On broiler farming in Zimbabwe ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ
Tip:- When building your broiler house be sure it is situated in an EAST to WEST direction. Meaning; the width facing EAST WEST and Length NORTH SOUTH.
This is extremely important where heat stress is concerned. If you have the sun beating down on your birds it will reduce feed intake and affect your feed conversion rate (FCR)
STARTER FEED FORMULAR
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70KG BAG
40kg whole maize
12kg fish bone meal
14kg soya meal
4kg of lime
70g premix
35g lysine
35g Threonine
5g Coccidiostat
I have been doing some research and have come up with some important discoveries.
I think my advise would be useful to some!
I have seen poultry feed suppliers giving out calculations on what amount of feed is consumed by poultry through their life cycle. This is usually per 100 birds and is their selling point. In the pictures provided you will see the feed suppliers expectations through a complete
cycle with reference to the genetics performance guides.
This feed is supplied as crumb & Pellet.
The most efficient feed in order to achieve the goals the performance guide sets out.
Now, what I know is most poultry farmers in Zimbabwe work on a 6week cycle.
I have come to realise that there are alot of people wanting to go into or have gone into what they calling free range poultry. Yes literally thousands of road runners running freely.
They have various breeds like Black Astrolope, Koekoek and Bosch.
They breed them hatch & sell the chicks.
I want to put it out there that this is NOT good for the industry if not monitored properly or even audited by a government compartment.
This is a very serious health risk to the industry as these birds are not vaccinated or have any form of bio security in place.
On a properly controlled free range farm. There would be a poultry house that is opened up in the morning for the birds to go onto the range.