🐔⚠️ FOWL POX ALERT! ⚠️🐔🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 (Don’t confuse it with chicken pox in humans!) Did you know? 🍭 Chicken pox (varicella) affects humans but not chicken. 🍭Fowl pox is a serious viral disease that affects poultry — NOT humans! 🚨 How fowl pox spreads: 🦟 Mosquito bites (major carrier, especially in rainy seasons). 🐔 Contact with infected birds. 🧑‍🌾 Contaminated equipment or farm workers. 🐓 Forms of fowl pox: i) Dry pox (cutaneous): pimples/warts on comb, wattles, eyelids & beak. ii) Wet pox (diphtheric): Sores inside mouth/throat – DEADLY! 🔍 Signs to watch:💥 ✅ Pimple-like swellings on comb & wattles. ✅ Swollen, sealed eyes with pus. ✅ Dullness & loss of appetite. ❗ Why outbreaks increase now:? 🌧️ Rainy season = more stagnant water = more mosquitoes. 🚚 Festivities (e.g. Christmas) = increased transport of birds = faster disease spread. 💥 Prevention = BIOSECURITY: ✅ Vaccinate at 3 weeks & repeat at 6 weeks (especially in endemic areas). ✅ Control mosquitoes (drain stagnant water, clear bushes). ✅ Restrict visitors to your farm. ✅ Proper sanitation, fencing & carcass disposal. ✅ Always quarantine new birds before mixing with your flock. ⚠️ Remember: FOWL POX HAS NO CURE💯 . Only prevention & supportive care can help. During outbreaks, vaccinate only healthy birds. Always consult a qualified vet. Kindly be alerted to protect your flocks this rainy season. Check the image illustration below 👇👇

A common sign in poultry that shows that your bird is sick👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

💥What it Takes To Keep Your Poultry Farm Disease-Free💥 Biosecurity is a management practice designed to prevent entry of diseases into a farm, and limit spread. It is an essential element to a good animal husbandry process. It is the cheapest and most-effective method of disease control. Biosecurity ensures that the health and well being of your birds are protected hence improving the immunity and performance of your flock. It is important that every poultry farmer checks if their biosecurity plans are strong enough to keep out diseases. Infectious diseases are introduced on farms through: 1) Introducing diseased or carrier birds. 2) Visitors’ and farmers clothing, shoes and vehicles 3) Poor disposal of dead birds’ carcasses and litter 4) Contaminated drinking water provided to the birds 5)Rodents and wild birds 6) Egg transmission 7) Contaminated feeds and feeding equipment 8) Farmer’s pets 9)Airborne infections For an effective biosecurity plan, there are three aspects that should be considered: Isolation, Human traffic control and sanitation. This is done through confining the birds in a controlled environment and keeping all other animals out. This is achieved through: ✅Construction of fences, ✅ Practising all-in-all-out poultry management. That is birds are kept as a flock from day-old chicks till they are slaughtered. After slaughter, the house is washed, disinfected and rested for at least two weeks to ensure that pathogens are killed before introducing any new flock. New birds should be day-old chicks as old birds are likely to be carriers. If you have to introduce any bird or birds’ into the farm, ensure that there is an isolation unit far as possible from the resident birds: These new birds should be isolated for 2-4 weeks; during this period the birds will be observed for signs of diseases and treated if any is seen. Farmers should handle the new birds last after all the others. Ensure you obtain new birds from a reliable source. ✅ Keeping birds of same species and age group together: Some birds are resistant or carriers of diseases that are harmful to other birds of a different species. ✅ Keeping rodents and wild birds away: Rodents spread diseases into the farm through their droppings or secretions. They are kept out through placing wire nets and avoiding spillage of feeds outside the poultry house. Also ensure there are no dams near the poultry house as this attracts water birds. FREE FROM STRESS Clear the surroundings of bushes and shrubs as these provide hiding areas for rodents and other wild animals. Human traffic control Humans are the biggest threat to spread of diseases. Humans transfer diseases through their clothing, shoes, hands, equipment and vehicles. Every farmer should control the number of people that come into the farm. Sanitation The poultry house should be kept clean to ensure that there is no spread of diseases. Chicken litter should be dry at all times as wet and dirty litter predisposes the birds to coccidiosis among other infections. Visitors should have their cars disinfected and their shoes too at the entrance to the farm. Everyone should wash their hands with a disinfectant and wear protective clothing - a dust coat and gumboots before they enter into the poultry house. There should be a footbath at the entrance of every poultry house that all visitors should dip their foot wear. All farmers should disinfect their hands, shoes and clothing especially after being in direct contact with other livestock and family pets. There are different disinfecting products that can be used by farmers: Hydrogen peroxide, hydrogen iodide, Phenols, Hypochlorites, Quaternary ammonium, Formalin and Chlorohexidine among others. It is important to seek advice from a veterinarian on which sanitiser is best suited for your production needs. The other important way to prevent entry of diseases into the farms is through vaccinations. Vaccines aid in providing your birds with a strong immune system that is able to resist infections. Never vaccinate sick birds; vaccines are only meant for prevention and not treatment. Always keep records as this is an essential tool in ensuring good biosecurity measures have been attained. It is also important to note that healthy birds that are free from stress will develop an active immune system that protects them from diseases. Stress free birds’ are those that are not kept in crowded environments, are fed on a balanced diet with ample clean drinking water and are free from fear and anxiety. Forget not that AGRICULTURE is the both strength and backbone of every Nation ✔️ One love♥️

