Sanitation

Freshly weaned pigs have just experienced an incredibly stressful change, and that stress can be highly detrimental for their already immature immune systems. On top of this, any maternal antibodies […]

Dealing with an extra Teat on a cow A good udder with well-shaped four teats is one of the things that contribute to a desired appearance of a dairy cow. It also adds up to an […]

Dehydration in calves experiencing scours is often underestimated. A scouring calf can lose anywhere between 5% to 10% of its bodyweight in water within one day.

1. How to assess dehydration

Dehydration […]

Ducks are very suitable for meat production. Because they can’t lay much eggs like chicken. There are many highly productive meat duck breeds around the world. Meat productive ducks become very fast g […]

Occasionally a kid just had a rough delivery, has a slight deformity like contracted tendons that keep it from standing right away, or is slightly underdeveloped and lacking a strong sucking response. While this […]

A large part of raising wool animals is knowing what to feed sheep in order to obtain good quality wool. Feeding choices will vary from place to place. The sheep farmers who have large acreage will raise sheep […]

While constructing a pigsty, different things have to be put in consideration. It can be constructed cheaply by using locally available materials. It needs to be constructed according to climatic conditions and […]

First gather the ingredients and materials you need. Start with two mixing bowls, a spoon, and an empty, dry soup can. Use the soup can and spoon to measure ingredients, one large bowl to mix dry ingredients and […]

Different farmers around Lake Victoria have engaged in lucrative fish cage farming. For one to start a fish cage farming business, there are two main basics needed; a licence and viable human and monetary […]

There are two major sources of fish in Uganda; one is from aquaculture, the other from fishing in rivers and lakes. So, different types of fish flourish in different water sources. The major ones include; Nile […]

Poor results in hatching are commonly caused by the improper control of temperature or humidity. When the temperature or humidity is too high or too low for a long period of time, the normal growth and de […]

Adapting to new food is a complicated process for weaning piglets. What measures can be taken to ensure a smooth transition from lactating to weaned piglets?

Most piglets are weaned between three and four weeks […]

The majority of cows accept their calves at birth without problems but on occasion cows have been known to reject their own calves. When a cow rejects her calf it is essential to try to get her to accept the calf […]

Rabbits have long, durable teeth. If these rabbits turn their wrath on your walls, that can have consequences. Rabbits may start munching on the wallpaper, paint, drywall, or the underlying wood itself. Unlike […]

If you’ve just brought home new goats, whether to enhance your farm or for breeding, you need to watch them for signs of stress. Even when you start with healthy goats, transporting can stress them emotionally a […]

No matter how good sheep farming practices are, not all ewes and lambs will survive. One of the biggest factors contributing towards the loss of ewes and lambs is the weather especially in cold areas or seasons. […]

Many people especially the youth would want to venture into poultry farming but have no idea how to start small not knowing that rearing chicken is not difficult to start.
Embracing simple agricultural investment […]

Having a good feeding system for your Rabbit farm is very crucial because many farmers have ignorantly used  certain feeds to kill their young rabbits. Out of ignorance, some farmers have also turned a promising b […]

Goats are social animals. They belong in a herd and they depend on the herd for their own safety. Never keep just one goat.

Goats think like goats, therefore learn how to think like a goat to figure out how to […]

Cows can suffer abnormalities during pregnancy leading to death of the foetus or resulting from foetal or maternal abnormality.  Abortion in dairy cattle is the loss of a foetus between the age of 42 days and […]