Natural Herbs for Rabbits.
Rabbits are pseudo- ruminant animals ( false ruminant), which means they have a single stomach yet the eat grass; unlike goat, sheep and cattle that are ruminant with four stomach; so rabbits need grass, leaves to balance nutrition.
FEED INGREDIENT MISTAKES LIVESTOCK FARMERS SHOULD KNOW
1. Rice bran in non ruminant feed
2. PKC in poultry feed
3. Too much of wheat offal in small ruminants
4. Low amount of calcium in feed
5. Improper grinding of feed for poultry starters and snail
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livestock production irrespective of the specie or breed, natural disaster might try to overpower, it's your preparation and enthusiasm that will bounce you up.
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Triple production.
The first production will show you your mistakes, second production will show how to do better while the third will give little reward if you've learnt from previous productions.
Natural disaster(s) can be more powerful than human, despite your skills in
Livestock farm can lift you and can also cripple you, if you want to go into it be ready to face the crisis in it.
On rare occasions will anybody make profit from the first production many will have debt from it, that's why you must start very small but must have the money for
6. Do not over feed, at grower stage, commercial layers are not to be fed heavily to avoid excess abdominal fat which will hinder egg production. 120g - 130g of feed is enough for a bird on daily routine.
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to feed, but yellow maize aids quality of egg yolk hence, the yolk will be more golden. If you are concern about yolk quality but your maize id white, there are additives in market to aid yolk quality or you use sunflower petals and pistil.
Commercial layer bird farming, has little differences from broiler farming, I will list some common errors made by newbies
1. Be sure of the age of birds given so as to know when your first lay of egg will drop
2. Learn how to formulate your feed, it helps to reduce cost
Second category:
Broiler
Commercial layers
Fishery (especially catfish)
Cattle
For other livestock animals that are not listed, type them i will explain more.
So if planning to venture into any, understand this first.
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There are some livestock animals that their housing is more expensive and be well checked compared to their feed which is easily accessible, while some their feed is more expensive than housing.
First category:
Rabbit
Snail
Sheep
Goat
Quail
Swine ***