💥MYCOPLASMA & CORYZA? 💥 Know the Deadly Difference Before It's Too Late Here’s a clear explanation of the two diseases shown in the picture: 1. Mycoplasma (Mycoplasma Gallisepticum) 💥How It Affects Chickens💥 ✅Attacks the respiratory system. ✅ Spread through air, direct contact, or from infected parents to chicks. ✅ Stress, poor ventilation, or co-infections can worsen the disease. Symptoms ✅ Watery eyes ✅Nasal discharge ✅Sneezing ✅Swollen sinuses ✅ Drop in egg production Treatment ✅ Use antibiotics like Tylosin, Tylvalosin, or Doxycycline (consult a vet). ✅ Isolate sick birds. ✅Improve ventilation and reduce stress. ✅Biosecurity to prevent spread. 2. Coryza (Infectious Coryza) 💥How It Affects Chickens 💥 ✅ Caused by bacteria Avibacterium paragallinarum. ✅Spreads through contact, contaminated water, or feed. ✅Very contagious, especially in wet, crowded conditions. Symptoms ✅Swollen face and eyes ✅Foul-smelling nasal discharge ✅ Difficulty breathing ✅Reduced appetite and egg production Treatment ✅Use antibiotics like Sulfa drugs (e.g., Sulfadimethoxine) or Erythromycin. ✅Quarantine infected birds. ✅Clean and disinfect the coop. ✅Practice strict biosecurity. Prevention Tips for Both ✅ Avoid overcrowding ✅ Provide clean water & feed ✅ Vaccinate if available ✅ Quarantine new birds ✅ Practice good hygiene

How you feed Layers is different from how you feed Broilers. Ask me how in the comments section.

WHY DO BIRDS NEED TO BE FED? 1) Birds need feed for Energy. 2) Birds need feed for Production. 3) Birds need feed for Physiological requirements/growth. One love♥️

1week old chicks

💥Happy new month family ♥️ ✅The living God has done it again, he has made us to witness the new day and new month of September, 2025 in Joy💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃 By the grace of God! 💥This month shall favour us. 💥 Success is ours 💥Our expectations this month shall not be cutoff. 💥In this new month, we will not be afflicted. 💥This ember month will not take away our Joy. 💥Men will favour us. 💥Gentiles will see the glory of God in our lives. 💥Unfortunate will not be our portion. 💥Accident will be far away from us and our family. 💥Untimely death will not be our portion. 💥Sickness is far away in Jesus name 🙏🙏

CLASS WORK!!! 🍭How many eggs can a layer produce a day? Drop your answers in the comments section.

💥There are different feeding strategies and kinds of feed usually seen in poultry.💥 Below are 3 reasons for feeding 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 We feed with purposes. We feed due to the kind of birds. We feed due to the age of birds In our next class, we shall discuss more on brooding, Feed / feeding strategies and make emphasis on (3) reasons for feeding ✔️ One love♥️

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HOMEMADE FOOD🍛🍛🍛🍛🍛🍛🍛🍛🍛🍛🥟🥟🥟🥟🥟🥟 Sunday meal is set for consumption...Join me guys💃 The day you realized that your day to day lifestyle or wellbeing depends on Agricultural products, that day you will acknowledged that sincerely Agriculture is the backbone of every Nation. In fact, Agricultural sciences professions need to placed in a higher hierarchy in the world of work and made it a compulsory subject to all the students at the secondary level. There is a controversial beliefs that Agriculture is about farming only(Layman assumption😁😁😁😁).....If only they know how Agricultural products had transformed the world and contributed to the economic security. One love♥️ Happy Sunday.