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Welcome folks; hope you having a good time? Hope you have been able to read our last article on broiler production . This time around, we want to talk more on layers, as some of us know, layers are birds raised majorly for their eggs. We do have a lot of breeds, but the most common is the Isa Brown, we also have, Bovan Black, Bovan Brown, Hyline and a host of other great breeds. In this article, we want to deal with the reasons why your laying birds might not be giving you their best. Asides the fact that the production of birds dwindle as they advance in age, and the issue of theft in some strange circumstances, some other factors might be responsible. We have highlighted 10 of them, enjoy as you read: ·         Quality/Quantity of feed : Quality has to do with the richness of the feed, does it contain all the essential micro and macro nutrients in the right proportion? Quantity on the other hand, talk about the amount of feed they eat, birds have specific nutrient requirem

         EIGHT WEEKS PRODUCTION EXPENSES FOR 1000 BROILERS       Good to have you here, sure you are doing great. Today we are going to take a look at the cost of producing 1000 broilers for eight weeks. First what is broiler?  Broilers are domestic birds that are reared majorly for their meat, they grow faster than those reared for eggs. They are consumed all over the country and am yet to hear of a part of the country that rejects the meat of broilers. Straight to work, we have been able to get ourselves acquainted with what broiler is, now the production expenses: N.B: cost is made is Nigerian currency (naira #) Purchase of 1000 day old broilers at 300 per one- 300,000 Medications (depending on maker):         A ntibiotics: 7,000 Vitamins: 5,000 Deworming: 1,500 Vaccination: 1 st , 2 nd  3rd Gumboro: 13,000 (Gumboro is given against infectious bursal disease) 1 st , 2 nd  3rd Lasota: 4000 (Lasota is given to curb Newcastle disease) 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd