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When I started chicken farming in 2017 at Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State, I lost 43 day-old chicks in my first batch of 100. The problem? Wrong bedding material. I used fresh sawdust from a furniture shop near Awkuzu junction. The sawdust was too fine. It blocked the chicks’ nostrils. Some ate it and…
When I started chicken farming in 2017 at Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State, I made a costly mistake. I used the wrong net for my chicken house ventilation. Within three weeks, I lost 47 birds to heat stress and respiratory problems. That experience taught me everything about choosing the right type of net for…
Building a chicken farm in Nigeria requires careful planning. One of the biggest expenses you’ll face is fencing your poultry pen. I’m Pius Emeka. I’ve been raising chickens in Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State for eight years. I’ve built over 20 poultry pens during this time. I’ve also trained 150+ farmers across the Southeast….
When I started my chicken farm in Oyi Local Government Area back in 2017, I made one big mistake. I used the cheapest zinc roofing sheets I could find. Within three months, my birds were panting like dogs. Some died from heat stress. Others stopped laying eggs. That mistake cost me over ₦180,000 in losses….
My name is Pius Emeka. I run a chicken farm in Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State. I’ve been raising chickens for eight years now. One question I hear often is this: “Can spoilt cassava be used as chicken feed?” The short answer is no. Spoilt cassava should not be fed to chickens. It contains…
I still remember the day I lost 45 birds in one week back in 2017. My chickens were dying. Their combs turned pale. They stopped eating. Some had seizures. I couldn’t understand what was happening. I was feeding them quality maize. Or so I thought. When I finally took the feed to the laboratory at…
Feed cost makes up 70% of your poultry expenses in Nigeria. When you waste feed, you waste money. I’ve been raising chickens in Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State since 2017, and I’ve seen farmers lose thousands of naira every month because of feed spillage. Last year, I visited a farmer in Awkuzu who complained…
I still remember the day Mr. Chukwuka came to my farm in Oyi with frustration written all over his face. His layers were eating well, but egg production had dropped to 40%. After watching his feeding routine, I discovered his mistake. He was feeding his birds at random times, sometimes 7am, sometimes 11am, depending on…