What is one thing you wish you had known before starting on Poultry Farming

[Ann W]

It is exciting and at the same time a trying moment when getting started on poultry farming for the first time. I could not relax a bit thinking with questions like ; Have I forgotten to close the coop?, Are all my chicks still alive ? , Oooh did I give them enough water?. running in my head through out.

To help - those planning, first-timers and even the experienced poultry keepers , Let us hear those responses .
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[Janssen]

I wish I knew the proper temperature to brood chicks in the first few weeks. I, unfortunately, lost dozens of chicks when the cold weather/rains came and our electricity failed. We thought the chicks could last the cold temperatures until the power was back, but unfortunately, they could not. Now I always have a backup Jiko!

 

[Antony Bagwasi]

I wish I knew that I should build a larger coop than I thought. I had thought to myself that I just needed 10 chickens (8 layers & 2 Cockerels ) that would be enough for family eggs. Only to find after several months and hatches, I need a bigger space for the new birds. I even realized it is important to have a reserved place for sick chickens.

Ooh and the second one was that running after a chicken in an open field is not easy, it is enough physical. nilikimbia mpaka nikatoa ulimi nje.?

 

[Ann]

I wish I knew the importance of isolating a new stock of chickens from the older ones. I wouldn't have suffered the 95% mortality rate .

 

[Ronald Ombachi]

I didn't know chickens are addictive, They are like ones children, when they fall sick you feel restless, so its better to educate oneself on how to treat common diseases and read the symptoms.

 

[Janssen]

I wish I knew the importance of isolating a new stock of chickens from the older ones. I wouldn't have suffered the 95% mortality rate .

Good tips, when did this mishap happen and how many birds did you lose

 

[HENDI POULTRY FARM]

Observe hygiene, vaccination program and proper feeding and feeds.

 

[Towett kips mwanakwao]

My wish is to know how to vaccinate and their vaccines to each disease