Category: BIRDS

Correct Brooder Temperature for Week 1–8 Chicks: A Guide for Young African Poultry Farmers Starting poultry farming can be exciting, but many beginners lose chicks within the first few weeks because of poor brooding temperature management. Old day chicks cannot regulate their body temperature properly after hatching, so they depend on the farmer to provide…

Brooding Equipment Every Poultry Farmer Must Have: A Complete Guide for Young Poultry Farmers Brooding is one of the most important stages in poultry farming. It is the process of providing day-old chicks with the warmth, care, feed, water, and protection they need during their first few weeks of life. Young chicks cannot regulate their…

30 Things to Prepare Before Bringing Day-Old Chicks Home: A Complete Guide for Young Poultry Farmers Starting a poultry business can be exciting and profitable, but one of the biggest mistakes beginners make is buying day-old chicks before preparing their farm properly. Day-old chicks are delicate and require a suitable environment immediately after arrival. Poor…

What Are Day-Old Chicks? Complete Beginner Guide for Young Poultry Farmers Poultry farming is one of the fastest-growing agricultural businesses and a profitable opportunity for young people and anyone planning to enter farming. Before starting, one of the first terms every beginner will hear is day-old chicks. Understanding what they are and how to care for…

Essential Poultry Management Practices for Rearing Day-Old Chicks Successfully Starting a poultry farm can be profitable, but many farmers lose birds within the first few weeks because proper management is not put in place. The first few days and weeks of a chick’s life are the most critical. Proper care during this period determines whether…

A weed is a plant that grows where it is not wanted, including plants that were not intentionally sown or those that are more competitive and interfere with human activity. Weeding is the process of removing weeds from a field, which is an efficient approach to crop protection and agricultural production management. Weeds compete with…

Mixed Cropping This is the process of growing two or more crops together on the same piece of land simultaneously. The cereals are usually mixed with legumes; for example, wheat is mixed with peas, gram, or mustard. Cotton is grown and mixed with sunflowers. The objectives of crop mixtures are to get convenient installments of…

The term cropping system refers to the crops and crop sequences, as well as the management techniques used on a particular field over the years. The cropping system represents crop (cropping) patterns used on the farm and their interactions with farm resources, other farm enterprises, and available technology, which determine their makeup. A crop pattern…

Soil conservation can be defined as the science and art of looking after the land in such a way that soil is retained in one place and not carried away by agents such as water, wind, and animals, including man. To a certain degree, soil conservation is the same as erosion control. When effective soil…

What is Meant by Crop Science? Crop science is the study of agricultural issues and challenges, including resource use consistent with sustainable production of food, feed, fiber, and fuel, as well as the production, processing, and marketing of high-quality food and non-food products. Land Reclamation Land reclamation is the process of improving land to make…