates of pullet eggs from my little form during the past one week. Attached is one of the crate of eggs.

Limamimi:


Eggcelent my boss of life thanks for bringing peace to my poultry puzzle and a very big happy new year to you. My birds are doing fine now. I have been able to get six crates of pullet eggs from my little form during the past one week. Attached is one of the crate of eggs.

Eggcelent am facing a little problem in the form of the eggs cracking. What can I do to reduce the rate of cracking in egg.

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To all in the house I wish you all a prosperous new year and prosperous poultry farming. Am proud to be a poultry farmer.

Nbg4real. Brownish poo with worm-like features is likely a sign of CRD + coccidiosis. How old are are the birds? Limamimi. Thanks Ma. Cracked eggs could be due to a number of factors; the housing (cage or deep litter?), quality of feeds (what is the calcium content & are you giving layers or growers mash?), & sickness (NCD). From pix of the eggs here, I think you birds have issue with NCD. When was the last time you administered Lasota?

Eggcelent. Happy new year. I'm now at 92% of lay. I photostimulated them on 30th of December to increase the egg sizes but the birds were just sleeping anyhow. Lol. Their sizes are improving though. The market women still pay #550/crate but I hope to jack it up to #600 in few days. I already copied the phone number you posted.

#Farmers

A Most Prosperous New yr to all the noble farmers here.
I want to
appreciate the zeal, passion, commitment and absolute dedication of eggcelent, jamp, and others who have passionately kept This thread alive.
This is wishing all a most Eggciting 2016.
every farmer on this thread eggsperience will be that of Isaac IJMN.

viktor556:
Eggcelent. Happy new year. I'm now at 92% of lay. I photostimulated them on 30th of December to increase the egg sizes but the birds were just sleeping anyhow. Lol. Their sizes are improving though. The market women still pay #550/crate but I hope to jack it up to #600 in few days. I already copied the phone number you posted.

@viktor556 congrats, how old are your birds and how many are they

davidzfarm18:
A Most Prosperous New yr to all the noble farmers here.
I want to
appreciate the zeal, passion, commitment and absolute dedication of eggcelent, jamp, and others who have passionately kept This thread alive.
This is wishing all a most Eggciting 2016.
every farmer on this thread eggsperience will be that of Isaac IJMN.

..happy new year bro.......still waiting for eggsoooo

Mykeolinks:

@viktor556 congrats, how old are your birds and how many are they

They are 92 and 24 weeks old. With an initial stock number of 300. I lost 200+ to Gumboro when they were only 4weeks + old.

Happy new year to all the poultry farmers in the house.
May we all be favoured this year.

How do u keep soldier ants and other and away from the farm?

Also how do u provide security from theft?

mercylicious:
How do u keep soldier ants and other and away from the farm?

Also how do u provide security from theft?

Soldier ant spray them with Gamalin20 or DD force if u are on battery cage system.
Theft is it the workers or thieves.

viktor556:
They are 92 and 24 weeks old. With an initial stock number of 300. I lost 200+ to Gumboro when they were only 4weeks + old.

Jeez... @Viktor556 can you shed more lights on your experience with the gumboro so we'd learn, cud it be as a result of gumboro failure or you didn't administer gumboro vaccine @ all... Please a detailed explanation and possible mistakes you made could be of help to us

Anyone in the House who can supply me 300 point of Lay next week shd pls call 08035038061.
thanks.

davidzfarm18:
Anyone in the House who can supply me 300 point of Lay next week shd pls call 08035038061.
thanks.

Whr is ur location.

Anyone in possession of a good/standard PEN for lease in Ibadan or its environment should please contact me. Thanks!

Please how much do I need for a poultry farm. I have a parcel of land. I want to start on a small scale and work my way up. What is the minimum budget I should have?

alakara:
Whr is ur location.

Abuja

So here's what really went down.

I administered Gumboro on the 2nd week. Lasota a week later. I was supposed to repeat Gumboro the ff week but my birds had issues with Cocci. My DOC was from CHI.

I was using Centre-dicox but no improvement. I switched to Totravet and there was instant result. I was planning to give them Gumboro vaccine the following day, which was on Monday, when Gumboro struck; on Sunday.

davidzfarm18:
Abuja

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Hello House, I have point of lay for sale at Ibadan. Any interested person should contact me on 08038619766.

Fumbaby:

How many birds will the 50unit take? Is it still available?

we presently have some fairly used imported cage to sell. if interested,pls call 07062252747
check out pictures& details here>>>>> www.facebook.com/survivalpoulty

survivalagro:


we presently have some fairly used imported cage to sell.
if interested,pls call 07062252747

check out pictures& details here>>>>>
www.facebook.com/survivalpoulty

Will get in touch

survivalagro:

we presently have some fairly used imported cage to sell. if interested,pls call 07062252747
check out pictures& details here>>>>> www.facebook.com/survivalpoulty

Hot dip or electro galvanized ? How much per set and what's the capacity of each set ?

survivalagro:

we presently have some fairly used imported cage to sell. if interested,pls call 07062252747
check out pictures& details here>>>>> www.facebook.com/survivalpoulty

What's the minimum unit you can sell?

abbeyforex:

Hot dip or electro galvanized ? How much per set and what's the capacity of each set ?

Hot dip....#35,000 per set....120 birds capacity