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Sudden death syndrome is a form of metabolic disorder that has to do with a condition in which a physically healthy fast growing broiler chicks suddenly die from no apparent causes. It is usually accompanied with a short wing beating convulsion prior to the death so that many affected birds are found lying on their back. It is therefore called ' flip over disease ' but that does not mean that dead birds cannot lie on the chest, due to flaccid paralysis. SDS has been one of the major problem in broiler industry in many parts of the world as it can affect the bird of all ages started from day 2 till the market age. Peak mortality normally occur between 3 to 4 weeks of age. Also, it affects male birds than female counterpart. In most cases, it majorly attacks fast growing broilers due to heart failure or fat build up around liver and lungs. Causes Of SDS The cause of SDS is not clear, but it is believed to be a metabolic disease related to high carbohydrate intake. T...

Noilers are basically raised for meat even though they also lay eggs. Their meat is tougher than that of broiler but not as that of local chicken. Noilers are multi coloured compared to broilers which are mainly white and the pullets that are mostly brown. As at now, Noilers can only be found (as Amo Noiler) at the Amo farm located in Awe area of Oyo in Oyo State. a) Feed Requirement Amo Noiler feed on the same feeds used for other birds but were limited to chickmash and grower mash. The birds eat more than other breeds but they are good converters of feeds because the weight is higher than that of cockerel at maturity. There are Male and Female lines of Amo Noiler. The females start laying from the 17th week which means, for optimum performance, they have to be separated from male line by 10th week (70 days). Hence, their feeding programs are slightly different. The feeding program is highlighted below based on the gender line: i) Males 0-28 days: Broiler starter 29-70 days: Gr...

There are many factors like selection of good chicks, location of farm and labour in the eggs production, but where most farmers get it wrong is in the aspect of poultry health management which is the major function of proper medication and vaccination schedule. We have discussed  How To Vaccinate Birds in previous articles. Below is the schedule you can follow as guide based on your experience in poultry farming: Day 1 -- Multivitamins/glucose Day 2-5 -- Antibiotics and multivitamins Day 6 -- Multivitamins Day 7 -- LaSota vaccine Day 8 -- Multivitamins Day 9-12 -- Anticoccidial drug Day 13 -- Multivitamins Day 14 -- Gumboro vaccine Day 15 -- Multivitamins Day 16-20 -- Antibiotics + Vitamins Day 21 -- Gumboro (booster) vaccine Day 28 -- LaSota (booster) vaccine Week 5 -- Tyloxine based drug (as antiviral) Week 6 -- 1st deworming Week 8 -- Antibiotics drugs Week 9 -- 1st coryza Week 12 -- Lasota Week 13 -- 2nd coryza Week 14 -- 2nd deworming ...