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Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 8:06pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
Azarina: Welcome! And thank you for sharing your experience. First off, make sure your environment is very clean. Bio-security is very underrated when it comes to poultry, you need to take it serious. And before you keep new chickens in that cage, please disinfect it with bleach. And try the neem-aloe extract. Its benefits are a lot. 1 Like |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 8:15pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
QTCL: I honestly got tired of doing that synchronized hatching. It was too much effort for not enough reward. So I opted for an incubator. 160w? It sounds like you have that small automatic incubator? The only thing that requires electricity with my incubator is the fan, and its 6amps only, about the energy consumption of one white bulb, so thats why a 50amps battery can power it. The source of heat in my incubator is a kerosene lamp, and currently I estimate around 93 naira kero burn rate per day, which I think is very okay for its capacity. I decided to keep the incubator at home, as we have constant light and I won’t have to spend additional money setting up in the farm. So I didn’t end up buying the battery and the panel. You can ask a solar technician for an estimate to set up your incubator 24/7/365. |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 8:20pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
mojid22000: Well done! Egg size does not affect the length of brooding period, temperature does. So if its hot around your area, you can expect an early hatch. During harmattan, some chickens take up to 22-23 days to hatch. |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 8:24pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
SoftHeart: Wow. Never experienced this before. Maybe they are not used to eating formulated feed. I had similar issue whenever I will buy a local chicken from the market. They will shun the feed at first, but they always come back to eat later on. |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 8:32pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
NativeChicken: I think we’ve all touched on this roughly. We just need to put it into practice. Btw do you or anyone here have access to duckweed and azolla? I need to get some to culture and experiment with them. 1 Like |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by SoftHeart(m): 8:43pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
Farouq94:It's strange to me too, but they eat millet and guinea corn very well, as well as kitchen food waste. I'm worried they would have grown bigger [and heavier] if they had accepted formulated feeds. At about 15 weeks, the average weight is approximately 2.4kg, the biggest rooster is 3.3kg while the smallest hen is 1.9kg. I'm new to farming so I don't know if this weight range is okay for their age. 1 Like |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by sunbreaker: 10:44pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
Farouq94:good job/effort |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by sodeeqsulaimon88(m): 1:12am On Jul 20, 2020 |
is this what the Fulani Ecotype looks like?? |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by sodeeqsulaimon88(m): 1:14am On Jul 20, 2020 |
[quote author=sodeeqsulaimon88 post=91894900]is this what the Fulani Ecotype looks like??
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Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 8:49am On Jul 20, 2020 |
SoftHeart: Their weight is very okay, so you don’t have any thing to worry about, save for the needed calcium when the hens start laying. Try mixing in maize offal with the millet. |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 8:51am On Jul 20, 2020 |
Redman44: The ones you posted are brahma chickens. This is what the fulani rooster looks like @sodeeqsulaimon88 |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by SoftHeart(m): 9:01am On Jul 20, 2020 |
Farouq94: All right. I will do that. Thanks very much. |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 12:28pm On Jul 20, 2020 |
Termites as an Alternative Protein Source If you’re free-ranging your birds, you still need to make sure that they get the most nutritive feed nature has to offer. Black soldier fly larvae, termites, duckweed, the fauna that thrives in composts...etc. All these are nutritious protein sources that you can use to supplement the protein requirement of your local chickens, at a very cheap rate. My first go-to would’ve been the BSF larvae, but because my location is not its natural habitat, growing them will require extra costs and attention, and I prefer a self-sustaining model with minimal input. So I’m going for termites. My chickens love them and we have their colonies in abundance. This is what their larvae look like, their colonies are usually underground and getting a good pic of them is difficult as they do not like light.
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Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by mojid22000: 3:57pm On Jul 20, 2020 |
Farouq94: Read a lot about black soldier flies too. Do we have them here on Nigeria? I hv actually experimented with house flies, Was partially successful but need conscious efforts, space and rotten foods |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by omojacobu25: 4:57am On Jul 21, 2020 |
Farouq94: I have azolla in my farm. Message me on Whatsapp 08139720309 |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 9:54am On Jul 21, 2020 |
omojacobu25: And the duckweed? I’m more interested in that. |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 9:55am On Jul 21, 2020 |
mojid22000: Yes we have them in Nigeria. Depends on your location but a lot of farmers in the south see their larvae in dungs and other farm waste. 1 Like |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by babyboy4every1: 7:09pm On Jul 21, 2020 |
I placed some plank in my pen knowing fully well that, it will invite termites cos they almost destroy my pen some months back. After like a week, i will go and remove the planks. The chicks already know that, there is food under the plank. They eat like kilo de. They really enjoyed the termites. Now, im beginning to see results. They are becoming really big now. I fed them today. Tomorrow is another day. |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 8:10am On Jul 22, 2020 |
babyboy4every1: Its like meat to them lol. They love it! |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by West2North(m): 9:18am On Jul 22, 2020 |
Farouq94: where can I get this noiler bird here in Nigeria. plus if you don't mind, can you drop your WhatsApp number? |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by GafarOlatunji: 9:24pm On Jul 22, 2020 |
