Poultry Farming in Nigeria is probably one of the most lucrative in the world especially when it is setup and managed properly. This aspect of livestock farming presents one of the finest opportunity for entrepreneurs to make good money within the shortest period of time possible due to the quick maturity of chickens.

With over 100 Million consumers in the country who buys poultry products on daily basis, the market is always there.

I have written some number of articles before on this blog on poultry rearing which you can find here. This very post will take more critical look at the business and how entrepreneurs who are interested in this business in Nigeria would be able to start easily without wasting much time and resources.

Anyone can engage in poultry business, it doesn't matter your education background nor how rich you are, you can start at any level and grow as big as you want with time. The most important thing is that you are interested in starting somewhere.

This articles will focus on how to start small and grow big which I think will interest anyone with limited financial capacity who wants to start small without involving much risks.

One of the factors that makes poultry business ideal business is because chickens grows very fast. Unlike goats that takes 2 to 3 years to mature, a chicken can be ready for the market within 28 weeks from birth. That is why it is considered ideal business for loan takers who may actually invest the loan and within 30 to 40 weeks, they may start paying back through the money realized from sells.


Profit potential in poultry business.

1. Chicken do reproduce fast and in large numbers - Average healthy Layer lays egg almost everyday or at least 4 times in a week. Some Breeds can lay as much as 325 eggs in a year and take 21 days to hatch. This means that technically a Layer is capable of producing another chicken twice in three days.

So, if you have 500 healthy layers of good breeds (such as California white) they are capable of reproducing a whooping 12,000 chicks within 40 days!

2. Chicken grows very fast - Within 21 days, the egg is hatched and within 28 weeks, they are ready for the market. That means a farmer could start making his money in just 34 weeks after successfully setting up his farm and whatever returns he make could be doubled in a year based on this calculation.

3. Chicken sells at a very good price - A fully grown healthy chicken sells between 2,000 to 2,500 naira in Nigeria. Therefore, if you produce 12,000 chickens in your farm, you will be making N24 million by the time they are completely sold.

4. Egg market in Large too - Apart from the chicken, the egg is another money of it's own. A crate of eggs sells for N500 - N550 for smaller eggs and N600 - N650 for bigger ones. Each crate contains 30 eggs. Therefore, if you have 500 layers that produces 12,000 pullet in a month and decides to sell all, you will be making N200,000 to N260,000 monthly.

As you can see, the profit in poultry business is mouth watering and the turn over time is fantastic as well, but the big question now is how to start.


What Your Poultry Business Plan Should Look Like

Draw out your effective business plan. Poultry business plan is like a road map leading you to where you are going in you business. It will help you know where you are at any point in time. Hence your business plan should include:

1. Type of Bird you want to concentrate on - Here you choose Chickens (Layers and Broilers). We choose chicken because that's what this article focuses on. There are other types of birds that are good for livestock business too, such as Goose, Duck, Turkey, etc.

2. Write down your area of interest - You can't just be in all aspect of poultry farming. You have to choose your area of interest where you would like to concentrate your business. This will ensure high level of focus and professionalism. If you can do two area, no problem. Below are some of the major Niches in Poultry Farming

Layers Breeding which is egg production by Layers
Broilers breeding which referrers to the chicken meat production by Broilers
Hatchery which has to do with breeding chicken for the purpose of Hatching new chicks
Poultry feed which is producing feeds for other poultry farmers
You may choose to Breed Layers and Broilers at a time or one of them. Hatchery is better done independently just like feed production. So, you choose your area of focus

3. Sort out Location - This has a direct effect to your startup cost. A location in a very remote rural area will cost far less than the one close to the urban area. Remote rural area with good road is the ideal location as you will be free from regulatory agencies and drive down the cost of labor too.

As a new person to Livestock business, you don't want to invest all your capital into buying lands in urban area which may turn out not being used because Government policy is against setting up poultry farm near residential/urban areas for health implication.

4. Investment Capital - With location in mind, you now have clearer idea of the capital required of you. Write down your detailed capital and investment requirements and set to source it.

Like every other farming projects, the bigger you plan to start, the more investment required. You need to decide on the level of capital investment you are willing to commit into this business before starting.

(a) Small scale Chicken Rearing (of about 50 birds) kept in cages at the backyard of your resident will take about N70,000 to start.

(b) A medium scale poultry farming that requires land and housing and other materials in 1 - 2 plots of Land takes about N500,000 to N5 Million to start.

