SO my wife's walking in the street here in Zambia Africa when she sees this really big rooster..... so I go meet the owner who just happens to be selling chickens at that time and he sells it to me for K40,000 ($8) and I bring it home --- just one problem, the thing is LOUD!!!! But it's heavy...
Ok I was at this agricultural store the other day here in Africa and I asked how other people get their broiler chickens so big (the white ones that grow in 6 weeks) & the woman told me some people give them pig grower. So I got this stuff called "Pigboost", which has "Vitamins, Minerlas, Amino...
Thought this one's respitary problems were over.. coughing stopped, breathing improved (after antibiotics, peri peri, garlic, ginger and multi vitamins)... but now it opens its beak in a strange way, puts its tongue out etc... got me worried. Any ideas? Last time these symptoms hit my chickens...
I'm breeding quails in a home made incubator, and can't seem to get my hatch rate above 30%
Noticed the following:
---It used to be 50% when I had just a few eggs, but increasing no. of eggs, dropped hatch-rate from 50% to 25%
I have done the following to improve:
---Increased ventilation...