Feed is usually one of the biggest expenses in poultry production. Whether you are keeping broilers, layers, cockerels, or breeders, the cost of feed can determine whether your farm makes a profit or struggles to survive. With feed ingredient prices…
Poultry farming can be profitable, but disease outbreaks can quickly turn a promising farm into a major financial loss. Mortality, reduced growth, falling egg production, medication expenses, rejected birds and prolonged production cycles can all eat deeply into a farmer’s…
The success of a poultry farm can be influenced long before the first bag of feed is opened. One of the most important decisions a farmer makes is the selection and purchase of day-old chicks (DOCs). Whether you are starting…
The first few weeks of a chick’s life are among the most important periods in poultry production. A farmer can purchase excellent-quality day-old chicks, but poor brooding can quickly turn healthy chicks into weak, uneven or highly vulnerable birds. Brooding…
Poultry farming remains an important agribusiness in Nigeria, providing income for farmers and supplying consumers with eggs and poultry meat. But while many farmers know how many birds they keep and how much they sell their eggs or chickens for,…
