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29/10/2023

HOW TO CONSTRUCT A POULTRY HOUSE ???

Commercial chicken farming requires a high-level of expertise, understanding and commitment to be successful.

Whilst it’s important to emphasize the need for excellent flock management at all times, something that comes with experience and aptitude, adopting the correct housing techniques and equipment will set a firm foundation for success of your poultry venture.

The following is a guiding checklist for poultry house construction;

"A poultry house should provide the birds with a comfortable environment and protect them from the extremities of the prevailing weather (rain, wind and sunshine).

"It should have adequate space for the flock to be kept in the house. The ideal stocking density is:
- Layers: one square metre for 6 birds.
- Broilers: One square metre for 11 birds.

"It should be open-sided to allow natural ventilation with an east-west orientation to minimise the amount of sunlight entering the house directly. Its not good for sun rays to strike directly into the poultry house.

"It should be rectangular in shape and have a wall not higher than three feet on the longer side. The widith should be at least 7-9 metres, but for the length you are only limited by your land. Avoid building poultry houses in a square form.

"This wall can be made from stones, iron sheets, timber, silver boards or bricks

"The rest of the side of the wall should have a chicken wire mesh. The wire mesh on the sides of the house should be of a small gauge to prevent entry of wild birds, dogs and rodents. This normal chicken mesh is not long lasting.....within a few months it rusts and gets off the house. its better to use a plastic quoted mesh.

"The roof of the house should have a reflecting surface and pitched with overlaps to ensure that the house is comfortable and well ventilated. There should be enough gap between the birds and the roof to avoid heat stress. The pin of the house should be 8 metres from the ground, and the sides should be 5 metres.

"Concrete floors are the best finishing as they are easier to clean and disinfect. Do not put "nil" after putting concrete on the floor.

"There should be a foot-bath at the entrance of the house for those entering the poultry house to disinfect their foot wear. You know farm boys have a tendency of jumping the foot bath, but if it is wide enough they cannot jump it.

"To reduce the risk of rodents gaining entrance into the poultry house, clear all the vegetation in a radius of 3-5 metres around the pen.

"The feed store should also be separate from the house to reduce risk of attracting rodents.

"It should be constructed in isolated areas to minimise the risk of contamination.

"your poultry house plan must have a tank raised inside the poultry house. Exposing water to sunshine in bad, as it gets warm and birds may reject it, or may facilitate heat stress during the dry seasons.

"The house should be fenced to exclude stray animals and visitors.

"The doors should always be locked.

"On poultry farms, an all-in all-out system is the best management practice as it prevents the build up of disease causing organisms and disease outbreaks. Its always good to have one age group in each house, but not putting different ages in one house!

In case where farmers want to keep flocks of different ages, then each flock must be housed in its own.

VENTILATION

Ventilation is the circulation of fresh air through the flock house and exhaustion of stale air out of the flock units and its achieved by air passing from one side of the house and exhausting through the opposite side.

Ventilation of poultry houses serves several functions including:

Removing excess heat and moisture.

Providing oxygen while removing harmful gases.

Reducing dust hence improving the air quality.

For our local environment, where houses are open-sided, ventilation is managed by opening the curtains from top when it gets warm.

This lets air from outside into the house. When it gets cold the curtains are raised up and closed to give chicks enough warmth

You must always allow optimal ventilation to avoid chicks getting suffocated.

16/04/2022

IDEAS TO MAKE INDIGENOUS CHICKENS GROW FASTER🐔🐓

Indigenous chicken does not have desirable genetic characteristics compared to commercial breeds. They take longer to mature, have poor food conversion ratio, do not lay a lot of eggs among others. However, there are areas where the indigenous chickens have certain strong points.

They generally have better resistance to diseases, produce nutritious and sweet tasting poultry products and the meat is often tender with more muscles than fat. However, the time and long-term cost for rearing indigenous chickens may not justify doing this on a commercial scale. Still, there are ways to improve the system so as to make the most of your indigenous chickens ensuring they put on weight fast and offer better yields. Let’s look at some of the ways in which you can make your indigenous chickens grow faster and produce more:

How to make indigenous chickens grow fast

1. Feed High Protein Food
While chicken needs a lot of carbs to meet their energy needs and make them put on weight, a high protein diet can help your indigenous chickens grow faster. Animal by-products are generally some of the best quality protein sources for your chickens. You can also supply them with some plant protein. However, if your chickens are not supposed to mature faster, don’t try to force it. Let them go through their natural cycle based on the chicken’s genetic potential. Early maturation for indigenous chickens can bring with it its own sets of complications such as prolapse and egg binding.

