Good evening everyone!
I trust that we are doing great?
I can't over emphasize this enough: success in poultry farming starts ever before you stock and not after. There are a lot of things that leads to failures in this business. I will list some here:
a. In ability to know the right time to buy or sale
b. In ability to manage production cost so as to maximise profit

And many more.....
When we bought our present stock it sold at #115 per doc (thank God I have been carrying you through with it). Today same breed sales at #260 per doc. Just 2 weeks after the cost has more than doubled and this is even the cost of buying directly from the farm and not through an agent. Also the cost doesn't include transportation. All doc of every farm is on the increase right now.
If you don't understand these things I have been sharing with you, you will always make little or no profit. The psychological effect of always farming and making nothing or pea nuts is enough to frustrate anyone out of the business. It is the situation that makes one think that it is not possible or they are just exaggerating or lying, no profit in that shit...

If you want to farm, farm right and farm smart.

jfkenny:
How much is Guinea fowl day old..

Answer abegooo

shurinz:


you are doing a good job, ride on.

Thank so much sir but my suggestion is can u pls form a Whatsapp group. You are helping more people than you know. Thank you sir

MasExcel19:
Good evening everyone!
I trust that we are doing great?
I can't over emphasize this enough: success in poultry farming starts ever before you stock and not after. There are a lot of things that leads to failures in this business. I will list some here:
a. In ability to know the right time to buy or sale
b. In ability to manage production cost so as to maximise profit

And many more.....
When we bought our present stock it sold at #115 per doc (thank God I have been carrying you through with it). Today same breed sales at #260 per doc. Just 2 weeks after the cost has more than doubled and this is even the cost of buying directly from the farm and not through an agent. Also the cost doesn't include transportation. All doc of every farm is on the increase right now.
If you don't understand these things I have been sharing with you, you will always make little or no profit. The psychological effect of always farming and making nothing or pea nuts is enough to frustrate anyone out of the business. It is the situation that makes one think that it is not possible or they are just exaggerating or lying, no profit in that shit...

If you want to farm, farm right and farm smart.

You are doing a great job sir but my suggestion is can you please form a Whatsapp group. You are helping more people than you know and Whatsapp assures more proximity to you for proper mentorship. God bless you sir

jfkenny:

Answer abegooo

@jf Kenny I don't buy guinea fowl. However, you may check on poultryplaza.com and see if you would get any info there

MasExcel19:
How much would it cost me to start a Broiler Farm?

This is the question I get asked every time. The truth is this, lots of persons wants to go into poultry business but they fear a lot of things. Some of these fears include:
- those guys(chickens) can die!
- the capital required is too high
- how do I even sell those idiots?
Lols!
You see, you can never start a business staying far off. You need interest and some little faith to risk something.

All of the above are not in all true. It is easy to start and its damn cheap too.

There a lot of things that add to cost of raising birds and it start from day one.
If u don't handle things smartly u will make a lot of unnecessary expenses

1. First thing u need to do is to make sure that you are buying your doc directly from d farm. Its way cheaper that way. Those individuals you book with add their own interest you know. Get at least 2-3 reliable farms you can work with and keep in touch with their doc prices. This way you get to knw what they are selling at every time. Personally I have studied the thing. I know exactly when prices ar very low and high. So I buy more when they are very low
Let's use agrited to do an estimate. Doc sold at 180 yesterday (Mon. 17th July) 100 doc will cost 18,000 plus a #10 tp per chick which is #1000. Total cost of doc #19,000

2. You will need to prepare d brooding space. Things required include:
a. Wood shaving - 400 for a bag. You need 1 bag. If its free at your place then you're lucky.
b. Heat source- use charcoal stove. 1 bag of charcoal is 1200 here. Use half bag. Dts 600

3. Usually 4 vaccines are needed within 4 weeks of your doc. 2 of Gomboro and 2 of lasota. If you administer the first 2 properly you don't need to do the rest again unless where you find them not agile
So here we will use 2

Lasota - 100dose 600
Gomboro- 100 dose 1000

4. Other things u need are drugs and vitamins. You will need antibiotics, vitamin, coccidostat plus any other one if u observe any problem with your chicken.
Of course there are other additives if you like

