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tiamiyukunle69:
When naira had great value

But where is Timi Dakolo on the list? My bad....he was on West African Idol....

Dakolo won idols of West Africa not Nigerian Idol

I have learnt a new word today

Dear Nairalanders,

What has 2024 taught you?

For me, this year has been a rollercoaster of emotions, filled with ups and downs. I started the year on a high note, having expanded my farm from 500 to 1,000 capacity. To achieve this, I took loans from family and friends to stock up the farm. However, this decision turned out to be my greatest undoing. As the cost of feed and other expenses rose, it became difficult to keep up. My chickens weren't properly fed, and this led to a significant loss. To make matters worse, a disease struck, and I lost virtually all my investments.

One of the lessons I learned from this experience is that nothing is certain in life, anything can happen to anybody at any time. Just because you're doing well today doesn't mean you'll continue to do well tomorrow. All you can do is hope and pray that evil doesn't befall you. The stress and sadness became overwhelming, and what once brought me joy now brought me pain. I thought that would be the end of it, but little did I know that I still had a long way to go.

Despite shutting down the farm, I was still struggling to pay off the debts I incurred. I had to swallow my pride and look for a job to service my loans, which I'm still doing till this day. But just when I thought things couldn't get any worse about 2 weeks ago, I received a call from my neighbors at the farm that a fire had spread to my farm, partially razing part of my pen and completely razing my banana plantation.

As I reflect on my experiences, I've learned some valuable lessons that I'd like to share with you. Firstly, life is not a straight line, and nothing is set in stone. If I had known that things would take a turn for the worse, I would have diversified my investments instead of putting all my eggs in one basket. Perhaps I would have used part of the farm for crop farming or explored other business ventures. This experience has taught me the importance of diversification and not putting all my hopes in one thing.

Secondly, good people will always be there to help. The people who have been helping me now are some of the same people I was good to in the past. Some of them have even chosen to forgive my debts, which is a huge blessing. Although I still have millions of naira in debts, their kindness and generosity have been a source of comfort during this difficult time.

Thirdly, Prayer is essential. I've come to realize that prayer can move mountains, and it's been a source of strength for me during this challenging time. I encourage everyone to always pray, no matter what they're going through.

Lastly, Don't be afraid to speak out and share your story. Initially, I kept my struggles to myself, but it was killing me gradually. It wasn't until I found the courage to share my story with others that I started to feel a sense of hope and healing. Don't be afraid to open up to people you trust - it may be the first step towards finding the help and you need.

As I look back on 2024, I'm grateful for the lessons I've learned, despite the challenges I've faced. I'm determined to rise from the ashes and start anew, and I hope that my story can inspire others to do the same.

So, Nairalanders, what has 2024 taught you? What lessons have you learned from your experiences, and how have you overcome the challenges you've faced? Let's share our stories

Subsidy that government is it paying. The whole process of fuel importation is dollarized but we are buying fuel at the same price despite the increase in the exchange rate. Lol

BoldBrainz:
- Putting feed on the bare litter material for day old chics to "snack" on was and is a poultry practice that defies logic. If those birds were not properly vaccinated from the hatchery, you'd have had more deaths for that very mistake.

- Tray feeders are no longer advisable for brooding. The idea of chics stooling in their feed and pecking in it, is partly responsible for early coccidiosis. There are modified chic feeders that are price friendly.

- Even if electricity cannot be afforded, kerosene lamps are bad for chics. They're very contributory to Chronic respiratory disease. Small solar lights are serving that purpose now.

- You're wasting medications with the amount of water you're using for your brooding. One drinker of water is enough to meet any round of watering for all 200 chics. A tablespoon of medicine in a drinker, stirred, then shared into other drinkers can serve the purpose, since the water gets replaced three times daily.

- Your vaccination process is a bit worrisome, especially looking at that black container you're mixing it in, which is the same you use to wash drinkers. You're setting yourself up for fowl typhoid, and believe me, that's one illness that 80percent of inorganic veterinary medicines cannot treat.

- Agreeably, heat is important to regulate their temperature, but be certain to properly ventilate that brooding pen whenever the sun starts to come up. Circulation of that "smokey" heat not only causes CRD, but hampers proper growth.

Boss, Can you recommend the best drugs for CRD? I occasionally have issues with it in some of my productions

DrDax:


That's the best feed in the market for now.

Especially their 'yellow bags'.

New hope is a very good brand! Expensive but worth the price

legba1:


Ross 308, thats Agrited breed, i still prefer it to Abbor Acre + .

maybe I'll try Ross this for December. I've heard so much good things about the breed

Questionnaires:


Thanks for the update.

