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Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by kannyluv(f): 2:27pm On Jul 16, 2020 |
I want to start local chicken business too.I don't know how to go about it. Please should I buy 25 day old local chicks and sell in next six months or ....Please guide me.I am confused |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by gbemmytop(m): 4:48pm On Jul 16, 2020 |
wisdomline:Good evening everyone, Pls for blood stain poo or brown watery poo organic treatment, in Wat proportion would the ginger, garlic and bitter leaf mixture be in a 4litre drinker? Pls I need urgent answers. Seeing blood stain and brown watery poo in my noilers pen. thanks |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by kannyluv(f): 6:18pm On Jul 16, 2020 |
gbemmytop:add 30-40ml of bitterleaf extract to 1litter of cleanwater |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by gbemmytop(m): 7:54pm On Jul 16, 2020 |
kannyluv:Thanks... Pls, what about the scent leaf, garlic nd ginger? Can all be mixed together nd administered same time? |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by sunbreaker: 9:25pm On Jul 16, 2020 |
Farouq94:. I think you can used cockerel,instead of this long process or what do you think? Because my parent tried it when I was in the village then and we got an improved breed |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by kannyluv(f): 9:34pm On Jul 16, 2020 |
gbemmytop:. you can mix scent leave and bitter leaves together. it is the treatment of coçcidiosis 1 Like |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Redman44(m): 2:23am On Jul 17, 2020 |
sodeeqsulaimon88: I have attached a picture of the Fulani chicken to this post I am making. This is how the fulani breed of chicken looks like ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2 Likes
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Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Azarina: 3:52am On Jul 17, 2020 |
Hello beautiful people I'm sad for not discovering this lovely thread as at the time I started my local hen farming And I'm so happy, I discover this thread when I'm starting to see this hobby as a business. I sincerely appreciate every beautiful minds here, i had thought I'm the only person on earth seeing a vision in the local hen farming Not knowing I'm just a learner. Thank you all for sharing your knowledge without holding back anything My journey I bought my first hen at the market (24th August 2019)at #800 It laid 12eggs(oct)and hatched 10(nov) I kept the mother and chick in the cage and gave broiler starter. At wk2, I noticed dropping feathers and stunted growth. I gave them herbal medication, it wasn't working I let down out of the cage to scavenge in order to self medicate. No improvement .the mother was always coming home to ask for broiler starter Eventually, I lost 6 The surviving 4 are 3 females and a male After 6 months (July 2020).the mother and 2 daughters collectively hatched 13 chick's. I lost all to this same strange disease and they also had coryza and pox. The mothers are having fighting for custody of the chicks I've sold 4 chicken to the market women I will try the neem and aloe gel extract, i pray it will help combat this strange disease. I always have this outbreak each time I cage them Im very happy to be here. Next, I'm going to buy 1 female noiler and 1 Fulani breed 3 Likes |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by NativeChicken: 12:25pm On Jul 17, 2020 |
Good day All. Its given we all agree that our local chicken breed can be commercialized for good profit. Its also given that we can improve their meat & egg production capacity by crossing them with other breeds like Noiler, Layer, Fulani etc for improved efficiency. What with now need to discuss , i believe are 3 major factors that will enhance productivity and profit :- 1. How do we handle Health - Vaccination & Antibiotic treatment?? 2. What are the standard management processes we need to employ? 3. How do we cut down feed cost without inhibiting production?? These are some salient issues we need to address for our local chicken business to thrive 1 Like |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by sodeeqsulaimon88(m): 2:25pm On Jul 17, 2020 |
NativeChicken:We dey follow you bumper to bumper |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by QTCL(m): 4:15pm On Jul 17, 2020 |
From my experience so far on this local chicken and noiler commercialisation,i have thought about it, that one cant rely only on the local hens for hatching of eggs,like for example in my farm,my noilers poduces far more fertilised eggs than the local hens and getting them broody at each point to hatch all the available eggs have been a challenge as the local hens dont go broody all at once. This as brought me to the conclusion that an incubator is needed despite having more than 40 local hens or else no commercialisation. Can you show us your battery setup,my incubator is 160watts and am in need of a setup that can un constantly to powe the incubator. Farouq94: |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Excel70: 5:51pm On Jul 17, 2020 |
