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| Preventing serious digestive problem in Rabbit |
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Posted by: FarmTech - 02-25-2015, 07:37 PM - Forum: Livestock Farming
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I just want to share with you one way in which you can prevent serious digestive problem in rabbits. If you’re feeding green feeds, never allow them to stand in a pile because they’ll soon become heated and ferment. This can cause serious digestive problems in rabbits. Lastly, to avoid spread of diseases, greens should be place in a manger and not on the floor where they’ll be soiled.
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| Emergency Liquid Food for Sick Birds |
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Posted by: FarmTech - 02-25-2015, 07:21 PM - Forum: Livestock Farming
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Do you have a sick bird that is so sick that it can't eat? Here is an emergency food to give to help it become stronger while taking her medication.
Sugar + Lemonade (non-carbonated) + milk + egg yolk + honey. If your sick bird(s) can drink, increase water intake by adding fruit juice to their water.
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| Advice on Poultry Pen construction |
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Posted by: ASOKEM - 02-19-2015, 07:05 AM - Forum: Livestock Farming
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Hello House,
I'm about to commence the construction of a poultry pen (our 1st) a 30ft*120ft to house about 3,200 birds.
The total cost required, as provided by the carpenter & bricklayer, is about N1.9m.
Please how fair is this?
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| Imported battery cage is better than the local version |
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Posted by: ASOKEM - 02-19-2015, 06:56 AM - Forum: Livestock Farming
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Considering the use of any asset on the farm, some factors come into mind.
First of course is the cost- how much resources is available to the farmer to acquire the asset. This goes a long way to determine the asset that the farmer acquires (affordability).
Also of importance is the durability of the asset, how long can this asset be put to a profitable use on the farm. An accounting measure of this is useful lifespan of the asset which ultimately determines the depreciation charged to the farm operations.
Of course the above discussion does not exclude consideration of the pupose of the asst, enviromental factors, etc.
So how does the decision to buy and operation of imported battery cages brings more benefit relative to the locally fabricated cages?
Let us reason together.
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| How to manage as an "Absentee" farmer |
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Posted by: ASOKEM - 02-18-2015, 12:43 PM - Forum: General Discussion
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I'm about to commence operations on a layer-poultry farm (5,000-bird take-off). Owing to the nature of my job i can not afford to be there expt for weekends.
I'm aware this is a challenge, but every challenge is summountable.
What practical steps do you advise i take to succees as absentee farmer.
Please advise
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| Plifering on the farm- A major killer of investment |
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Posted by: ASOKEM - 02-18-2015, 12:39 PM - Forum: General Discussion
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Agric business is generally know to be profitable. People start one arm or the other of agriculture for several reasons- some for passio, others see it as a mainstream investment.
To both group of farmers, pilfering by farm personnel could kill passion/drain investment.
Please let's delibrate on measures to put in place to curb this menace.
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| THERE IS "SCARCITY" OF LABOUR |
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Posted by: ASOKEM - 02-17-2015, 08:13 PM - Forum: General Discussion
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Dear farmers,
I believe that though Nigeria churns out a great army of graduates from several tertiary institutions scattered all over the country, my little experience has shown that the required skill-set to combat hunger and make agriculture take its place of pride is very SCARCE.
Am I right or have not been patient enough?
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| Giving Papain to Chickens? |
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Posted by: John@ - 02-09-2015, 09:35 PM - Forum: Livestock Farming
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I hope you guys know about papain. It is gotten when unripe pawpaw is soaked in water overnight. The white liquid extract is papian. In man, I know that it aid digestion and it it used to make tough meat tender. In chickens, I think it also aid digestion. Are my right?
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| Are chickens in cages being abused? |
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Posted by: John@ - 02-09-2015, 09:33 PM - Forum: Livestock Farming
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There are various movements against the use of battery cages for poultry. They prefer free range rearing. These groups are so powerful that they have influenced some consumers to start buying products from free range and organic farms. There are even laws in place that force producers to put on their products their rearing method - whether organic, free range etc. Now I’ll like to know your thoughts about this, are chickens in cages really being abused?
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