Agro Prime Blog
Poultry & farming guides written for Ghana
Straight-talking advice from our hatchery team: prices, brooding, vaccines, feed and profit — everything a Ghanaian poultry farmer needs to succeed.
Straight-talking advice from our hatchery team: prices, brooding, vaccines, feed and profit — everything a Ghanaian poultry farmer needs to succeed.
Feeding & NutritionHow much calcium a laying hen really needs, why coarse limestone fed in the afternoon fixes thin shells, and which local sources work best in Ghana.
Health & VaccinationRaised, crusty, thickened legs on an older bird mean scaly leg mite. Here's how to smother the mites, treat the whole roost and keep it out with quarantine.
Health & VaccinationThat crusty, sour-smelling vent on a laying hen is vent gleet — a Candida overgrowth. Learn to recognise it and clear it with a simple, repeated routine.
Health & VaccinationBrooder pneumonia is a fungal disease that makes chicks gasp silently and has no cure. Here's how to recognise aspergillosis and keep the mould out of your brooder.
Health & VaccinationBumblefoot is an infected pressure sore of the footpad that quietly lames your best birds. How to grade it, treat it early and prevent it.
Health & VaccinationPullorum kills chicks in their first weeks and hides silently in carrier hens. Why it's a source-and-hatchery problem, and how to start clean.
Health & VaccinationFowl cholera strikes your most valuable mature birds with sudden deaths. Learn to spot it, tell it from Newcastle, treat it and keep it out.
Health & VaccinationA host-adapted Salmonella that kills growers and productive layers, spreads through the egg, and turns survivors into lifelong carriers.
Health & VaccinationA slow-spreading viral disease driven by mosquitoes — the dry form is a nuisance, the wet form kills, and one cheap vaccine prevents both.
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