[quote author=jidestroud post=91362802]Price of local chickens over here goes for N600 for full grown hens, and N800 - N1000 Max for a grown rooster when buying directly from the rural owners. @Farouq94 It's the direct opposite here, the rains brings along with it diseases that kills off the local hens. Their population seems to explode only during the dry season. Most rural farmers tends to buy and raise their chickens during that season cause it possess less diseases that kills them. Moreover, what we have here are the yoruba ecotype chicken. Chai, those chickens no b am at all. There's no difference between them and well fed pigeons when killed. ![]() ![]() [/quote Will the local hen lay egg without mating? When you are referring to the sweet egg is it the boiled or fried? Is it advisable to eat fertilized egg? |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by jidestroud(m): 7:35pm On Jul 17, 2020 |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by sodeeqsulaimon88(m): 10:55pm On Jul 17, 2020 |
jidestroud:Oga jide kindly share how the home made incubator was done...As we'll need an incubator in which only few of us can purchase the ready made |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by mojid22000: 11:41pm On Jul 17, 2020 |
I love this thread I actually made a kerosene lantern incubator using cartons out of curiousity One hen abandoned her eggs so I was really curious if I could hatch the eggs after reading about the kero incubator To God be the glory I hatched 2 eggs out of 4. One egg got spoilt and maybe i was too excited not to candle the other egg well. When disposing it it had a dead chick in it Though I love the experiene and will incubate again in the future My two chicks hatched on the 19th day, I think most local hens do that cos of the small size of the eggs cos my broody hen hatched all nine eggs on 19th day too Though she didn't get up much cos I had food and water by her side My incubator chicks are 3 day old now 3 Likes
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Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by sodeeqsulaimon88(m): 9:58am On Jul 18, 2020 |
mojid22000:can you please share how the kero incubator was made |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by SoftHeart(m): 10:04am On Jul 18, 2020 |
Greetings all, I noticed that my Noilers (about 15 weeks old now) doesn't like to eat formulated feeds, I have tried several brands (Top feed, Vital, Chikun, and one other feed that I couldn't remember the name at the moment). They always ignore the feeds. Say I give them feed in the morning when I come back in the afternoon, it will still be there, almost untouched, so I will be forced to take it to the broilers in the cage. When we bought them, we restricted their movement for two weeks and fed them formulated feeds, which they actually eat to a reasonable extent. Thereafter we released them to free range in the backyard and ever since they've been avoiding formulated feeds. They eat more of kitchen food waste, which I believe is not always enough for them, they eat leaves too (bitter leaves, water leaves and some other leaves). I'm worried because I think they may not grow well, so I've been searching for an alternative, I gave them some millet and guinea corn, it seems they love it as much as they love eating kitchen food waste. So we bought some, but I noticed that both millet and guinea corn is more expensive than formulated feeds when I compared the price per kilogram. Has anyone experienced this situation with their Noilers? Is there anywhere I can get millet and guinea corn at a cheaper price? The price here is about N200 per kilogram. 1 Like |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by gbemmytop(m): 11:44am On Jul 18, 2020 |
SoftHeart:My 7weeks old noilers did same dis week, I was very disturbed cuz I haven't had such experience b4 nw despite my years of rearing birds. Had to change to chikun pellets, they r gradually taking to it, a few of them r still learning to pick the pellets thou. |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by mojid22000: 11:51am On Jul 18, 2020 |
sodeeqsulaimon88: Just an experiment oo Not a standard incubator I got a larger carton, put an indomie carton in it, cutting open one side. I line the bottom of the indomie carton with a towel. Put a lantern on the opposite side facing the side I cut opened I placed the thermometer/hygrometer on the towel to measure the temp and humidity, that was like a day before placing the eggs I had small water in a plactic placed beside the lantern I regulated the lantern till I got the ideal temperature 100.5 but it fluctuates a lot even after been stable for a long time so putting an eye on it is a must Turned eggs three time a day Raised humidity to 60% on the 18th day, though it has always fluctuated between 48 and 52% Ibhad a hard time raising it but I did it and to my surprise the eggs pipped on the 19th and hatched on the 20th Will build a better one in the future by God's grace I have forced air incubator in mind. 5 Likes |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Azarina: 2:14pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
mojid22000: Can you please do this on YouTube for as to get a better view or you download to your Google drive 1 Like |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by NativeChicken: 2:47pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
My Fulani x Noiler cross @ 2weeks old. Just seperated them from the mother hen this morning. 3 Likes
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Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by mojid22000: 4:24pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
