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FEED FORMULATION FOR BOTH LAYERS AND BROILERS by AYOOLA NAJEEMDEEN OMOKAYODE

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HOW TO BUILD PVC RABBITS HUTCH

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Building rabbit cages, chicken coops, or any sort of PVC frame is simple, fast, and will last a long time. This rabbit hutch uses 1 1/2 SCH 40 pipe and is about 8′ x 6′ x 3′ deep. It can hold up to six rabbit cages. Why six and not four like most? If you get a sick rabbit or two or ever plan to breed your rabbits you’ll appreciate the extra cages. There are several PVC rabbit hutch plans online, but really, just go to your local hardware store and stare at the PVC connectors for a while. These rabbit hutches are so easy to build that you can very easily come up with a plan, especially if you’ve ever worked with PVC or are the DIY creative type. You’ll be inspired in no time. But, if you like instructions and planning before you start then here’s a cool design for you. This design is modular unlike most other PVC frame designs on the web, meaning you can continue building length·wise however long you want. Need 8 cages i...
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GRASS-CUTTER FARMING IN NIGERIA.

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MARKET Grasscutter is considered a delicacy within our environment and there's hardly enough to meet demand. In addition there's an increase in foreign demand for the animal especially from Asian market. RISK The risk level of cane rat farming is low compared to other livestock. The input is low and returns is high as they are very prolific animals and require little care when compared to other livestock. FEEDING For every livestock farming  feeding cost usually surmount to about 70% of running cost. Which is what makes grasscutter farming attractive. The cost of feeding is really low as they feed on anything vegetable. They would eat elephant or napier grass, guinea grass, congo grass, gamba, alfalfa which are all readily available in our environment. They would equally eat tubers such as cassava, sweet potatoes, yams, fruits such as pawpaw, banana, plantain, corncobs sugar cane, hydroponic fodder, formulated concentrate feeds etc. Cheaper was of feeding grasscutt...
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