Most poultry farmers use conventional bedding materials in the coop, spreading straw, hay, wood shavings or similar over the floors and in the nest boxes.Some people however, use sand as flooring material. There […]

Small-scale pig keepers often use natural remedies as a first line of ‘treatment’. If your sow is little constipated, feeding a ripe banana or juicy fruits (not from the kitchen) can get her bowels going aga […]

Goats are affected by many diseases, many can be treated with readily available drugs at local stores while others have to be prevented through vaccinations.
The vaccine commonly known as “CDT” or “CD&T” is a va […]

A silent heat, or sub estrus, is defined as the lack of behavioral estrus symptoms although the genital organs undergo normal cyclical changes. The incidence of silent heat varies from 10% to 40% between different […]

When lambs over eight weeks of age are growing at less than 200g per day, weaning them and moving them to better quality feed should be considered.The decision to wean on any farm is driven by multiple factors, […]

In case of rabbits, it can be difficult to distinguish males from females, especially when they are young. It is quite important to know their sex if you have a pair of rabbits, specifically because rabbits are […]

Feeds take up to 80 per cent of pig production costs. Farmers can make their own feeds and sell surplus feed to other farmers. What they need is to know the rations of mixing the different ingredients. Pig rearing […]

We all know that fresh grass is good for chickens. However, grass is actually more nutritional to chickens than you may think.First of all, eggs from hens who eat grass will have healthier, darker egg yolks, a […]

During July to September, its “raining” kids at most farms. The question on table, what are the basic things to follow to ensure you have zero or less than 2% mortality of kids at your farm? Yes you can have zero […]

Like many people in the Eastern boarder town, Wabwire was a pretty trader mainly dealing in smuggled goods across the Kenyan boarder. However in 2005, the couple had to make a hard decision since their family had […]

Livestock keeping is an enterprise whose main objective is to get profit at the end of the day. Much as we raise animals for our own benefit, they have rights such as the right to adequate, good, clean food. It […]

Having a hen go broody can be a good thing if you are trying to hatch chicks. If chicks are not in the cards, however, and the eggs on which your hen is sitting are not fertile, having her go broody has the […]

Pigs are one of the most ideal animals to breed for money and business. This is because breeding pigs doesn’t take up to much time and pigs are capable of producing large litters. They have a short gestation […]

Every farmer desires 100 per cent survival of chicks once he or she has bought and put them in a brooding house. Losses will, however, almost always occur especially during the first two weeks of life.

A […]

Cattle feedlot farming is the kind of beef cattle production where the farmer gets cattle that have attained slaughter size but are not in good body condition for slaughter. Animals may also be admitted to a […]

Residents in Jinja Town are worried about the state of Jinja main Abattoir where cattle and sheep are slaughtered before they are distributed to various butchers. The abattoir is located in Industrial area, […]

The deep litter system of rearing birds is one of the popular methods embraced by commercial poultry farmers in Uganda. However, the system comes at the expense of big spaces, and a couple of other challenges. The […]

Farmers engaged in animal husbandry to be specific, bull fattening in Mubende District seized the opportunity to learn innovative new technologies. They learnt from scientists working under the Global Climate […]

The answer is basic and straightforward. You have to decide, first of all, if you are going to be merely a livestock owner or whether you want to be a livestock farmer.

The difference lies in the fact that […]

Raising rabbits for meat and fur is a good way to make money but only if you do it on a large scale, and it should be done as supplementary income only. The initial costs in setting-up is small, rabbits breed […]