(c) Large scale or Intensive poultry farming that requires high level of sophistication and more careful planning and professionalism, using advance Livestock farming techniques takes from N10 Million.


Set Up Your Poultry Farm

With your business plan is in place, the next is to proceed to setting up your farm without delay! At this point, it is my believe that you already have the money in your hands. So here are the things you need to acquire and put in place.

1. Buy land - Like we said earlier, look for land in a remote location but make sure it's not too far from the city. A place like Ijebu Ode, Remo Area, Imota in Ikorodu - these places are perfect if you are in Lagos. Other places like towards Oshogbo after Ibadan isn't too far too from the major city like Ibadan.

You can get Acre of land there for cheap price, cost of lands in most cases is determined by the sellers. But we may suggest price during commenting. So drop your comments below and let's get the discussion going.

2. Build your Structure - House is very important for chicken rearing and effective keeping and management. Poultry housing are classified according to the scale and the management system. The most common types of poultry housing used in Nigeria are:

• Deep litter-
• Half litter and half slats -
• Battery -
• Semi-fold -

Buy day old chick - Look for good Hatchery where you can get healthy day old chicks to start with. It costs from N140 to N200 sometimes up to N300. If you are looking for where to get day old chicks in Nigeria? You can get good day old chick at Choice Farm Ltd. KM 11 Lekki-Epe Expressway, Okegun, Epe Town, Lagos. Or anyother farm you know in your area. You can ask other poultry farmers near you where they get their chicks.

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@OP, you concentrated on the profits in poultry farming. That's good enough but didn't differentiate the investment from the profit after the sales. Your analysis is erroneous. Break it down. Differentiate between the Cost of production estimate and estimates the profit from sales.

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This OP is clearly an 'Internet Farmer', he obviously doesn't have 0% experience in poultry farming. This type of article is the major reasons why people jump into poultry farming with all their life savings and get seriously burnt, its so so deceptive. please its not by force to write articles on poultry production/farming, how many people will line up to buy your birds at 2000-2500 naira and why do you make it sound SK sweet like the business has no challenges.

Word of advice to aspiring poultry farmers:

- Do not take advice from all these Internet farmers cos you'll end up being hurt in the long run, seek advice from a practicing farmer instead

- Dont be deceived pls, its only your friends and family members that will buy your birds for 2000-2500 naira, on a commercial basis it ranges from 900-1,200 depending on the size and quantity being sold/bought

- Be sure of having plans of disposing your birds once they're up to weight cos each extra day they stay means they're eating into your profit

- Have this at the back of your mind, birds die, OK, they die, there's no way you'll buy 1000 birds and sell 1000 birds, there must be casualties, most especially when you're still a rookie so the first few batches you will raise may not be profitable to you instead they'll be a learning curve

- Poultry farming is not a get rich quick scheme, forget what this OP just posted up there, before you make 24million naira in poultry sales you must have spent something close to that amount on the birds

- There's no shortcut , you must spend on your birds to get them to weight, what you put in is exactly what you get out

- The profit expectations on broilers raised on a commercial basis ranges from 200-350 per bird depending on your marketing capability but most often then not you may end up making less or even struggling to break even

- Poultry biz, like every other biz is profitable on the long run but due diligence has to be paid, IT IS NOT A GET RICH QUICK SCHEME

Take my advice and be careful, coming from a real practicing poultry farmer, Dont let these armchair farmers sweet mouth you into wasting your resources.

Thanks

There are broilers available for sale weight range is 3kg-4.5kg price range is 2.5k - 3.5k location is agbado, kola area. Please call 08028125918. Thanks

There are broilers available for sale weight range is 3kg-4.5kg price range is 2.5k - 3.5k location is agbado, kola area. Please call 08028125918. Thanks
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[quote author=hennrit4u post=19703360]Poultry Farming in Nigeria is probably one of the most lucrative in the world especially when it is setup and managed properly. This aspect of livestock farming presents one of the finest opportunity for entrepreneurs to make good money within the shortest period of time possible due to the quick maturity of chickens.

With over 100 Million consumers in the country who buys poultry products on daily basis, the market is always there.

I have written some number of articles before on this blog on poultry rearing which you can find here. This very post will take more critical look at the business and how entrepreneurs who are interested in this business in Nigeria would be able to start easily without wasting much time and resources.

Anyone can engage in poultry business, it doesn't matter your education background nor how rich you are, you can start at any level and grow as big as you want with time. The most important thing is that you are interested in starting somewhere.

This articles will focus on how to start small and grow big which I think will interest anyone with limited financial capacity who wants to start small without involving much risks.

