Good morning, I just finished my youth service and I intend to go into egg production. I consulted with a vet and he said I should start with point of lay but they quite expensive so, I was thinking of raising the day old birds myself.
Please what are the risk involved in raising day old layers. Thank you

If you buy day old remember that it will take about 26 weeks for them to start laying so have enough money down.

Point of lay has its own issues too, cos change of environment may affect the birds, you don't know if the buyer has been feeding them properly and you don't know what they have been through.

My advise is buy day old from a good source but make sure you have money to feed them for 20-30 weeks. Use good feed even if expensive. If you want to formulate then pls consult a professional.

Patented:
If you buy day old remember that it will take about 26 weeks for them to start laying so have enough money down.

Point of lay has its own issues too, cos change of environment may affect the birds, you don't know if the buyer has been feeding them properly and you don't know what they have been through.

My advise is buy day old from a good source but make sure you have money to feed them for 20-30 weeks. Use good feed even if expensive. If you want to formulate then pls consult a professional.

Thank you very much.