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This is a starting BUDGET for BEGINNERS. it proves only one thing.. YOU ARE A BEGINNEROne thing I want you to understan...
04/07/2026

This is a starting BUDGET for BEGINNERS.
it proves only one thing.. YOU ARE A BEGINNER
One thing I want you to understand is that, the cost of buying chicks and feed is just one part of the investment.

Many first time farmers don't plan for the other costs, such as:
• Electricity or generator fuel throughout the brooding period.
• Mortality (not every chick will make it to market).
• Water bills or borehole running costs.
• Labour or the value of your own time.
• Disinfectants, detergents, and biosecurity materials.
• Emergency medications or veterinary visits if unexpected problems arise.
• Feed price increases before you've bought all your bags.
• Marketing and transportation to customers at the point of sale.
I would also advise not to buy all 17 bags of feed at once unless you have proper storage. Poor storage can reduce feed quality or attract rodents and moisture.
The biggest mistake most farmers make is calculating only the cost of production and forgetting the cost of doing business.
THESE EXPESES are MOSTLY what determines whether you make a profit or a loss.

The Untold Stories of Poultry FarmingEpisode 2: The Night the Generator Stayed SilentHe checked on the birds one last ti...
02/07/2026

The Untold Stories of Poultry Farming

Episode 2: The Night the Generator Stayed Silent

He checked on the birds one last time before going home.
Everything looked perfect.
The feeders were full.
The drinkers were working.
The birds were eating well.
As he locked the poultry house, he smiled.

"If NEPA takes the light," he thought, "the generator is there."
It had always started before.
Or so he believed.
Around midnight...
The power went off.
The fans stopped.

The poultry house became hotter with every passing minute.
Thousands of birds.
Breathing the same hot air.
The generator refused to start.
The battery was weak.
The fuel was low.

The engine hadn't been serviced for months because it had "never given problems."
By the time help arrived...
The birds had already begun panting.
Some collapsed.
Others piled on one another, desperate to find cooler air.

Morning finally came.
The farmer opened the poultry house.
He wasn't greeted by the usual sound of thousands of hungry birds.
Only silence.
The kind of silence no poultry farmer ever wants to hear.

That day, he didn't lose birds because of disease.
He didn't lose them because of bad feed.
He lost them because he assumed the backup plan would always work.
A generator is only a backup if you know it will start when you need it.
Test it.
Service it.
Keep enough fuel.
Never wait for an emergency to discover your emergency plan has already failed.
Sometimes the biggest losses on a poultry farm don't happen because something breaks.
They happen because we never checked whether it still worked.
Every successful poultry farmer has a story. Learn from theirs before it becomes yours. — LALIB Integrated Farms

01/07/2026

One of the harsh realities of broiler farming is that farmers have very little control over market prices. In most cases, the price isn't determined by the person who raised the birds, it's determined by the market.

However, that doesn't mean you're powerless.
The most profitable farmers don't wait until their birds are ready before thinking about sales. They identify who will buy their birds, when they'll sell, and what target weight their customers prefer before the production cycle even begins. By matching production to a specific market and customer segment, they position themselves to command better prices and maximize their profit.
Without this level of planning, you're often forced to sell at whatever price buyers offer, especially when your birds are consuming feed every day.

The truth is that, across the entire poultry value chain, broiler farmers typically have the least influence over pricing. Feed manufacturers set feed prices, hatcheries set chick prices, and processors often dictate buying prices. Unless you develop a deliberate marketing strategy before production starts, you'll almost always be reacting to the market instead of profiting from it.
Successful broiler farming isn't just about raising healthy birds, it's about planning your market before you produce.
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01/07/2026

One of the harsh realities of broiler farming is that farmers have very little control over market prices. In most cases, the price isn't determined by the person who raised the birds, it's determined by the market.

However, that doesn't mean you're powerless.
The most profitable farmers don't wait until their birds are ready before thinking about sales. They identify who will buy their birds, when they'll sell, and what target weight their customers prefer before the production cycle even begins. By matching production to a specific market and customer segment, they position themselves to command better prices and maximize their profit.
Without this level of planning, you're often forced to sell at whatever price buyers offer, especially when your birds are consuming feed every day.

