Animal Agriculture

Your birds daily consumption of feed depends on the composition of the diet Chickens normally adjust feed intake in order to meet their energy requirements. When energy content of a diet increases, feed intake decreases, and vice versa. Environmental temperatures  determines how much feed a flock will consume. During hot weather, feed intake decreases and  increases during cold weather as chickens consume more to supply the extra energy needed to maintain regulation of body temperature.  Always adjust as at when necessary

Beekeeping is the process of raising bees in order to collect honey or any other products like propolis, beeswax, pollen propolis and royal jelly. Honeybee seems to have a great economic potential for entrepreneurs in Nigeria. Bees are naturally ranged in semi-arid lands and Savanah. Therefore, these bees are used to extreme temperatures. Still, what is the best for them? Traditional or modern process of gathering? Traditional beekeeping methods Beekeeping is not new for Africans. Wooden board and timber have always been in scarce in that regions, that’s why mud and grass were considered the best materials for traditional beekeeping in Nigeria. The Grass hive The grass hives are one of the traditional ways of beekeeping. It’s usually made of dry grasses which are woven together in the form of a cylinder or basked. The entry points are provided in both ends of the hive. Some beekeepers prefer to construct them as low to the ground as possible. These beekeeping hives a