hello fams. Good morning from this side. I woke this morning feeling a little bit down for no reason (I guess I woke up at the wrong side of the bed). Then a friend of mine called me and she really lit up my countenance. You know, some people really know how to bring smile on your face. So, I regained my posterity and got up from my bed. Thinking of what to do, I decided to write on read.cash. So I will be sharing my experience at A and B farm where I went to do my Industrial training (IT).

A and B farm

We started the program on the second of January. We actually resumed the farm on the third. The farm is a privately-owned establishment. The CEO of the farm is Mr. Ikechukwu. He retired from Chevron group of companies. He is also a pastor.

Landscape and sectors

The farm is situated on a slopy landscape. This Is actually well planned as it ensures easy drainage of water and wastes. It is also good for the fish farm sector of the farm. The farm is located far away from the main community. This is to ensure safety and reduce complaint from neighbors. The farm is divided into three sectors: the milling sector, the poultry sector and the fish farm sector. The milling sector is situated at the entrance of the farm. This is where all the feed are been made. The milling sector of the farm is well equipped with various machines and equipment to ensure production of feed. There are two large mixers which are directly linked to two big crushers respectively.

There are also mechanical scales, lifters, commercial driers, pelleting machines, fish feed mixers etc.

Going to the poultry section. There are at least 10 buildings erected for the poutry. The layers unit have three building with two being a three storey building. Each Halls of the storey building has bird holding capacity of above 5100. The layers unit is well equipped with effective water circulatory system using nipples connected to pipes. There are also sheds made specially for day old chicks. In the layers units, there are battery cages made of units with 15 cells each. There are 95 units in a row and 190 units in total. Each cell contains 3 to 4 fowls. About 500 to 700 crates of eggs are collected from each hall everyday giving a total of 3500 to 4900 crates of eggs everyday.

When I was there, the farm was supplied with 13500 layer chicks. So this gave me an opportunity to witness them being vaccinated against bird flu and Newcastle diseases through the eye hole vaccination. It was quite fun and educative working in that unit.

Moving to the fish sector, the farm has 9 wide earthen ponds, 3 large oceanic ponds and about 15 to 20 concrete tanks. The farm has it own hatchery unit were fries are been produced for restocking.

It was fun all the way from the start to the finish of my IT program at A and B farm. This money in agriculture, an I believe there are still many hidden gems and innovations that is yet to be discovered in agriculture.

So, that's all for now friends. Hope to write soon. I was supposed to actually post this article since Friday but I wasn't able to do so because I don't have subscribe.

Bye for now