One of the factors that makes poultry business ideal business is because chickens grows very fast. Unlike goats that takes 2 to 3 years to mature, a chicken can be ready for the market within 28 weeks from birth. That is why it is considered ideal business for loan takers who may actually invest the loan and within 30 to 40 weeks, they may start paying back through the money realized from sells.


Profit potential in poultry business.

1. Chicken do reproduce fast and in large numbers - Average healthy Layer lays egg almost everyday or at least 4 times in a week. Some Breeds can lay as much as 325 eggs in a year and take 21 days to hatch. This means that technically a Layer is capable of producing another chicken twice in three days.

So, if you have 500 healthy layers of good breeds (such as California white) they are capable of reproducing a whooping 12,000 chicks within 40 days!

2. Chicken grows very fast - Within 21 days, the egg is hatched and within 28 weeks, they are ready for the market. That means a farmer could start making his money in just 34 weeks after successfully setting up his farm and whatever returns he make could be doubled in a year based on this calculation.

3. Chicken sells at a very good price - A fully grown healthy chicken sells between 2,000 to 2,500 naira in Nigeria. Therefore, if you produce 12,000 chickens in your farm, you will be making N24 million by the time they are completely sold.

4. Egg market in Large too - Apart from the chicken, the egg is another money of it's own. A crate of eggs sells for N500 - N550 for smaller eggs and N600 - N650 for bigger ones. Each crate contains 30 eggs. Therefore, if you have 500 layers that produces 12,000 pullet in a month and decides to sell all, you will be making N200,000 to N260,000 monthly.

As you can see, the profit in poultry business is mouth watering and the turn over time is fantastic as well, but the big question now is how to start.


What Your Poultry Business Plan Should Look Like

Draw out your effective business plan. Poultry business plan is like a road map leading you to where you are going in you business. It will help you know where you are at any point in time. Hence your business plan should include:

1. Type of Bird you want to concentrate on - Here you choose Chickens (Layers and Broilers). We choose chicken because that's what this article focuses on. There are other types of birds that are good for livestock business too, such as Goose, Duck, Turkey, etc.

2. Write down your area of interest - You can't just be in all aspect of poultry farming. You have to choose your area of interest where you would like to concentrate your business. This will ensure high level of focus and professionalism. If you can do two area, no problem. Below are some of the major Niches in Poultry Farming

Layers Breeding which is egg production by Layers
Broilers breeding which referrers to the chicken meat production by Broilers
Hatchery which has to do with breeding chicken for the purpose of Hatching new chicks
Poultry feed which is producing feeds for other poultry farmers
You may choose to Breed Layers and Broilers at a time or one of them. Hatchery is better done independently just like feed production. So, you choose your area of focus

3. Sort out Location - This has a direct effect to your startup cost. A location in a very remote rural area will cost far less than the one close to the urban area. Remote rural area with good road is the ideal location as you will be free from regulatory agencies and drive down the cost of labor too.

As a new person to Livestock business, you don't want to invest all your capital into buying lands in urban area which may turn out not being used because Government policy is against setting up poultry farm near residential/urban areas for health implication.

4. Investment Capital - With location in mind, you now have clearer idea of the capital required of you. Write down your detailed capital and investment requirements and set to source it.

Like every other farming projects, the bigger you plan to start, the more investment required. You need to decide on the level of capital investment you are willing to commit into this business before starting.

(a) Small scale Chicken Rearing (of about 50 birds) kept in cages at the backyard of your resident will take about N70,000 to start.

(b) A medium scale poultry farming that requires land and housing and other materials in 1 - 2 plots of Land takes about N500,000 to N5 Million to start.

(c) Large scale or Intensive poultry farming that requires high level of sophistication and more careful planning and professionalism, using advance Livestock farming techniques takes from N10 Million.


Set Up Your Poultry Farm

With your business plan is in place, the next is to proceed to setting up your farm without delay! At this point, it is my believe that you already have the money in your hands. So here are the things you need to acquire and put in place.

1. Buy land - Like we said earlier, look for land in a remote location but make sure it's not too far from the city. A place like Ijebu Ode, Remo Area, Imota in Ikorodu - these places are perfect if you are in Lagos. Other places like towards Oshogbo after Ibadan isn't too far too from the major city like Ibadan.

You can get Acre of land there for cheap price, cost of lands in most cases is determined by the sellers. But we may suggest price during commenting. So drop your comments below and let's get the discussion going.

