Weekly Discussion Topic – November 22 2023

[Lateef Olaosun]

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[Olawuwo Oluwatobi]

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[Elisha Folorunsho]

Waoooooo nice

[Elisha Folorunsho]

GGreat news

[Bello Bashir Bello]

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[Saviour Uyinosa]

The industry is what is it is… Hmmm! Thank you so much for your feedback. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[Bello Bashir Bello]

Yes indeed

[Bello Bashir Bello]

Thank you for your time and efforts

[Rosemary Ewetade]

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[Deborah Oluwabunmi Olasehinde]

Great knowledge, thank you for sharing

[Augustine Ukperi]

Really appreciate this knowledge sharing

[Olawuwo Oluwatobi]

Very Insightful

[Opeyemi Afeluyi]

Good discussion so far.

I wanted to add that👇🏽

For those of us who are yet to create a discussion, let’s think of something that we need an answer to and share, or think of something that has been working for you and you would like to share with the rest of the community. Let’s take advantage of this great platform to learn.

[EMMANUEL OMIDIJI]

Thank you for the question Savior. Thank you Dan for the comprehensive insightful response.

[Saviour Uyinosa]

My pleasure

[Chemist. Ashfaq Ahmad]

👍 great knowledge👍 great knowledge

[Mohammed Akewusola]

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[Saviour Uyinosa]

I would like to extend my sincerest gratitude to the esteemed guest lecturer and the team responsible for facilitating this lecture for our community. The lecture proved to be an enlightening experience, shedding light on topics such as pre-layer feed, egg size, and egg shell quality.

What advice would you offer to a farmer who relies exclusively on commercial feed and is facing the challenge of minimizing egg size at week seventy or later, given that he/she lacks knowledge of the precise nutritional composition of the feed?

[Rakesh Jasud]

nice

[Dan Redford]

Hi @save416yahoo-co-uk , we conferred with our expert to respond to your query. Here is his detailed advisory for you:

It is unfortunate that the farmer is subjected to a double whammy situation of an older flock producing smaller eggs and the high cost of commercial diets these days. Older flocks seventy weeks or later should be producing heavier eggs as the yolk size increases with hens getting heavier with age. Sadly, commercially available diets are now using mostly by-products like rice bran, wheat pollard, copra meal, etc. to minimize increase in feed cost. This will either maintain the body weight of the hens or worse, reduce their weights resulting in either reduction in egg weight or egg production.

I recommend supplementation of a solution of vitamins, minerals and amino acids (usually methionine and lysine) in the water if feed quality is not good. They should consider trying other layer feed brands and if the farm can remix their diets, they can mix it with additional yellow corn and soybean meal with the help of a nutritionist to improve the energy and protein/amino acid source of the hens (this method will also need additional basemix and limestone to correct nutrient imbalances). They should ensure high health status of the hens by following the recommended vaccination program and check water quality for coliforms causing gut health problems to help reduce mortalities.

The problem of layers fed low quality commercial diets is common worldwide due to high costs of raw materials and the best way to prevent this is to be able to mix their own feed. They may buy their own corn, sorghum or feed wheat as main energy sources and procure the best soybean meal or fullfat soya available in their area. A diet low in fibrous raw materials like a typical corn-soya diet will allow hens to produce eggs of correct weight and egg production following the standards of the strain they are rearing.

[Barakat Adeoye]

Thank you

[Rakesh Jasud]

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[Olayiwola Dorcas]

THANKS FOR THIS INFORMATION

[Mohammed Akewusola]

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[Saviour Uyinosa]

Thank you so much Mr Dan

[Saviour Uyinosa]

Thank you so much for Dan

[Hikmah Tiamiyu]

Thank you so much for this insightful knowledge

[Dan Redford]

Hello Saviour! Thanks for this question. We will confer with our instructors and respond to your question soon. Stay tuned!