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The Worldwide Ostriches On Line Consultancy Group are delighted to make available to you on-site visits for your new or existing farm, business or establishment in any country in the world.

The range of services we provide and the topics and information we share with you is virtually unending; the only limitation to all of our programs are the number of days you request our services.

Our complete fee structures and an ordering form is below, as well as the opportunity to request a fixed price quotation for the consultancy program you require.

Consultancy Services Available
Regardless of the stage of development you are currently at with your Ostrich business, The Worldwide Ostriches On Line Consultancy Group will be able to help and assist you.

Here is a listing of our most popular programs:

A feasibility study in setting up an Ostrich farm
1. Will my farm and business be profitable?
2. How much land do I need?
3. What is a good climate?
4. What equipment do I need?
5. What kinds of fencing is required?
6. How do I move and transport ostriches between locations?
7. How much is livestock?
8. Which is the best livestock for us?
9. Should I get eggs, chicks, yearlings or breeders?
10. How do I import or obtain the livestock?
11. Who will buy my offspring?
12. How do I sell my Ostrich meat, leather and feathers?
13. Plus hundreds more start up and feasibility questions!
Operating a profitable and healthy Ostrich Farm
1. Breeder Care
  1. Winter
    1. Substrate - clean, dry, concrete, sand
    2. Heat
    3. Outdoor time
    4. Supplements, chopped hay and corn
    5. Sickness, colds, pneumonia, frost bite, feather picking, stress and over crowding
    6. Ventilation and air exchanges
    7. Body condition and worming
    8. Feeding at dusk
  2. Summer
    1. Breeding habits
      1. What to expect, disturbances, behaviour, aggression
      2. Pairing, separating and introducing
    2. Nests, clean and dry, location, hiding nests and nest eggs
    3. Seclusion
    4. Nutrition, supplements, probiotics and why oyster shell can be over done
    5. Pre breeding exams, C.B.C. General chemistry, ultra sounding and cultures
    6. Problems, nutritional deficiencies and infection
      1. Prolapsed phallus
      2. Egg bound
      3. Soft eggs
      4. Scarred eggs
      5. Bacteria
    7. Colony egg identification
      1. Charting, time, place laid and color
      2. Porosity, shape, size, exact weight, cycle
      3. Feeding at dawn
2. Health care general
  1. Worming program
  2. Delouse
  3. Toe nail and feather care
  4. Supplements
  5. Knowing your birds behaviour, posture and eating habits
3. Vet Care
  1. The KEY is to properly and promptly diagnose the illness or condition
  2. The cure of course is to administer the proper medical treatment
  3. Finding a vet
  4. Trauma - to treat or not to treat
4. Facilities and fencing
  1. Barns
  2. Green houses
  3. Fences
  4. Isles between breeder pens or sight barrier
5. Eggs
  1. Collection
    1. Clean dry wire brush
    2. Wet, dirty, disinfectant
    3. Gloves, minimal handling
    4. Record data on egg
  2. Storage
    1. Temperature ideal - 55 to 65 degrees
    2. Humidity ideally 75% to prevent excess weight loss
    3. If eggs are thick albumen and shell they can be stored at much lower humidity to get a jump on weight loss. Embryonic development can start in temperatures of 75 degrees or higher.
6. Incubation
  1. Equipment
    1. Brands, prices and sizes. Number of hens vs. egg production X 6
    2. Features, egg position, auto controls
    3. Air flow , purification (hepa filtered) , air exchanges at least 50cubic feet per 100 eggs per hour
    4. Planning the room
    5. Fogger, candler, gloves, scale, racks, charts, work station
  2. Schedules
    1. Setting - once a week minimum
    2. Hatching in batches
    3. Weighing and candling
  3. Record keeping
    1. Weight loss
    2. Fertility
    3. Genetics
  4. Candling
    1. To check development & fertility
    2. To catch problems: bacterial, E.E.D. air cell damage
  5. Weighing
    1. Set weight - current weight = ____ divided by set weight
    2. Changing the humidity in the incubator 2-3% to raise or lower weight loss 1%
    3. Ring on scale to hold egg
  6. Biosecurity
    1. Fogging
    2. Traffic, shoes
    3. Egg trauma, cooling
    4. Alarm for power failure
7. Hatch
  1. Transfer
    1. Clean
    2. Preheat and stabilize temperature and humidity
    3. Line trays
    4. Check internal pip, transfer on the 38th or39th day
    5. Set eggs in upright and record egg and tray numbers
  2. Watch hatch
    1. Keep light on to stimulate hatch
    2. Candle the pip
    3. Let chicks struggle, it activates their metabolism and strength
