Expert advice and practical guides for Nigerian poultry farmers.
PinnedA real harmattan story about Newcastle disease — the early signs Mama Kemi missed, what every farmer should look for from week one, and the simple system that can stop it.
PinnedFeed prices have nearly doubled in 18 months. Margins are getting eaten alive. Here are six things working farmers are doing right now to keep feed costs sane.
The hens are laying, the eggs are selling, but the farmer is poorer than last year. The silent disease of Nigerian poultry: zero record-keeping.
Nigerian poultry farmers stretch feed budgets with local ingredients. Five that work well in the right ratios, and two that look cheap but will cost you the flock.
If your 6-week broilers are weighing 1.2kg when they should be 2kg+, the problem is rarely the breed. Six things most Nigerian broiler farmers get wrong.
A complete, Nigerian-context vaccination schedule for broilers and layers — including the boosters most farmers forget, and what to do when you fall behind.
Your hens used to lay 90%, now they are at 62%. Before you start blaming the feed, work through these seven causes — most farmers fix the wrong thing first.
If you have ruled out disease and bad feed, your layer production problem is one of three things. A practical, deep dive into the trio that quietly destroys most Nigerian egg businesses.
Hot season in Nigeria is brutal on broilers from week 4 onwards. Six practical, low-cost things that keep birds alive and growing through 38°C afternoons.
Forget the YouTube headlines. Here is the actual line-by-line costing for a 500-broiler cycle in Nigeria today, the realistic profit, and what kills the margin if you are not careful.