So,
Antibiotics- 600-1200 depending on the type
Antiviral- 500
Vitamin-800
Coccidostat- 400

5. Feeding is the major activity in the farm and it usually takes most of the cost in production.
First thing u need here is to make sure u buy or make ur feeds in bulk. This way, you save a lot on transportation.
Current Prices of feeds in my area:

a. Top feeds -4000- 4200
b. Hybrid- 3600-3650
c. Livestock feeds-3800-3900
d. Sunseed-3650-3700
There are others

You will need about 12 bags of feeds for 8 weeks period.
Let's use the least of the above feeds.
Hybrid- 3650 *4 (starter)=#14,600
Finisher-3600*8=28,800
Total- #43,400

But if u are making your own feed. You will spend #26,000-30,000
The range is dependent on the following:
a. Your target market
b. How much you're able to learn from what I can teach you. The first time you save 15%, as you progress and master the skills 20-30% plus
c. Cost of feed ingredients in your area

Difference in price of company processed feeds and your feeds.
43,400 - 26,000=#17400
43,400 - 30,000=#13,400
* Feeds get stale after 1 month and decrease in quality.
* make feeds in bulk to save cost on transportation. 4 bags will last u first 4 weeks. Then the remaining 8bags the nxt 4 weeks
* Making your feeds puts you in charge of the nutrition your chickens get, save you cost, and helps you get better results in terms of weight and egg at even lesser time

Cost summary:
a. Doc- 19,000
b. Wood shaving-400
c. Charcoal-600
d. Vaccines-1,600
e. Drugs/Vit-2,300
*f. Company made feeds-43,400
g. Your own feed-26,000
*Transportation cost of feeds -1,500
Total -#49,900
*omitted in Total

What I have just shown you is the production cost of raising 100 Broilers.
You also need a housing for your chickens. That's easy to do. Get a carpenter friend for a brother price to build one.
Start right at your back yard and grow big.

Remember, All you need to start that farm is only #49,900


Now, pulse!
I hear someone asking about profit.
Imagine selling a chicken at just #1,000
Punch your calculator. Try multiplying by 600 birds.
Oh! sorry u were supposed to multiply by 100

Stop idleness! Go start farming!

Good luck
Salami Excel Oluwafemi
Determined on making you a farmer
09056198681[color=#006600][/color]

Hi.. Thanks for this input.

I am currently building a business plan for 2500 layer capacity farm and I am stuck with my price estimates. Can I send you what I have so far for you to review and maybe shed some light on things I may be missing or getting wrong. Also I can't seem to properly put a price on the cost of their vaccination and vitamins.

Please let me know if I can send you and email.

MadCow1:



Hi.. Thanks for this input.

I am currently building a business plan for 2500 layer capacity farm and I am stuck with my price estimates. Can I send you what I have so far for you to review and maybe shed some light on things I may be missing or getting wrong. Also I can't seem to properly put a price on the cost of their vaccination and vitamins.

Please let me know if I can send you and email.

Yes you can but there is a length I can go for free

Sir, what quantity of feed should 50 broilers be eating daily at 7 weeks..

MasExcel19:


Yes you can but there is a length I can go for free

What will it cost to get a generic plan from you for 2500 layers and 2000 broilers..

MadCow1:


What will it cost to get a generic plan from you for 2500 layers and 2000 broilers..

Please send me an email or a Private message using the contact details at my signature just below this post. Thanks

MasExcel19:

Please send me an email or a Private message using the contact details at my signature just below this post. Thanks

Sent

MadCow1:


Sent

I received your email and have replied too. Please pay attention to the last reply for contact details. Thanks

This will be done here only once....

This post was prompted due to the recent inquiries I have hard about estimated cost of layer farming and business plan... I am breaking the rules to make this post in that regard. So please read and ignore if not interested.

Assuming you already have a land, it will cost you N10,064,240 to start a 2500 layer farm from pullets (i.e DOC) up until laying period. That amount also include cost of raising a deep litre Pen, purchase and installation of battery cages at Point Of Lay (POL), feeds, feeders, drinkers, vaccines and medicines, cost of pullets etc.
It will take about 18 weeks for them to start laying. Transfer to the cages is done at 14-16 weeks.

