Category: Chicken

Our Chicken section covers the essentials of raising chickens for Nigerian farmers and smallholders across Africa — from backyard flocks to commercial strains. Whether you are producing meat or eggs, or simply keeping birds well, you will find practical guidance here.

Use the three sections to find what you need. Broilers focuses on raising chickens for meat, from housing and feeding to weight gain and market readiness. Layers covers egg production, including feeding, lighting and daily management. Chicken Breeds & Care offers general guidance on choosing breeds and day-to-day care that applies to any flock.

White Diarrhea in Chickens: Causes, Diagnosis and Safe Response

White material in a chicken dropping is not automatically diarrhoea or disease. Birds normally pass faeces, clear urine and white or cream urates together. Concern begins when droppings change persistently, become unusually watery or occur with weakness, pasted vents, poor growth, reduced appetite or deaths. “White diarrhoea” describes an appearance, not a diagnosis. Pullorum disease […]

7 Signs of Unhealthy Chicken Poop: What Droppings Can—and Cannot—Tell You

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Chicken droppings can reveal that something has changed in a flock, but their colour alone cannot diagnose a disease. Feed, water intake, heat, stress, age and normal digestive activity can all alter their appearance. The safest approach is to compare new droppings with what is normal for your birds, observe the whole flock and arrange […]