2. Proper Feeding
Indigenous chickens are often left to their own devices to forage for their own food but small interventions in the feeding can make a huge difference. For example, instead of letting the chickens to fully forage on the pasture, you can supplement their diet with high quality formulated feed such as starter mash, growers mash, layers mash etc.

3. Vaccinate
While indigenous chickens are hardy, you should still vaccinate them against deadly diseases such as the Newcastle disease to boost their chances of surviving an outbreak. Follow the proper vaccination schedule as recommended by the Ministry of Agriculture or your trusted local veterinarian.

4. Proper Housing and Biosecurity
Reduce losses due to temperature extremes, overcrowding or predation by building a proper chicken house that will comfortably accommodate your flock. You should also observe the highest standards when it comes to hygiene and sanitation.

5. Selective Breeding or Proper Breed Selection
Go for indigenous chickens with good characteristics such as early maturity, prolific layers and excellent resistance to disease. Bring outside cockerel often to prevent inbreeding. You can also do cockerel exchange programs to reduce inbreeding which has an impact on the productivity of your chickens.

6. Provide enough water
Water is highly essential for the health and vitality of your chickens. Freshwater supply also has a positive impact on the feed intake. Make sure you provide enough drinkers in the poultry house to allow all chickens to drink comfortably without overcrowding or injuries.
Water must be available to the chicken at all times.

28/03/2022

Critical things you need to do in the first 24 hours after a calf is born:

A calf is tomorrow’s cow. From the health point of view, the life of a bovine is divided into two parts; the first 24 hours, and the rest.

The first 24 hours of life of a calf is so important that it has a strong bearing on the rest of its life.

A calf which is not provided adequate care in the first 24 hours may succumb to diseases or will always remain weak and an under-performer, even though it has good genetic potential and is provided a good environment.

Important points to remember:

1. Clean nostrils and mouth which helps the calf breathe better and help prevent future breathing problems.

2. Allow the mother to lick the calf clean which promotes circulation within the calf’s body and prepares the calf to stand up and walk.

3. Cut the navel cord at a distance of around 2 inches from the base with a clean instrument.

4. Dip the navel (a simple smearing will not serve the purpose) in 3.5% or higher tincture of iodine solution ensuring a minimum contact time of at least 30 seconds.

5. Tie the exposed end of the cord with a clean thread to close the opening.

6. Repeat navel dipping after 12 hours. A poorly maintained navel is the gateway to serious infections.

7. A new born calf should be given 2 litres of colostrum within the first 2 hours of birth and 1-2 litres (based on size) within 12 hours of birth.

8. Many calves do not nurse adequate amounts of colostrum from their dams within the first few hours of life, and thus they may not receive adequate immunity.

9. Feeding colostrum after 24 hours of birth may not help the calf to ward off infections.

10. A calf must receive adequate colostrum to protect it from diseases for the first three months of its life. Colostrum is the calf’s “passport to life”.

11. Hand-feeding new-born calves is therefore recommended so that the farmer is sure about the amount of colostrum an individual calf receives.

12. De-worming should be done within 10-14 days of age subsequently on a monthly basis up to the 6th month.

13. When the animal is 6 months old, contact the veterinarian for vaccination.

14. Provide calf starter from 2-8 weeks for better growth and early maturity.

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Critical things you need to do in the first 24 hours after a calf is born:A calf is tomorrow’s cow. From the health poin...
28/03/2022

Critical things you need to do in the first 24 hours after a calf is born:

A calf is tomorrow’s cow. From the health point of view, the life of a bovine is divided into two parts; the first 24 hours, and the rest.

The first 24 hours of life of a calf is so important that it has a strong bearing on the rest of its life.

A calf which is not provided adequate care in the first 24 hours may succumb to diseases or will always remain weak and an under-performer, even though it has good genetic potential and is provided a good environment.

Important points to remember:

1. Clean nostrils and mouth which helps the calf breathe better and help prevent future breathing problems.

2. Allow the mother to lick the calf clean which promotes circulation within the calf’s body and prepares the calf to stand up and walk.

3. Cut the navel cord at a distance of around 2 inches from the base with a clean instrument.

4. Dip the navel (a simple smearing will not serve the purpose) in 3.5% or higher tincture of iodine solution ensuring a minimum contact time of at least 30 seconds.

