A number of management practices are vital when rearing rabbits.

Feeding

Feed them on greens, hay, home-mixed grains, and commercial rabbit pellets to meet all their nutritional requirements. Hay is given to […]

Unless proper precautions are followed, pig, dog and cat manure can be harmful to human health. The composting process that can kill organisms harmful to man requires high temperatures and special conditions […]

Goats vs sheep rearing in Uganda Livestock Farming Goat and lamb meat are being recognised for their nutritional value and are two of the most commonly consumed red meats around the world. Goat meat […]

AGDI Dairy Farm is one of the three farms that have been identified to pilot the Practical Dairy Training Farming approach. Established in 2010 by retired Colonel Dick Buyingo and his wife Agnes, the farm has […]

I am John Byamukama, a Ugandan student currently pursuing a Master of Science in Agri-Enterprise Development at Makerere University in Kampala under Private Programme.

Getting inspired

Soon after enrolling […]

A sheep breed that adapts well to tough climatic conditions and matures faster than the ordinary sheep is enjoying fanatical uptake by farmers especially due to its low fat quality meat with farmers getting ret […]

Sheep farming is among the traditional business and occupations of the people of some countries around the world. Sheep have been rearing as a domestic animal from the ancient time. Usually sheep farming means […]

There is a new wave in Kenya – that of rabbit keeping. Rabbit keeping in Kenya is encouraged by companies such as the Rabbit Republic that are ready to make contracts with Kenya for rabbit farming. Rabbit b […]

How do you start a rabbit farming business? Are you interested in starting a rabbit farming business but you don’t know how to go about it? Do you need a sample rabbit farming business plan template? Then i a […]

Beef farming best practices in nutrition, disease control and growth enhancement
I have ventured into beef farming, mainly keeping the local breeds and I would like your assistance on best practices in nutrition, […]

Brahman: When farmers set out to invest in livestock they need to take into consideration a few crucial factors to get the most out of the venture.

Choice of animal and breed comes first.

This is what in […]

POULTRY EGG FARMING
Poultry egg farming is a very profitable business and many people are making money all over the world by starting layers egg production business. However to build a successfully […]

HOW TO MAKE INDIGENOUS MICRO-ORGANISMS SOLUTION
Natural Deep Bed Pig Farming uses indigenous micro-organisms (IMO’s) to create and maintain healthy deep bed litter flooring. It is these micro-organisms that w […]

I started the brood with just three layers. Step by step, my stock grew to 50, 100, 200 and now over 2,000 kienyeji birds, and that is without counting those already sold and slaughtered, Elisha Wekoya a poultry […]

If you buy day-old, commercially-bred hybrid chicks from a reputable hatchery they will have been vaccinated against common major killers of free-range poultry.

If you buy professionally-reared commercial hens […]

Egg yolk peritonitis is a fatal condition that affects any species of birds. There are two types of egg peritonitis; septic peritonitis caused by bacterial infection (E. coli) and non-septic peritonitis, which is […]

Dairy goat farming is the rearing of goats for milk.

It is one of the easiest types of dairy farming and therefore good for farmers in the urban and peri-urban areas. Goats do not require one to own a big land […]

Abortions In Goats:

Goat herds generally have a 2 to 5 percent abortion rate. Any percentage above this is a serious problem because abortions can lead to economic losses. Indeed, infectious Abortions In Goats […]