  3. Problems
    1. Malposition and weak, slow pipping
    2. Wet vs. dry chicks
    3. Helping hatch (12 hours)
    4. Culture and necropsy
  4. Brooding
    1. Before removing chicks from hatcher
      1. Tag, microchip, bands on splayed legs, sex, weigh, record data, navel treatment with iodine
      2. Confine to small area with heat and good footing
8. Chicks
  1. Facilities
    1. All in All Out
    2. One building options
    3. Substrates
    4. Heat source
    5. Greenhouses
    6. Ventilation
    7. Sun light or windows, daylight bulbs
    8. Grasses and rotating pens
    9. Pen size and fence
    10. Biosecurity: clothes, tools, chemicals, lime, disinfect outside
  2. Starting Chicks
    1. Chick starter and feed schedule
    2. Exercise
    3. Fresh clean water
    4. Fresh greens
    5. Grit
  3. Possible problems
    1. Yolk sack retention or infection
    2. Legs and toes
    3. Bacteria
    4. Heat or cold stress
    5. Over stocking (crowding)
    6. Accidents/safety
    7. Impaction
    8. Nutritional deficiency
    9. Respiratory
9. Grow Out
  1. Facility 3 months to 10-16 months
    1. Fence
    2. Feed , forage, water
    3. Shelter
    4. Accessibility
10. Feed
  1. Commercial pellets
    1. Prices
    2. Ingredients
    3. Brand name vs. local mill
  2. Grind and Mix
    1. Ingredients raw form
    2. Base mix
    3. Nutritionist
    4. Equipment and storage
    5. Prices
  3. 40% supplement
    1. Corn and alfalfa
    2. Prices
  4. Forage Utilization
    1. Know the nutritional requirements of the growing ostrich
    2. Determine the Relative Feed Value
    3. Balance the forage with the correct supplement
    4. Know the specific forages used, their grazing tolerance
    5. Rotate and harvest fields to make the most of the crop
    6. Age of the plant effects the protein, fibre and energy
    7. Time of year and age of birds are also variables
    8. Stocking rate
  5. Feeding process birds
    1. Essential Vitamins and Trace Elements
    2. Free Choice
    3. Supplements
11. General Farm Talk
  1. Feed conversion ratios
    1. Myth - reality
    2. Compare to hogs and cattle
    3. Age of birds is a factor
    4. Growth rates
  2. Compare costs and profits to traditional livestock
    1. Equipment
    2. Labour
    3. Profit at process age (or loss in traditional livestock!)
    4. Market demand
    5. The small ostrich rancher can make a good living (ostrich economics)
  3. Microbials
    1. Feed is better metabolized, feed conversion and rate of gain increase
    2. Helps fight bacterial infections
    3. Helps keep everything in the system balanced
  4. Rate of Gain
    1. Genetic potential for body weight and gain
    2. Feed quality and feeding rate (amount fed)
    3. Health status of bird or flock
    4. Environment
    5. Management; make improvements in all areas
    6. Feeder space to assure an even flock
  5. Record keeping to find genetic trends
    1. Egg production number 1 --- $$$$$
    2. Hearty chicks
    3. Process weights
12. Breeds
  1. The objective
  2. The results
  3. African Black
    1. The ability to raise large numbers commercially and for breeder
    2. The superior hide and feather quality
    3. Temperament goes a long way
    4. Size controversy
    5. Crossing with blue necks pros and cons
13. Sales and Marketing
  1. 100 things to do to market your Ostrich meat, leather and feathers to your local domestic market
  2. How to sell into the global market
  3. Setting up a show farm
  4. Why tourist attraction are good for your Ostrich business
  5. Getting FREE Publicity - using the media including TV, Radio and Newspapers to sell your products - FOR FREE
  6. Finding new domestic and international clients for your products
  7. Bringing new Ostrich products to the market place
  8. International and domestic laws and restrictions on the sale of Ostrich products
  9. Plus hundreds of other Sales and Marketing answers
14. Abattoirs and Processing Plants
  1. Setting up a domestic abattoir
  2. Setting up an abattoir to process meat in the global marketplace
  3. International laws and restrictions on the sale of Ostrich meat
  4. How to process Ostriches in a correct and humane procedure
  5. Hygiene in the processing plant
  6. Identifying the different meat cuts
  7. Packaging, storing, freezing and shelf life
  8. Retail packaging
  9. Meat distribution - domestic and international
  10. Handling the local authorities... and getting them on your side
  11. USDA, EU, MAFF, Halal and other "special" scenarios
  12. Plus hundreds of other Processing questions
15. Tailor Made Programs
  If you would like us to make an on-site visit to answer questions and discuss subjects not listed above, please use our on line quotation request form.