5. Tie the exposed end of the cord with a clean thread to close the opening.

6. Repeat navel dipping after 12 hours. A poorly maintained navel is the gateway to serious infections.

7. A new born calf should be given 2 litres of colostrum within the first 2 hours of birth and 1-2 litres (based on size) within 12 hours of birth.

8. Many calves do not nurse adequate amounts of colostrum from their dams within the first few hours of life, and thus they may not receive adequate immunity.

9. Feeding colostrum after 24 hours of birth may not help the calf to ward off infections.

10. A calf must receive adequate colostrum to protect it from diseases for the first three months of its life. Colostrum is the calf’s “passport to life”.

11. Hand-feeding new-born calves is therefore recommended so that the farmer is sure about the amount of colostrum an individual calf receives.

12. De-worming should be done within 10-14 days of age subsequently on a monthly basis up to the 6th month.

13. When the animal is 6 months old, contact the veterinarian for vaccination.

14. Provide calf starter from 2-8 weeks for better growth and early maturity.

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Farm advisory services in progress to one of our clients, thank you our esteemed clients.Production and productivity mus...
13/03/2022

Farm advisory services in progress to one of our clients, thank you our esteemed clients.

Production and productivity must be enhanced by employing the right production technologies. This will increase household nutrition security and incomes

How to boost milk production of your dairy cow:A dairy cow is like a maize mill or any other factory. If you want 20 kil...
09/01/2022

How to boost milk production of your dairy cow:

A dairy cow is like a maize mill or any other factory. If you want 20 kilos of maize flour, you should feed the mill with at least 20 kilos of maize grain.

The same applies to a dairy cow; you should not expect a lot when you put in little in terms of care and feeding. Therefore, proper feeding is essential for high milk production.

1) Feeding:

To boost milk production, a dairy cow should be fed on dry matter like hay or silage and not green or fresh grass.
This is because the microbes found in the rumen of all ruminants, do not work on just any feed especially fibrous feeds when they are not fermented.
Therefore, hay or silage, which in this case is already fermented outside its stomach will ease digestion.

Hence the feed will be quickly digested and at the same time well utilised to increase milk output.
The silage or hay should also include legumes, which provide proteins that are a major milk component.
A dairy cow should also be fed a Total Mix Ratio, which is a feed made from a mixture of silage, hay, dairy concentrates and grains.
This mix provides the highly required balanced diet to the dairy cow, hence the cow’s milk output will increase.

2) Molasses:

A dairy cow uses a lot of energy to move and also make milk. So feeding it on molasses will provide it with energy since this sugary substance produces glucose.
Molasses can be either mixed with hay or silage or fed to the cow exclusively.

There are also livestock microbes. These boost the growth of microbial bacteria in the stomach.
Once they grow well in the rumen of the animal, they will produce enzymes that eventually improve on the digestion; especially of fibrous feeds during dry seasons when feeds such as elephant grass and other pastures are more fibrous.
These microbes break down the feeds given to the cow to increase its milk output.

3) Comfort:

Comfort has a direct influence on how long cows are healthy and productive. You can do this by improving their environment.
Your cows need a soft and clean resting surface plus sound footing.
They should be able to behave naturally and stand or lie down easily.

A dairy cow should be kept in a clean place with enough space. To enable it live in a comfortable place, facilities should be provided for it to sleep on.
If a dairy cow is not comfortable, it will not relax as it will move up and down looking for somewhere comfortable enough to sleep. These movements will use up energy which it would have used in the production of milk.

4) Water:

A dairy cow should be provided with adequate clean water if its milk output is to be high. This is because almost 90 per cent of milk is water.
Most of an animal husbandry expert, advises that the water source should not exceed five metres from where the animal is kept.
If it is far away, the animal moves a long distance which drains the energy it would have used to make milk. For every five litres of water a cow drinks, it should give at least a litre of milk.

5) Disease control and breeds:

Diseases have an impact on milk production. Therefore, effective disease control will ensure high yields. An unhealthy cow will not feed well and therefore not be able to produce enough milk.
Also, it is important for a farmer to know which breed of cow he/she keeps. Is the breed meant for dairy or beef? Many farmers keep beef cattle thinking that they are for dairy. For instance, Friesian and Gersey are good dairy breeds.

Farmers borrow a leaf. Goats are not easy to spray using the traditional method
08/01/2022

Farmers borrow a leaf. Goats are not easy to spray using the traditional method

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