In layer production and management, some practices are very important to manage available resources and increase yield. The most important thing to poultry farmers in commercial layers production is egg production. To increase your birds’ egg production, the following practices Read more…
Author: Akin Chaktty
Growing up in a family deeply rooted in agriculture, I developed an early passion for cultivating the land, caring for animals, and exploring sustainable ways to improve farm productivity. I've worked extensively across multiple areas of agriculture, food and cash crop cultivation, poultry farming, fish farming etc. At FarmPally, I enjoy sharing practical insights drawn from real-life experiences to help farmers, pet owners, and agriculture lovers make informed, and sustainable decisions.
For any poultry farmer to have a good yield, immunization of the birds is an important management practice. vaccinating your birds, broilers, layers, cockerels, or others will help to prevent and control poultry diseases. There are different methods of immunization Read more…
One important way to prevent common diseases of poultry or get it controlled is to vaccinate your birds. There are different types of poultry vaccines and vaccination methods and should be used properly. Your chickens should be properly vaccinated at Read more…
Your poultry house is one of the things you should plan well after setting a budget for the business. In most tropical countries, poultry houses are built to protect the birds from natural elements. Usually from rain, intense radiation from Read more…
There are various parameters that are being used to measure the productivity of laying chickens. These include egg quantity, quality, egg size, feed utilization, mortality rates, etc. Under good management practices, a layer should lay one egg in a day, Read more…
Vitamins can be defined as organic compounds, which function in small amounts (mg or g) and are essential to the normal functioning of the animal body. They cannot be synthesized in adequate amounts by body tissues and when lacking, provoke Read more…
Commercial meat rabbit farming is easy and profitable since there’s a huge market for meat. The amount of rabbit meat consumed yearly is now about 2 million tonnes and the market revenue amount to $10B. While China, Korea, and Egypt Read more…
Pigs are omnivores and can eat almost any kind of food, but that does not mean all kinds of foods are healthy for them. We have discussed cereal grains, and tuber foods that are used for pig feed formulation, so Read more…
The nutritional aspects of pig management involve a consideration of the digestive system of the pig. More so, the factors affecting digestion, feed composition, pretreatment of feeds, and nutritional requirements during the different stages or phases of life. The formulation Read more…
Sisal (Agave sisalana Perrine) is a monocotyledonous crop from which leaf fibers are extracted without retting. The leaves provide the most important of the world’s hard fibers, I.e. fibers so coarse that they can only be made into twine and Read more…