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Ostriches On Line Consultancy Group Fees and Guidelines
We have strived to be fair and reasonable about our services and fees and in return we expect the same of you.

We have maintained our fees at very attractive rates and whilst we are consulting for you we will do our utmost to answer any and every question you ask of us. There are no limits to the number of questions you ask... just the amount of time you request of us.

Please do not ask us to accomplish the impossible and expect us to provide every answer to our programs in one day - it just cannot be done. If you want all the answers to the above you will need 2 people to be with you for at least 10 days!

The Worldwide Ostriches On Line Consultancy Group fees are $400.00 per consultant per day.

In most cases only one person will visit with you, sometimes however, two people will be necessary depending on the scope and detail of your requirements. We will advise prior to accepting your order.

All out of pocket expenses, meals, accommodation, traveling and transportation during the consultation will be paid by you.

For any consultation that requires us to travel in excess of four hours one way, there will be an additional fee payable of $200 per four hours of traveling.

You may order a minimum of one day of consulting only if we can get to you in under four hours of traveling. If the distance we have to travel is more than four hours, the minimum order is one day of consulting plus two days of traveling fees at $200 per four hours of traveling.

All fees are payable in advance. A $50 per day deposit is required to confirm your booking and the balance is due when you send the necessary airline and hotel accommodation tickets.

Deposits are 100% fully refundable should we fail to arrange your consultation within 60 days of your requested dates.

You may mix your order, however, it is very likely that two different consultants will need to visit with you for 2 different studies.

Feasibility Study
Answers to the questions on how to set up an Ostrich Farm.

Minimum time - 1 consultant for 2 days
Average time - 1 consultant for 3 days
Ideal time - 1 consultant for 4 days
Deluxe program - 1 consultant for 7 days

Practical Ostrich Farming
Answers to the questions on how to operate a profitable and healthy Ostrich farm.

Minimum time - 1 consultant for 1 days
Average time - 1 consultant for 3 days
Ideal time - 1 consultant for 5 days
Deluxe Program - 1 consultant for 7 days

Sales and Marketing
Answers to the questions on how to market and sell your ostrich products.

Minimum time - 1 consultant for 1 days
Average time - 1 consultant for 3 days
Ideal time - 1 consultant for 5 days
Deluxe Program - 1 consultant for 7 days

Abattoirs and Processing Plants
Answers to the questions on how to set up an abattoir and process your ostriches.

Minimum time - 1 consultant for 3 days
Average time - 1 consultant for 4 days
Ideal time - 1 consultant for 5 days
Deluxe Program - 1 consultant for 7 days

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