Farmer Peter

Poultry & Catfish Farmer | Practical farming tips & real farm lessons
Helping farmers raise better birds and fish

[Farmer Peter @_FarmerPeter]

I share practical farm experiences and field tested lessons in poultry & catfish farming through storytelling.

Helping farmers improve productivity and make better decisions through real field experience.

Let’s learn and grow together.

[Farmer Peter @_FarmerPeter]

#FarmerPeter #CatfishFarming #FishFarming #Aquaculture

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He called me: "My fingerlings are dying. They are not eating!"

I visited his pond in Onitsha. He poured 3mm feed. The fingerlings were 5g - mouth size of needle eye. They rushed to feed, tried to swallow, spat out, and swam away tired and hungry.

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He was starving them with big feed.

We switched to 0.8mm crumbles. In 2 minutes, water was boiling - all eating aggressively.

Same fish. Same day. Different pellet size. Life vs death.

Are you feeding your fish or stressing them? Check your pellet size today.

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You are feeding the floor, not your birds."

We switched to good pellets. Next batch: 6.5 bags, 2.9kg average, zero floor waste.

Same ingredients. Different form. Different profit.

#FarmerPeter #PoultryFeed #PoultryFarming #Agribusiness

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He complained: "Farmer Peter, my 100 birds ate 8 bags but only 2kg at 6 weeks!"

I visited. Feeders had powder everywhere. Floor had more feed than droppings. Birds picking only maize grains.

"Your feed is good ingredients, but bad form. It's mash with too much fine.

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Birds muscular, 2.8kg, ate 6.5 bags, dry litter, zero mortality, FCR 1.6.

Farmer A spent #40k extra on feed to get SMALLER birds.

More is not better. Better is better.

Are you Farmer A or Farmer B? Be honest.

#FarmerPeter #PoultryNutrition #PoultryFarming #Agribusiness

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Two farmers, 100 broilers each.

Farmer A: "I feed plenty! My birds eat day and night. They must grow big!" At 6 weeks: birds fat, 2.2kg, ate 9 bags, wet litter, many deaths, FCR 2.3.

Farmer B: Followed guide. Starter 22%, Grower 21%, Finisher 19%. Measured daily. At 6 weeks:

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@Khanstilldayy "I understand what you are going through now" 😭😂💔

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#FarmerPeter #CatfishFarming #ValueAddition #SmokedCatfish #Agribusiness

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My student stocked 1000 catfish. Market fell, live price crashed to N1,600/kg. He was crying.

I told him: "Don't sell live. Smoke 500."

He smoked. 500kg live = 170kg smoked. Sold at N13,000/kg = N2,210,000.

If he sold 500kg live at N1,600 = N800,000.

Same fish. Difference?

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N1.4 MILLION extra because he added value.

He stopped complaining about price. He started smoking.

Your profit is not in size of your fish. It's in what you do after harvest.

Are you still selling only live? Let us know why in the comments?

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#FarmerPeter #PoultryManagement #PoultryFarming #Agribusiness

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He called: "Farmer Peter, evil people killed my birds. 30 died overnight."

I went. No evil people.

Litter was wet like swamp. Ammonia burning my eyes. Drinkers green with algae. No foot dip. Feeders full of droppings.

I told him: "You killed your birds. Not evil people."

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We fixed housing, changed litter, washed drinkers, set foot dip, gave vitamins. Next batch mortality: From 15% to 3%. Same village, same "evil people."

Every bird matters because every bird is profit. Stop blaming witches. Fix your management.

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But I sold."

Who will improve next batch? Farmer B. Because he knows where money went.

Who will repeat mistake? Farmer A. Because he has no record.

Farming without records is gambling. Records turn gamble to business.

#FarmerPeter #PoultryRecords #Agribusiness #Broiler

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Two farmers sold same day. 500 birds each.

Farmer A: "I made profit!"

Farmer B opened his notebook: Feed: N950k, Chicks: N300k, Drugs: N80k, Charcoal: N70k, Total cost: N1.4M. Sales: N1.85M. Profit: N450k. FCR 1.6.

Farmer A: "Me too! I made profit!" How much? "I don't know,

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He never graded for 2 months.

We graded that day. 3 sizes, 3 ponds. After 4 weeks, runts doubled growth because they could now eat without fear.

Your fish are not disappearing. They are being eaten.

#FarmerPeter #CatfishFarming #Grading

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A farmer called me: "My fish are disappearing. I stocked 1000, I see 600."

I visited. No mortality. No theft.

I found the problem inside the pond. Shooters.

One pond, three sizes. The big 100 were eating the small 300. The remaining 600 were average.

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@TheCakegurl I will venture into poultry farming because it offers a fast return on investment, with broilers ready for market in just 6-8 weeks.