@mmola_kentse @GladsonSibiya@Puseletso__M @ThejobqueenRSA Maybe this is him retaliating the same way, until you we know exactly what happened we will treat this case as a tit for tat kinda situation.
@lindz_malindz Sex was "created" for many things but marriage is not one of them. There are pros and cons of being celibate until marriage. There is a reason as to why sensible people test drive the cars they intend to drive, before buying them. Then again celibacy solves half of your problems.
LAYERS VS BROILERS WHICH IS SUILTABLE FOR ME FOR MY AREA AND ALSO WILL BE MORE PROFITABLE FOR ME?
So in this writeup am not going to support layers over broilers or broilers over layers each have their own advantages and short comings.
This article is based on my personal experiences and you will be able to know which is which and which you should go for.
Let's start with broilers
Broilers as we all know is raised only for meat ok, it's a meat producing poultry bird. Broilers don't take much time before they reach maturity or slaughter age. At week 4,5 or 6 broilers can be sold out to the market and you make your gain off immediately. The thing with broilers is that you must have ready market for your birds because when they reach the weeks you desire to raise them to, and you don't have market that can buy them immediately from you, broilers are going to continue eating your feed which may not turn out to be profitable to you at the end. So you must have a ready market for your birds.
Lower capital is required from farmers going for broilers unlike layers, R10,000 can easily start off a broiler farm and more can then be added if farmers wish to extend their business.
Layers takes atleast 20weeks before they start laying eggs and even at this week only few will have started laying, it will take a while before a higher percentage of them start laying eggs. Layers gives daily profits to poultry farmers and this profit is gotten after their eggs is sold off.
Layers don't necessarily need to have a ready market because your eggs can be stored in your farm until your buyers are ready to buy them.
Layers requires a lot of capital to start with and this is because the area of expenditures needed to be covered is much. Money will be spent to buy point of lay birds, money will be spent on their continuous medication, money will be spent on their feeding until they start laying to an extent by which they can also start feeding themselves, money will be spent to purchase their Battery cage system. But layers are way profitable than broilers in long term process because as soon as they start laying they bring in daily profits for farmers and this will continue for years because layers lays egg for as long as 1and half to 2years. Apart from the money gotten from their eggs, money can also be generated from their droppings because their are people that buy their waste products, and also apart from this after laying birds have finally stopped laying, money will also be made from the old laying birds sold off. During the whole process of raising laying birds monthly vaccination and medication is still needed by them.
OK WHICH SHOULD I GO FOR?
For those that have huge capital they can invest with and don't need the profit poultry farming will generate for them quickly because they have other sources of income, i could advice they go for laying birds.
But for those who don't have other sources of income to keep the farm running and also can't wait for long before they get returns back from their poultry investment I suggest they go for broilers.
For those that don't have passion to market birds and also don't have those that can help them with marketing I suggest they go for laying birds.
because buyers often look and search for eggs.
But for those who have passion to market and also have those that can help them buy their birds fast I suggest they go for broilers.
For those that have alot of lands that they can use I suggest they go for laying birds because layers often consume space a lot.
And for those that don't have much land I suggest they go for broilers. Because they don't really require much space.
For those living in congested areas or environment where people may complain of the odours of their birds I suggest they go for short term birds like broilers.
And for those who have lands in less civilized and occupied areas I suggest they go for laying birds.
๐ข๐ฟ๐KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BROILERS BUSINESS.
ALL BROILERS ARE NOT THE SAME. THERE ARE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT JUST BUY ANY BROILERS BREED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BUYING IT. PEOPLE BUY BROILERS BASED ON DIFFERENT REASONS. SOME BUY BIRDS THAT GROWS FASTER AND SELL THEM OFF FOR 4WEEKS, SOME BUY OTHER TYPE OF BROILER BREED BECAUSE THEY GROW TALLER AND ARE EASIER TO SELL OFF. SOME BUY BROILERS BASED ON THE TYPE OF TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE BROILERS THAT ARE STRONGER AGAINST COLD AND SOME ARE STRONGER AGAINST HEAT.
Characteristics based on percentage performance.
Note: The below Statistics might not be 100% accurate but based on research's, evaluation, experiment and observations the following were deduced.
Note: We are not condemning any company/breed or Marketing any company/breed.
1.Height
COBB 500. 80%
ROSS 308. 60%
ARBOR ACRE 70%
MARSHALL. 85%
2. Maximum Weight at 7 weeks
COBB 500. 75%
ROSS 308. 90%
ARBOR ACRE 80%
MARSHALL. 60%
3. Immunity/ Response to Treatment
COBB 500. 75%
ROSS 308. 75%
ARBOR ACRE 90%
MARSHALL. 80%
4. Adaptation to all weather(Dry & Rainy)
COBB 500. 65%
ROSS 308. 60%
ARBOR ACRE 70%
MARSHALL. 70%
5. Feed conversion
COBB 500. 75%
ROSS 308. 85%
ARBOR ACRE 80%
MARSHALL. 65%
6. Best for frozen chicken or 6-7 weeks sales
COBB 500. 75%
ROSS 308. 100%
ARBOR ACRE 80%
MARSHALL. 60%
7. Bird uniformity
COBB 500. 70%
ROSS 308. 80%
ARBOR ACRE 75%
MARSHALL. 60%
Now we are going add all percent each breed got in the 7 statistics (over 700%)
COBB 500: 80+75+75+65+75+70+75= 515/700 (%)
ROSS 308: 60+90+75+60+85+100+80= 530/700 (%)
ARBOR ACRE: 70+80+90+70+80+80+75= 545/700 (%)
MARSHALL: 60+80+70+65+60+60= 500/700 (%)
Best bird for Broilers Rating based on our overall Statistics
1. ARBOR ACRE 1ST Position
They are more similar to Ross 308 and can weigh up to 2.7kg At 6 weeks of age, they have an average daily weight gain of 93 g and an average daily weight gain of 79g at 8 weeks of age under good conditions. They are also more resistant to diseases.
2. ROSS 308.
The Ross 308, they don't grow very tall and are always short but very fat, they can withstand cold but they hate heat.Ross 308 grows faster than other broilers breed. They have a good conversion ratio and are more suitable to be raised for 4-6weeks and then sell them off. they can weigh up to 2.5kg at 5WEEKS of age.
3. COBB 500.
Not as fast-growing as the Ross 308, but they grow taller than Ross 308. They canโt withstand cold and often sneeze and contact chronic respiratory . easily even when they are still a day old chick. They are also strongly resistant to heat more than Ross 308. And more agile and resistant to diseases.
4. Marshall.
The only disadvantage is that Marshall doesnโt grow up fast like the other breeds do but they are the broilers that grow the tallest among the broilers breed. And they are more required during the celebration period because of their physical appearance. They can stay up to 12 weeks before you can start marketing to sell them.
Ross 308 is the best for 6 weeks business when you give them the best, follow by Abror Acre, then Cobb 500, and last but not least Marshall
Performance and sustainability after 6 weeks, Arbor Acre First, Cobb 500 2nd, Marshall and last but not least Ross 308
Marketing and selling, Ross 308 1st, Abror Acre Second, Cobb 3rd and Marshall 4th.
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