Good day everyone, I will say big thanks for everyone for the big share knowledge in this thread, and also to our Oga’s For there continues efforts in research making and helping others. @native chicken,please, how do you make your organic calcium and multivitamins? I got 15 noilers and they are of 9 days today and I wish to strict all medications to organic. Treatment so far, glucose for the first two days, to relax there system from transportation stress,neem leave extract in day 3/5 as antibacterial to treat them with any infection they may have come with, ordinary clean water again at day 6, day 7 I noticed bloody and brown poo , I administered bitter leave, saint leave extract , ginger, garlic, dried pepper and aloe Vera extract.....situation is normal now, but am thinking either to continue this medication until 5days or to stop today after 3rd day, I had prepared tagiri , garlic , ginger extract about 3weeks before their arrival as remedy for vaccination. I feel they need some multivitamin to easy them of previous medications so they will not get too stress, and also some calcium will be good too, but I feed them formulated feeds only , Am not sure if the calcium in the feeds is enough for now? . Please, what am I doing wrong? , hope fear of losing any birds is making me to over medicate them? . Yes 2 of the birds looks week since arrival and not eating like others, but I noticed some changes in them today but yet they are not strong like others and still cannot rush feeds like others..... what can I do? |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by GafarOlatunji: 9:47pm On Jul 22, 2020 |
I forgot to include the bio security measures so far, I washed my brooding cage 3weeks before arrival and apply some kerosine, when I noticed the blood poo I wash the cage again and apply kerosene and also put wood shavings, meanwhile I do not apply wood shavings until I notice the strange poo, but I clean the cage every morning . |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 6:34pm On Jul 23, 2020 |
GafarOlatunji: I think you might be over-medicating them. Try and stick to maximum of three organic extracts. Even two will be okay, and only give for 2-3 days only. Also, you do not need any additional calcium. Calcium is mainly for development of bones in chicks and eggs in grown chicken. If you don’t see any leg defects, you don’t need to add calcium to your feed. Have you ever had coccidiosis outbreak before? I highly doubt your birds will have coccidiosis at Day 6. If they do, then it must be from the hatchery you got them, and you’ll see some symptoms early like pasty vent. |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 6:35pm On Jul 23, 2020 |
West2North: Ask any seller of chicks, they can link you up. |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 6:44pm On Jul 23, 2020 |
This weeks hatch came in at Day 20/21. I tried maintaining the temperature at 37C/37.5C, which is why they’re hatching earlier than my previous batch. Hatch day has fast become my favorite day of the week. There is this inexplicable joy I get every time I open up the incubator and find fluffy chicks chirping. The birds from last week’s hatch are doing great, and a total of 43 chicks consumed less 1000g of feed. Looking forward to comparing notes with this weeks batch. So far about 53 chicks have hatched. 3 Likes
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Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 6:57pm On Jul 23, 2020 |
The first batch of chicks, from my maiden hatch. They clocked four weeks and seeing how fast they’ve grown is really encouraging. I am beginning to see the feasibility of this project! They won’t be out to free-range until they are 2 months. 2 Likes
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Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by West2North(m): 8:01pm On Jul 23, 2020 |
Farouq94:alright boss. thanks |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 5:46pm On Jul 24, 2020 |
Re: Termites as Alternative Protein Source Last week, I bought clay pots, chopped sorghum stalks, added some rice straws, then wet all the media and buried them in the ground. I have no doubt that I’ll capture termites. I’m trying to raise these chickens with as low cost as possible without compromising on quality. The question remains how infinitely scaleable this system is, and if I can supplement my chickens protein requirement even if its by 25%. I guess I’ll find out when I see how many termites one pot can trap.
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Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 5:47pm On Jul 24, 2020 |
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Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Adeoye007(m): 11:12am On Jul 25, 2020 |
Well done everybody, we have a lot of educative and innovative information here. I don't know if you have heard about cricket farming before. Cricket will also serve as a good source of non conventional protein for the birds. Everybody should try and do research on it. |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by wisdomline: 12:30pm On Jul 25, 2020 |
Farouq94: @Farouq94 - Your efforts are quite commendable! I like that you are trying to provide alternative, organic protein for your local poultry. I guess, it would be of immense insight to share my personal termite-hunt experience. Simply, I place used flattened carton or cardboard over the most moist area (especially where I had noticed few insect/termite holes) in my yard. I do this in the evenings. The idea is, by the following morning, you will find termites under the carton. My fowls know this, so they usually cluster around the carton, and start their feast as soon as I remove it. [/b]Similarly, I rear worms as alternative protein for my local poultry as well[b]. I use waste wood-shaving-litters for this process. There is a part of my little farm where I dump used litters. All you need to do is to add water to the heap of the used litters. In fact, I dispose dirty water from my poultry water-cans and drinkers to the dump site. As a result of decomposition, which is accelerated by poultry dungs, water and heat from sun, worms naturally start breeding underneath the decomposing used poultry-litter dump. You would see hundreds of huge, huge worms when you turn the litters with a shovel or rake. Local fowls like this sumptuous delicacy - which can be achieved at almost no extra cost. An |
Re: My Pet Project: Is It Economically Feasible To Rear Local Chickens Commercially? by Farouq94(m): 9:35am On Jul 26, 2020 |
Adeoye007: Thank you. Yes I’ve come across cricket farming when I was researching the BSF larvae. I have a lot of crickets at home and I noticed that whenever I bring out my chicks to stretch their legs, they don’t really eat crickets. But they fight over small termites. Maybe the grown chickens might eat them. |
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