NewStats: 3,263,788 , 8,181,401 topics. Date: Saturday, 07 June 2025 at 10:14 PM y11b

chukskafor:
Jidestroud, I made an enquiry from you about how you can help me get Guinea fowl keets, the best you could have done is to tell me that you are not disposable at the moment but you just decided to snub me

No naaaa . I already made that info available on the guinea fowl thread. The is there... Will revert back to you soonest. I hope he's still in business.
My apologies.

okoroemeka:
no need been a joy killer,if he can raise #1.4m he can go all the way

Discourage me? Lol... He can't discourage me.
It is well my brother.

Day 15 Zero Mortality... (405 chicks)

Multivitamins will be given today and tomorrow (Day 16).

So far, everything seems to be going according to plan.
We move!!!

Elsudani2:
As a start up person.

This 400 chickens go carry your hand Wella Wella.

Number 2 get ready to talk to yourself like mad person for road.

I am not trying to pull you down, but you for consult as start up person 400 chicks .

I go dey check up the thread in 3months time

Thanks for the .

Nevertheless, I have budgeted a total sum of N1.4million for this project. Bulk of the capital goes into feeding which i feel would have been the little challenge I may be have experienced along the way. With that sorted out, na auto cruise I dey so...

See yah in 3months time. (by His Grace)

Day 14 Zero Mortality (405 chicks)


1st Lasota was istered. The water drinks were withdrawn during the early hours of the morning to enable the little chicks increase their water when introduced with the vaccine.

Note: 500 dose was given.

Price: N1,800

Day 13 Zero Mortality (405 chicks)

Same as yesterday, only water was given to the birds.


Note: The chicks would have to be separated soonest. The new space isn't big enough for them any longer. I will definitely have to split them into 202/203 after tomorrow's Vaccination (1st Lasota)

Jamestown123:
Please how many bags of feeds used so far?

On the 3rd Bag of 25kg New Hope 320 now...

Day 12 Zero Mortality (405 chicks)

Clean water was given to the birds. No medications will be given today and Day 13. This two breaks will be followed up with both Newcastle vaccination & Fowl Pox.

Day 11 Zero Mortality

Happy Sunday to all.
Continuation of the anticocci treatment is still on. In my case, I am using Diclazor. 1ml to 4litrs of water and a little addition of multivitamins.

The Birds are doing excellently fine.

. . . Aye!!! A preferred alternative would also be Embazin forte. I so much love that anticocci drug ehn (sorry for the PR).
An appropriate dosage such be used along side with multivitamins to help the chicks since they are still very young.

Day 10 Zero Mortality (405 chicks)

I will be treating them against cocci. The anticocci used is a liquid based one. This would be continued on Day 11 too.

Day 9 Zero Mortality. (405 Birds)

With today being the 9th day, we continue with the use of the multivitamins. This will be continued till the 10th day.


NOTE: After gumboro vaccination (1st IBD) yesterday, the remaining vaccinated water was properly disposed off and drinking water was given to the birds

hopeforcharles:
I feel like this is wickedness.

Same guilt gotten when I slaughter chickens for food. I totally resonate with you.

EriMma1:
You people can eat different things??

Is there no meat in the market any more?
By the way there is no meat here as all I see are intestines and bowels.

Ofcos there are more than enough meats in the open market, swamp turtles, sea turtles, tortoises etc inclusive .

EriMma1:
You people can eat different things??
By the way there is no meat here as all I see are intestines and bowels.

Yes ooo!!! Exactly what is needed to spice up the melon soup, not also forgetting the peppersoup. You no sabi say intestine psoup dey sweet normal meat?

luvgurl:
After eating u will start behaving like totoise thinking u have sence abi

I wish it works that way
Then I would be the smartest living being alive this being the 310 turtle/tortoises eaten so far . Unfortunately, I dull walahi

quenchfire:
with all this effort, you for buy fish and rest..

