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It has been said over time that feeding alone accounts for close to or a little over 60% of animal production, whether ruminants or non-ruminants The act of making the animals have access to the feed is called  FEEDING. Today, there are many ready made feeds available, some companies are at the top of this ladder, companies like Top Feeds and the rest. Some private feedmills do produce their own feed for commercial Purposes, and reports show that their feeds are quite okay. Today, we will be discussing how to formulate feed for poultry and pigs. To adequately formulate feed for your animals, the following should be put into consideration. - Age of the animal - Nutritional needs of the animal. - Availability of the raw materials - Cost and quality of the raw material. Poultry feed is divided into Chick mash should contain 20-24% crude protein and 2800-2900kcal of energy Starter feed 20-24% crude protein and 2900-3100kcal of energy Growers feed should have Protein content of about 16...

                                                     Pig production has come a long way in the world and in the tropics, as the years went by different breeds of pigs have been developed from pre existing ones. Today, there are scores of different breeds of pigs in the world. The business is a very lucrative one that is worth billions of dollars as we speak many are into it on  small, medium and large scales. Pig meat is the most consumed meat in the world as at now. Pig farming is also called HOG farming, according to wikipedia pig farming is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock and is a branch of animal husbandry. Pigs are farmed principally for food i.e. pork (general name of the meat from domestic pig ), Bacon (salt-cured  pork), Gammon (salt cured meat from the hind leg of a domestic pig). Other t...

A happy new year to you all, trust you doing great. The last time we had a post here was last year. To start this year, we want to take a good look at some lessons learnt from the poor sales experienced by many poultry farmers last year especially during the festive season. Alot of complains have ensured from the poor sales farmers witnessed during the last festive season as result of this and more, we have compiled some lessons we have learnt which we believe will help to forestall a re-occurrence. There was less money to spend: Compared to previous seasons where many people had money to buy as much birds as possible for the festive season, this past year, due to the effect of the COVID-19 and the poor state of the economy, many people could not afford it, some even saw it as a luxury, alternative means were sought.  Many people reared birds themselves: I don’t know if you noticed that some people took the risk and reared some birds themselves hoping to reduce cost, they might not...

  Hello great farmer, trust you and your birds are doing well. Have you ever wondered why some birds did not grow or perform well? Have you ever wondered why some farmers make use of one booster or the other to make their birds grow fast? Well there a number of factors why this happen, in as much as we all want our birds to grow quickly, I have never supported the use of BOOSTERS and some unethical methods. Before we go into the ways of making your birds grow fast, here are some reasons why your birds might not be growing well. THREE REASONS WHY YOUR BIRDS ARE NOT GROWING WELL 1.  Poor stock : T he parent stock or hatchery operations was/were faulty, with this, there is little you can do  order than to give your best management to them.   As such, it is expected you get your birds from reliable hatcheries with good track records of supplying quality birds. 2. Poor Feeding : B irds are garbage in garbage out, they respond to what you feed them , feeding alone accounts...

  Welcome, trust you are doing well and business is going on quite well. This time, we are going to talk on a very important topic in poultry production. How to keep your birds laying optimally. Some years back, when birds start laying and they hit 50% production, they start paying for their feeding but as at now, with the high cost of poultry feed/feed ingredients, your birds will need to lay around 60% to be able to pay for their feeding. This has made it quite imperative for you to ensure your birds lay optimally. The term OPTIMAL means most desirable outcome under a restriction expressed or implied. The ways to keep your birds laying optimally 1.  Get good stock/brood your birds well : If you are buying birds from another farm, be sure the birds are well vaccinated, weigh up to 1.5kg at 18 weeks and are very healthy, these attributes determine a whole lot in the laying journey of your birds. If you are raising them from day old, be sure you don’t joke with their brooding a...

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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, bir...