“Starting Chicken Farm Business”
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@Texdeco, Thanks for the request. you have taken a good step in right direction. what is the number of laying birds are you planning on and on what land mass do you intend to established on. but you should have it at the back of your mind that different countries with different government regulation/policies. the most pivotal things to consider is
- siting/location of the farm
- numbers of the laying birds you intent to
- operating system i;e battery cage or deep litters operating systems
- and i should be able to collate a report on point of lay birds or starting from Day old chicks.
- hatcheries farms in your areas
and cost of feeds. i;e chick's mash,growers mash and laying mash. if i can have the above listed information, i will be able to help collate detailed feasibility report.

@olar, thanks for the request. yes, i can but you need to specify on the type of chick you want to do, whether broilers production, cockerel production or egg production and your primary objectives of purpose of which you you provide the information, i should be able to guide you through.

@Harerimana theogene,  yeah i can be of help , though i am from nigeria but if you provide me with basic information on the cost of day old chicks or point of lay in your country and if you can can information of cost of finished feed like chicks mash,growers mash and layers mash, then i will help you collate the information together and provide you necessary information needed.

@Comfort, what type of chicken do you want to do, and what is the measurement of your land and what number of chicken are you planning on, type of chicken are: cockerel production which are just mainly for meat consumption, broiler production too are also meat consumption, layers are for egg production, so please specify the type of poultry you want to venture into.

@RAJU, thanks for the mail. you will need to have a well comprehensive feasibility study that will give you an overview insight on the business.

@giles, good day , What kind of help do you need?

@Daniel Madia, Good day, sir, you will need a feasibility study so as to have back ground knowledge of the cost implication of the business venture. the business is very viable and profitable but you need to have detailed information of the in and out both the good and the bad of the business so as to prepared for the business which i could provide for you at a request.

@ikram Muhammadi,  you will need a detail softcopy of feasibility study. so as to know all necessary requirement. what type of  chicks are you planning  to go into? either broiler production, cockerel production or egg production? or combination

@mathew cheruiyot, Good day. starting local chicken could be as easy as ABC alphabet because they have strong resistance to diseases. you can start on a free range system or semi-free range or intensive system or method at a ration of 10 hen to 1 cock and having a nest they will be laying and providing feed for them like corn sharf , corn, or balance ration for them and you will still have good results but you will need to have 2 housing for them say by 12 by 12 standard room for them, after, the hen have hatched their eggs say 2 or 3 days you collect them and provide brooding for them, though, you will need to give them medication and vaccination, plus given them chick's mash ration. etc, blah blah blah, you are on your road to farming without stress.

@nura, good day - can be of help in writing business plan but you will need to specify the type of chick you intend producing for instance, egg producing chicks, or meat producing chicks or both  because the cost varies also cost of production varies from country to country of which at that i can still guide

@JAMES, Good day- good to hear you are planning to start egg producing birds of which all you need to do first is to contact any of your local veterinary store/shop for details on the cost of day old chicks if you are starting from day old and also ask for the cost of the point of laying birds and as well, asked of the cost of feed and medications and vaccinations, if i can have those data, then you can have a clue of relevant cost for the production but if their is good and reliable farms that sell point of lay birds, i will advice to start from there before going into day old rearing yourself.

@nura, good day - good, you will need to contact your local veterinary farm store or shops on the cost of day old chicks if your are willing to start rearing them yourself or you ask point of lay to avoid the risk of rearing the day old though if their is no reliable source for an healthy point of lay, is not advisable to venture into buying point of lay of which i would rather advice to start from day old chicks of which any nearby veterinary store can give you advice on reliable hatcheries like in Nigeria we have many hatcheries and they have their various peculiarities.

@winnie Banura, Good day - the cost of putting up your pen house will depend on cost of raw materials in your country. the raw - material you will need is asbestos celate, blocks either 6inches or 9inches size, bags of cements, sharp and soft sand, gravel, 2x4x12 plank, 2x3x12 planks and 2x2x12 planks, facing board plank, nails and abestors nails. American fence wire and wire mesh, if you can get cost of the above mention raw-materials i can still be of help and beside you will also have to tell me the capacity of the broilers you intend starting with. thanks

@SHAHID KHAN, good day - the housing depend on what type of chicken you want to do and the number of the chicken.