NativeChicken: Which is the rooster is it the fulani or the noiler? |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by mojid22000: 5:15pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
Azarina: There are actually a lot of videos on YouTube that I watched before actually proceeding Here are some links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcWJqKhe8U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ_sWjdCVao 2 Likes |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by NativeChicken: 7:02pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
mojid22000: The Fulani is the Cock I once heard about a comparative research that examined the performance of chicks from various crosses involving our local breeds and some foreign breeds. The Fulani Male x Foreign female cross did very well. These are my 1st chicks from the cross and so far, am impressed 1 Like |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by mojid22000: 8:30pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
NativeChicken: I like that Hope they will be get the broody trait when they become adults and grow as fast and big as noiler Will keep in touch to know how it goes |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by QTCL(m): 11:00am On Jul 19, 2020 |
Nice birds,do you vaccinate them at this point or is there any organic treatment you use at there early stage.Am saying this because for other birds like broilers,layers,noilers..we buy in bulk and do lasota,gumboro fowl pox but in a case where chicks are hatched in clusters from time to time,how can this vaccination be carried out.i give mine lasota when giving to my other birds ... NativeChicken: |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by QTCL(m): 11:06am On Jul 19, 2020 |
I bought a bag of chikun grower yesterday and my boy and i realised that the bags are not up to 25kg and whereas the price as gone up from 3000naira to 3170naira..i use wheat offal together with growers as feed and sometimes give them waterleaf and broken watermelons from the farm as a treat but at this point i am thinking of other type of feed to drive cost down.I am open to suggestions,someone said brewery waste but my challenge with that is that they come wet and drying them in the raining season might be a problem. NativeChicken: |
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Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by NativeChicken: 12:48pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
QTCL: No, i dont vaccinate them in the regular sense. i use organic meducation. So, i use Itagiri ( Christmas Melon), Apple Cider Vinegar and Ginger & Garlic extracts. I also give them Organic multivitamin and calcium |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 7:50pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
sodeeqsulaimon88: I do not have a full picture of a fulani hen, but if you’re familiar with the noiler hen, some fulani hens can be as big as them. The issue of buying chicken from the market is diseases. Most of them are subject to already infected environment so by the time you buy them and bring them, they are usually very weak. If the market is your only alternative, you can choose the most vibrant chicken you see, inspect its crop to see if there is any feed inside, check the vent to see if its clean ...measures like those that will make sure you get healthy stock. Then when you bring them home, quarantine them and give them antibiotics, dewormers and vitamins till you’re satisfied that they are healthy enough to free-range. Never ever mix birds from the market with your existing birds. Always quarantine them first. Feed formulation is very technical, though local chickens are very forgiving compared to broilers. I suggest you start with already made feed first to give your chicks a good start. Then later start finding alternatives close to you. I personally do not like giving young chicks maize offal, because I find a lot of impurities inside, and that can give a chance for infection to set in especially for young chicks that do not have enough immunity. For adult chickens, I mix it with their feed. Either way, maize offal is lower in crude protein than wheat bran, but higher in energy. A ratio of 1:2 will give you roughly 17.3% CP. Assuming average CP of maize offal at 10% and your starter at 21%. For wheat bran, a ratio of 1:1 will give you an average of 18% CP. So lets say you’re producing a 15kg feed, 10kg starter + 5kg maize offal will dilute your CP down to 17.3%. 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 7:54pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
Frankyfaith: You cut beaks to stop cannibalism, feather-picking between birds. Look at the set-up of battery cages and commercial layer production, birds are usually very stressed and that causes all sorts of bad behavior amongst them. So if your birds are free-ranging and have a lot of space, you do not need to cut their beaks. |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 7:59pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
sunbreaker: The Brahma cross breeds I have weren’t an intentional effort. It just happened. And I noticed that their offspring laid much more eggs than the local chicken, and thats part of the reason I started this project. So if this project proves successful, the goal is to pick the best performers from their offspring, get the black cockerel and start my commercial operation from there. You need to get as many eggs as possible from these local chickens. |
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