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06/08/2024

Making a 70 kg feed of layers chick mash (1-4 weeks)
Growing chicks require feed with Digestible Crude Protein (DCP) of between 18 to 20 per cent. The following formulation can be used to make a 70kg bag of layers chick mash:

Ingredients

31.5kg of whole maize

9.1kg of wheat bran

7.0kg of wheat pollard

16.8 kg of sunflower (or 16.8 kg of linseed)

1.5kg of fishmeal

1.75kg of lime

30g of salt

20g of premix Amino acids

70g of tryptophan

3.0g of lysine

10g of methionine

70 g of Threonine

50g of enzymes

60g of coccidiostat

50g of toxin binder

Making a 70 kg bag of growers mash (4 to 8 weeks)
Growers (pullets or young layers) should be provided with feed having a protein content of between 16 and 18 per cent. Such feed makes the young layers to grow fast in preparation for egg laying:

10kg of whole maize

17kg of maize germ

13kg of wheat pollard

10kg of wheat bran

6kg of cotton seed cake

5kg of sunflower cake

3.4kg of soya meal

2.07kg of lime

700g of bone meal

3kg of fishmeal

Additives

14g of salt

1g of coccidiostat

18g of Pre-mix

1g of zinc bacitracitrach

7g of mycotoxin binder

Making a 70 kg bag of layers’ mash (18 weeks and above)
Ingredients

34kg of whole maize

12kg of Soya

8kg of fishmeal

10kg of maize bran, rice germ or wheat bran

6kg of lime

Amino acids

175g premix

70g lysine

35g methionine

70kg Threonine

35g tryptophan

50g toxin binder

Layer feed should contain a Digestible Crude Protein (DCP) content of between 16-18 per cent.

The feed should contain calcium (lime) for the formation of eggshells (laying hens that do not get enough calcium will use the calcium stored in their own born tissue to produce eggshells).

Layer feed should be introduced at 18 weeks.

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06/08/2024

How to start chicken farming
Begin by constructing a good house for your chickens. It doesn't need to be fancy. You can use any type of material as long as your chickens have a shelter that is secured so that no rats or birds can enter it. You need to know the size of the house you will need and how many chickens it can carry.
Inside the house, the floor must have bedding. This can be wood shavings, grass, straw, cudbords, sawdust, etc. They help make sure the house is warm, dry, and easy to clean.
You need to know how many feeders and drinkers you need for your chickens. One feeder can feed 10 to 15 chickens, and one drinker can accommodate up to 20 chickens.
Start with a small number of chicks or a batch of 100 chicks for you to learn. We learn from each batch, and no batch is the same. You can buy 100-day-old chicks from your local hatchery.
Broiler chickens fully grow in 6–7 weeks. One chicken will consume 4.5 kg of feed in six weeks. That's 450 kg of feed for 100 broilers. Other costs include medication for your chickens.
Once your chickens reach 4 weeks, you should start marketing them so that once they reach 6 weeks, you can sell them as soon as possible. After 6 weeks, they will be eating feed (profit), which adds up to the cost of producing them. Marketing is very important in any business.

01/08/2024

Poultry terminology:

1. Broiler: Young chicken grown for meat production.

2. Layer: Female chicken grown for egg production.

3. Breeder: Adult chicken used for breeding purposes.

4. Chick: Young chicken, usually under 4 weeks old.

5. Pullet: Young female chicken, usually under 1 year old.

6. Cockerel: Young male chicken, usually under 1 year old.

7. Hen: Adult female chicken.

8. Rooster: Adult male chicken.

9. Flock: Group of chickens.

10. Hatchery: Facility where eggs are hatched.

11. Incubator: Machine used to hatch eggs.

12. Brooding: Rearing young chickens.

13. Grow-out: Rearing chickens from brooding to market age.

14. Laying cycle: Period of egg production by a hen.

15. Molting: Shedding of feathers, usually accompanied by a pause in egg production.

16. Pecking order: Social hierarchy among chickens.

17. Scrambled eggs: Fertilized eggs that have been mixed up during incubation.

18. Straight-run: Chicks that have not been sexed.

19. Sexing: Determining the gender of chicks.

20. Vaccination: Administering vaccines to protect against diseases.

21. Beak trimming: Trimming the beak to prevent pecking damage.

22. Debeaking: Removing the beak to prevent pecking damage.

23. Culling: Removing weak or unhealthy birds from the flock.

24. Grading: Sorting eggs or chickens by size or quality.

25. Gut health: The balance of beneficial bacteria in the digestive system.

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18 December 2018: please note that prices and weights have been adjusted and are vaild to 31st December.
At last - Individual photos of the bulls on offer from :Luipaardsvlei Stud - there are 3 bulls born 2014 and the rest born 2015.Please note the following:
Photos will be edited with price and breeding details - please be patient as we slowly add these to the post.
PLEASE first check with your provincial Veterinary officer if you are able to receive bulls from our stud - at present quarantine restrictions still apply and bulls are available only to areas approved by Veterinary department.
Bulls are sold on a first come first serve basis, and need to be paid in full before loading.
We do not offer terms for payment of bulls.
Bulls must be moved within 2 weeks after payment.
Prices quoted will be applicable for a 2 week period ONLY and will be revised according to weight after 2 weeks.
We are unable to provide transport - transport is for the account of the buyer and needs to be arranged by the buyer. Bulls are sold free on board, and become the property and responsibility of the new owner once loaded safely.
The bulls are sold ex farm in Chipinge.
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