Then deny myself this yummy delicacy?

Na the only meat wey I dey count for pot be this ooo!

Step 4
Remove the scales, intestines and bile. Rinse and there you have your meat to ready to be used to Prepare your soup or meat.

ADDITIONAL INFO: The turtle has 4 major parts after dissecting it.

Step 3
Use the cutlass to crack the edges.
Put a pot of water on fire, place the cut off head of turtles in it and boil for about 20mins. This makes pulling the meat from the shell easy.

Step 2
After washing, turn it upside down, get a sharp knife or cutlass (a cutting tool of your choice) and a plier or something to hold onto its head to easy cutting.
Once you pin the head down, simple cut it off and allow the blood to drain.

NOTE: You may need an hot object to place on the flat plate. This forces the Turtle to bring out its head.

Step 1
Wash the Turtle very well to remove dirt from the body.

Please Note: Be careful not to put your finger in the opening around the head so it doesn't snap on your finger. It could be very painful.

This happens to be my special way of preparing Turtles. Walahi, turtle meat sweet die...

Fortunately, 5 swamp turtles would be used to Prepare;
1. Egusi soup (melon soup)
2. Peppersoup
3. Fried stew

Day 8 Zero Mortality

1st Gumboro Vaccination
Today marks Day 8 into the project. Gumboro 500 Doses was gotten and istered.

I will be waiting to dispose off the remaining water in about an 1hr's time.

Note: Withdraw of water was already done a night before to increase their intake of water was the vaccine was istered.

Price of 500 Dose of Gumboro
N2,400

...other activities.

I am yet to get the digital scale. Was informed Alaba market was to open that yesterday.

Day 7 Zero Mortality, 405 chicks still intact.

I istered the Superliv today. 1ml of Superliv to 4litres of clean water & that's all.

... other activities for the day includes; cleaning up their brooder room to reduce the amount of poop which could lead to ammonia gas build-up.
Moreover, I should be visiting Alaba International Market to see if i can get a digital scale to help monitor growth.

Day 6 Zero Mortality...

Stopped the Antibiotics but continued with the multivitamins (Vitaminolyte in my case). Prepping them for their first vaccination in two days time.

Everything looked fine and the birds are doing just fantabulous. More and more true feathers are visible now.

foxzzy:
As a beginner, between broilers and layers, which one is advisable to start with?

My personal opinion if you asked me would be Broilers. Trust me, with layers, it could get boring and tiring after awhile. Broilers gives immediate results which further encourages you.

Kehfie:
Hmmm @jidestroud, I honestly would have preferred an outright "sorry I cannot help you with s for the things you asked for" rather than that rigmarole you took me through. Peace.

Haaaaaaaa....
No naaaaaaaa!!! My since apologies. Pls get across across to me on my telegram . I am fully on ground now and within that axis.
Pls do get across.

1TrippleCee:




You have adequate technical knowledge to be an instituition. When will these rxperiments end ? When will you take up a few product ideas and establish a big factory out of it. Isnt this better than experimenting here and there year after year?

Hmmm... thought provoking criticism. Point well noted. Thanks for the observation.

Like I earlier mentioned, I doubted the place would hold 400 chicks in a week's time. I Was able to move 100 chicks to a refuge camp pending their brooder room will be ready. .

(Such a tasking Sunday... )

1TrippleCee:



All these fake 800 Naira antibiotics. Nothing like organic treatments

Thanks for your observation.

okoroemeka:
is not the use of tylodox enough for 3 days?these are pullets not broilers,why not switch to ordinary water for some days then multivitamins,those birds are more stronger than broilers the one major cause of heartbreaking mortality in young pullets is gumboro disease,very deadly,pls vaccinate regularly,

Thanks for the observation. I'm using a variation chart of Amo's Farms. Moreover, istering Antibiotics from Day 2 to Day 5 is very well acceptable in pullets brooding.