2. Build your Structure - House is very important for chicken rearing and effective keeping and management. Poultry housing are classified according to the scale and the management system. The most common types of poultry housing used in Nigeria are:

• Deep litter-
• Half litter and half slats -
• Battery -
• Semi-fold -

Buy day old chick - Look for good Hatchery where you can get healthy day old chicks to start with. It costs from N140 to N200 sometimes up to N300. If you are looking for where to get day old chicks in Nigeria? You can get good day old chick at Choice Farm Ltd. KM 11 Lekki-Epe Expressway, Okegun, Epe Town, Lagos. Or anyother farm you know in your area. You can ask other poultry farmers near you where they get their chicks.

I want to know about Cockerels. How to vaccinate them, the types of drugs to be administered, the different types of feed required to feed them to maturity and price of day old cockerels. Thanks for your response in advance.

abhim:
There are broilers available for sale weight range is 3kg-4.5kg price range is 2.5k - 3.5k location is agbado, kola area. Please call 08028125918. Thanks

I want to know about Cockerels. How to
vaccinate them, the types of drugs to be
administered, the different types of feed
required to feed them to maturity and price of
day old cockerels. Thanks for your response in
advance.

abhim:
There are broilers available for sale weight range is 3kg-4.5kg price range is 2.5k - 3.5k location is agbado, kola area. Please call 08028125918. Thanks

I want to know about Cockerels. How to
vaccinate them, the types of drugs to be
administered, the different types of feed
required to feed them to maturity and price of
day old cockerels. Thanks for your response in
advance.

Nice writeup.......

wuohgj

I have told him that before that he is an internet farmer he knows nothing about poultry, go with his nonsense writeup and cry later then I will laugh at you in Japanese

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You didn't talk about the production but you're talking of the selling cost. That's where most people get it wrong. I'm a poultry farmer myself and I'll say the cost of producing a big broiler after 8 weeks is #800, the amount you sell depends on your environment

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Poultry Farming in Nigeria is one of the most lucrative agriculture businesses. The economy of Nigeria is mostly dependent on farming or agriculture sector. Thousand of tons of poultry products are consumed everyday yet, the demand remains unsatisfied. Poultry farming in Nigeria can play a important role in the total national income of the country and fulfill the annual nutrition demands.
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@OP, you concentrated on the profits in poultry farming. That's good enough but didn't differentiate the investment from the profit after the sales. Your analysis is erroneous. Break it down. Differentiate between the Cost of production estimate and estimates the profit from sales.

Good observation. The OP concentrated on assumed and imaginary profits. Is the selling price of a crate of eggs the total profit to the farmer? Are there no costs incurred to produce the crate of eggs? Where is the allowance made for mortality? Cost of production? Cost of labour and other farm expenditure? How much does it cost to feed the chickens from inception to laying phases? The analysis is wrong and grossly misleading.

Which layers chicken breed lays 325 eggs per year? Do you know that there is a phase known as consistent laying phase and the diminishing phase when egg production begins to fall? Have you taken these factors into account?

If i am to do an income and profit analysis for layers chickens, example for 500 chickens,i would do the following:

Cost of buying 500 day old chicks
Cost of feeding 500 chicks for initial 8 weeks in the brooder phase
Cost of feeding in the grower phase week 9-week 20
Cost of feeding in the laying phase from week 20 to end of egg production
Make allowance for mortality
Take cognizance of the periods for consistent egg production and the diminishing egg production phase in the egg production computation
Cost of labor for 5oo chickens
Cost of vaccines
Other farm expenditures such as water, cleaning
Sales price of eggs and quantity to be produced in the consistent egg production phase
Calculate the feeding costs based on buying factory finished feeds or using self milling feeds
Determine cost of producing a crate of eggs
Selling price of old layers
I have the analysis as at March 2018 market prices of feeds in Ms Word format and working on the MS Excel Format

Poultry Farming covers both egg production and chicken farming. Starting a poultry farm in Nigeria seems easy. One might say all you need do is buy them, feed them and sell them when they are mature. However, without an adequate knowledge on poultry farming, you might end up killing the birds (unintentionally of course), losing all of your capital investment before even crossing the first month of the poultry farm business.

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Poultry Farming in Nigeria is one of the most lucrative agriculture businesses. The economy of Nigeria is mostly dependent on farming or agriculture sector. Thousand of tons of poultry products are consumed everyday yet, the demand remains unsatisfied. Poultry farming in Nigeria can play a important role in the total national income of the country and fulfill the annual nutrition demands
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