Management

Weighing and measuring livestock is a common practice in a lot of farms, including live poultry farms. While it is not very different from...

Livestock production venture under confinement should not be undertaken without careful consideration. The following advantages and disadvantages of keeping, raising or producing animals in...

Needs of Pregnant Animals The needs of pregnant animals are different from male and non-pregnant animals. First and foremost, it’s highly necessary to keep records...

Litter in animal production is a term for bedding material. It is also a term for used bedding material. Wood shavings are important in...

There are a number of factors that affect the quantity of milk produced or milk yield in animals. They include:Species Breed Individuality of...

The hot season is already here and you might have been looking for effective ways to keep your layers cool. Remember, if a hen...

Have you ever tried to find out if the performance of poultry birds (broilers, layers, turkeys, quails, geese etc.) is affected by environmental noise?...

This is a digital age where technological innovations and inventions have greatly helped poultry farmers and farmers in other fields of agriculture. The use...

Snakes are one of the deadly and ruthless predators of chickens. They can bite, kill and eat live chickens and also eat their eggs....

Fumigation is a method of disinfection or destruction of harmful disease organisms in an environment by using fumigants. Fumigants are chemicals that are released...

Goats are kept in varying climates. Within each climatic zone many more, smaller zones can be distinguished Some are dry others are wet. Sometimes...

In the tropics, such as Nigeria, goats have some special characteristic features that make it easy for them to thrive in any environment. Additionally,...

A lot of calves (offspring of Cattle) are increasingly dying of preventable deaths, which according to Dairy Research Centre, could be prevented through better...

Breeding is an important topic in livestock production and farming. Though some livestock farmers don’t value breeding, it remains the tool to improve the...

Successful Livestock farmers have some qualities in common, but some unsuccessful farmers don’t know some of these qualities. I was opportune to give a...

Experienced poultry farmers would accept that raising chicks is not a too easy task, especially when doing it for the first time. Chicks are...

Army ants (commonly called Soldier Ants) are little living organisms that could destroy your animals or raise great havoc. Thus, they must be considered...

A livestock farmer is expected to establish the identity of an animal as soon as the animal is born or some days after birth....

The goal of all commercial broiler farmers is to make a profit, and no farmer would be happy making losses rather than profits. However,...

In this post, I will briefly discuss a topic related to breeding. So if you are an animal breeder, you will find this post...

I had a conversation with a new and loyal reader of our blog who resides in South Africa. This reader discussed the broiler chickens...

One important thing that a reasonable and profit-minded farmer must do is finding means of reducing production cost to increase profit. In livestock farming,...

No matter how interesting or enjoyable farm activities are to a farmer, he/she cannot perform all these activities alone. He/she cannot feed the animals,...

Decontamination is the process of physically removing inorganic and biological material from the surfaces of an equipment or building. Disinfection is the destruction of...

What is Brooding in Poultry Production? Brooding is defined as the management of chicks from one day old to about 8 weeks of age, and...

Feed is important to livestock. However, it is not the feed that is most important to animals, but the overall nutritional composition of the...

One thing about any business is minimizing cost to maximize profit. Am I right? No serious businessowner will be interested in putting a lot...

The names of sexes, young and act of giving birth of livestock species are stated on the table below:

Pregnancy, also known as gestation, is the condition where a female animal have young, developing in her uterus. The period of pregnancy also known...

There are many things you have to put in place in order to achieve the highest productivity you desire for your agribusiness. If you...