The truth is that, across the entire poultry value chain, broiler farmers typically have the least influence over pricing. Feed manufacturers set feed prices, hatcheries set chick prices, and processors often dictate buying prices. Unless you develop a deliberate marketing strategy before production starts, you'll almost always be reacting to the market instead of profiting from it.
Successful broiler farming isn't just about raising healthy birds, it's about planning your market before you produce.

The Untold Stories of Poultry FarmingEpisode 1: The Morning 10,000 Birds Went Silent.Ibrahim had dreamed of that poultry...
30/06/2026

The Untold Stories of Poultry Farming

Episode 1: The Morning 10,000 Birds Went Silent.

Ibrahim had dreamed of that poultry house for years.
Ten thousand birds.
Ten thousand chances to change his family's future.
Every bag of feed had been bought with borrowed money. Every block in the poultry house had a story. Friends called him brave. His family called him successful before he had even sold his first bird.
Then the rains came.
Not the gentle rain farmers pray for.
A heavy, relentless downpour that lasted through the night.
At about 2:00 a.m., water began to collect around the poultry house. The drainage channels had been ignored when the farm was built. They had always planned to fix them "later."
Later never came.
By 3:00 a.m., the water found its way inside.
The litter became soaked.
The birds started moving away from the water, all rushing toward the highest corner of the house.
Ten thousand birds.
One direction.
The ones at the back kept pushing.
The ones in front had nowhere to go.
Some slipped.
Some fell.
Some were trapped beneath hundreds of frightened birds.
Others struggled in the rising water, unable to escape.
By sunrise...
The noise that usually filled the farm was gone.
Instead, there was silence.
Thousands of lifeless birds lay scattered across the poultry house.
Months of hard work...
Millions of naira invested...
Countless sleepless nights...
Gone in a single night.
The painful truth?
It wasn't a disease. It wasn't bad feed.
It wasn't witchcraft. It wasn't bad luck.
It was an avoidable management failure.
Poor drainage.
No emergency water outlet. No flood preparation.
No night monitoring during heavy rainfall.
No backup plan.
As poultry farmers, we often think our biggest enemy is disease.
But many farms lose more money because of management mistakes than because of infections.
Good management saves birds.
Good planning protects investment.
Biosecurity is important.
Vaccination is important.
But simple things like proper drainage, regular inspection, and preparing for emergencies can be the difference between profit and devastating loss.
Every poultry house should be built not only for sunny days, but also for the storms that will eventually come.
Sometimes, the greatest losses are not caused by what we don't know.
They are caused by the small things we believe can wait until tomorrow.
LALIB Integrated Farms

30/06/2026

Abin da manoman kaji masu nasara s**a sani...ya na cikin wanan Littafi 👇

28/06/2026

Akwai manoma biyu.
Na farko — yana ciyar da kaji kowace rana, yana kashe kuɗi, amma a ƙarshen wata riba ba ta zo ba. Bai san inda kuskuren yake ba. Ya ci gaba da Kiwon haka yana hasarar kudi.
Na biyu — yana aikin kamar na farko. Amma yana da ilimi. Ya san yadda ake kare su daga cuta. Ya san yadda ake sayar da su dan asamu riba.
A ƙarshen wata, ɗaya ya tara bashi babu kudi.
Ɗaya yana ƙara tanadin gida, ya samu kudi.
Bambancin su ba aiki bane ba, Ba sa'a bane ba..
Ilimi ne.

21/06/2026

Thinking of starting a Poultry Farming Business?
one of the fundamental things you need in order to succeed is relationships with people already in the industry from all levels of production cycle... you can't get that starting out on your own... that is why I advocate you start by working for someone who is already Big or succeeding.

21/06/2026

One of the fundamental things you need in order to succeed is relationships with people already in the industry...

20/06/2026

Thinking of starting a Poultry Farming Business?

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