Journal
Notes from the farm.
What we are learning about running livestock properly in Rivers State — written for people who want numbers, not slogans.
- Buying guide
How old is that egg? A buyer's guide to a market nobody dates
Most eggs sold in Nigerian markets carry no collection date at all. Here is what that costs you, and the three questions that tell you what you are actually buying.
Read — 5 min - Poultry
Feed conversion ratio: the number most layer farms never calculate
Feed is roughly 70% of the cost of producing an egg. If you are not tracking kilograms of feed per kilogram of egg, you cannot know whether you are making money.
Read — 7 min - Farm business
Before you buy your first 500 layers: four costs nobody quotes you
The bird price and the cage price are the two numbers every supplier gives you. They are not the two numbers that determine whether the venture works.
Read — 6 min