What weight do they attain when you keep them for just 6 weeks ?


Can We See A Picture?



Someone here told me they only rear their chicks for 6 weeks before pushing them out for sales, I was actually in disbelief because I thought that they needed to be raised for Atleast 2½ months.




Thanks for your update.

The 6 weeks growth must have to do with their FAST Feeding and Types of Feeds - I Guess ?

2kg averagely. I produce for restaurants. I get a couple of them that are usually 3kg at 6 weeks say about 10% of the total flock. For the second question, you are right. Quality feed does the greater part of the job

Questionnaires:
Animal Husbandry Operations:

1) How Long Does It Take You To Rear Your Broilers Before You Start Selling Them ?

6 weeks

coldzobo:

We give them ultima feed
Yeah. My mum thinks its the bolded

Ultima is a nice brand. I haven't tried Ross 308 before but I hope to try my hands on them soon. Keep updating us sha. God bless you!

Well done!

What's the name of the brand of feed you are feeding them?

Btw, CRD could be because of cold or they chicks could inherit them from their parents

Like someone above already advised, just run the two businesses simultaneously. Farming in Nigeria is becoming something else. For instance, Poultry Drugs, feeds and inputs are now very expensive, gluts happen occasionally and so you will need other sources of income to stay afloat. This is not to deter you but then 1m might not go far in establishing a pig and poultry farm unless you havestructures in place or maybe you can easily lease structures sha because building structures will take bulk of the startup capital. I wish you the best but don't quit the other job because of poultry and piggery

This is crazy

Aircraft oo. The

Cocoa, sesame, Cashew

070 61364 728. She sells agro inputs in Ibadan

Debater:
My own is that Binani, no matter how corrupt people are saying she is, should be voted in in Adamawa.
Let's see a 2nd female after Etiaba in Anambra, and a first elected female in Nigerian history.
No matter how corrupt some women are, let's be frank with ourselves, they are better at leadership, starting from the home, where they are mothers to their husbands. Women who are corrupt exist, but their statistics are not even up to half of male politicians.

Etiaba did remarkably well just under less than 3 months then, flagging off quite a number of projects. She conducted scholarship exams all throughout Anambra then to get the best, who would be funded at the tertiary levels.
God bless women for us😊😇

Vote a corrupt individual because she is female?

Ceenachi:


Oga shut up
You are not from Anambra

you are from Anambra and you don't know the number of assembly seats in Anambra, aren't you ashamed of yourself? I have just educated you. Learn and move on

KINGofLION:



When there are only 21 assembly seat in Anambra state? Stop manufacturing lies to trend

You are wrong, Anambra has 21 local government and 30 assembly seats

We need to start dragging our governors. How can you be against local government autonomy? They actually do not mean well for us. All they do is not install figure head local government caretaker chairmen and do their biddings

Meajor:
90-100k if I reason all the stress, feed and medicalz. Buh Las Las e go dey olryt

consumers cannot actually pay for the chickens considering the stress the only thing they can do is to compensate farmers.

Christmas is almost here and many Farmers have raised birds specially for this season. Considering the unprecedented increase in prices of Feed, D.O.C, e.t.c experienced this year, How much are you selling your chickens and maybe turkeys? Kindly include location, weight and amount.

God bless you, Op! . I'm planning to plant Okra January or February next year and I have been trying to gather information from practicing Farmers. Your thread is coming at the right time. I would have love to ask questions but then I would wait till you complete your teachings because you would have answered majority of the question by the time you are done with the thread.

Continue the good job

Religious arguments. Practise your religion in peace and let me do the same.


Tribal arguments also

celestialAgent:
lol. Your analysis is a joke!

1.2m in Nigeria would avail you a better life than $2708 would avail you in the UK.

You even reached the monthly value without considering taxation, lmao!!!

Exactly,

I don't know why Nigerians are always swift to convert salaries in Euros, Pounds e.t.c to naira when it is obvious we don't spend those currencies here and they don't spend Naira in those countries. I see such comparison as nonse

Very terrible situation. To venture into poultry now, you need a robust budget

noeloge82:


It all depends on your area no particular standard some places may buy 2kg and some will not so try and find out what works in your area

Thank you

Hallams:
House, what should be the average target weight for Christmas birds?

I await responses

House, what should be the average target weight for Christmas birds?

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So APC still exist in Oyo? Makinde has already won his second term bid without going to the polls