During laying period, it will cost N38,220 to sustain the farm and you'd make profit of N24,280 daily running to N728,400 monthly and N8,740,800 in a year, assuming you have a favourable market. Your Hens will continue to lay for 14months plus and you'd sell spent layers at N1,200-N1,400 depending on weight. Assuming you sold only 2000 spent layers at N1,200 you will make N2,400,000 and this is extra profit.

What I have shown you is over 98% profits within 3years of stocking just 2500 layers. What if you have a strategy of increasing your stock by 500 yearly or in 6 months during lay? I am sure you can see...

Wait! Don't be too excited just yet.

What if you want all the above experience but have the following problems:
*No capital
*No skill or knowledge about poultry

Or

May be you do have the above 2 qualities but don't even know how to start since you haven't done it before.

You see, the picture I painted above is real and its even the least experience you can have if you follow all the rules. For instance, you will need to know the exact breeds to buy for optimum performance, and the daily feed requirements per chick up until POL. You also need to know all the vaccines and medications required to be administered to the chicken. Without all these, your efforts will be frustrated with poor performance of chick seen in delayed laying, small size eggs, reduced frequency of lay etc. These simple things can lead to serious loses.

Now, hold on....

What if all the night mares above can be solved?

Our "management programme and vaccination schedule guides" shows you:
-the exact quantity of feed to feed your chicks daily so that they reach the required (1.5kg or 1.7kg depending on breed) weight on time and start laying jumbo size eggs too
-the exact quantity of feed to maintain during laying period
-how to calculate the feed requirements from grams to kg so that you know how many bags to feed your chickens daily
-what to do every day towards the healthy living and performance of your chickens
-when to transfer, when to debeak etc
-how much space required during brooding, rearing (growing) and laying periods

...and lots more

How about raising funds?
We will show you a practical technique we have used to raise N250,000 with evidence of how you too can do same or get more than what we achieved in less than 1month. We will also write you a generic business plan that guarantees to winning you miracles before investors.

The business plan we will write you will have among other things:

*an exact illustration of the goals set and how to achieve them
*a clear description of the financial projections
*templete of records keeping sheets, vaccines and medication plus prices etc
*proper analysis of target market and practical promotional and marketing strategies
...plus lots more

Now, after we're done, we will send you a copy to review and start all over again if you're not satisfied.

This offers also goes for broilers farming.

This offer last 7days from today.

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See you in the series "Practical steps to starting a poultry farming business" this weekend.

**we're not only providing you broilers farming solutions but ALL poultry farming solutions.

If you stick around well enough you'd learn a lot from us.

****Again my apologies for doing this here***

Live Smart

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How do I produced feed by myself

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MasExcel19:
Practical Steps to starting your poultry farming business: Part 5
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Hey smart farmers!

I apologise for making this post late. A lot has happened these past few days. I have been busy, had phone issues and sick too but I am happy its all working out for good because I have stumbled on miracles and favours too. Thanks for always following.

I have decided to do 3 things today as a way of giving back to you for all the long break.

Today, we will be discussing the following:

1. How to prepare your brooding room and care for your doc
2. The right way to vaccinate and the various vaccination programmes available for broilers
3. Feed types and age of chicks plus duration

Its going to be a long read so brace up....

Assuming you have been following all my post, you'd notice that our focus has always been on broilers and this is not because we don't have the knowledge about layers but because I believe and have explained that broilers are easy and less cost demanding to start. Also, we can't discus all 2 at once since each is broad, requires a different approach and skills.

If your interest is on layers don't worry, we shall discuss topics on layers broadly just as we have done on broilers.
Our goal is to meet everyone's needs and eradicate or put to an end all form of idleness and begging youths on the streets. If you're wondering why or what has been making us give so much, this is it!

Let's cut to the chase...

1. How to prepare your brooding room and care for your chicks (doc):

- first I want to assume that you already have a cage or a brooding space like a room etc

- if you already have the above then you must clean and sanitise the place at least 2 days before the birds arrive. So that all insecticides and chemicals used must have evaporated and the place air dried.

- you will need to also spread wood shavings on the floor of the room or cage. Pls don't use saw dust. The reason why you shouldn't use that is because the birds can pick them while feeding and it affect their growth eventually since the woods contain toxins. Also, it doesn't collect the droppings of the birds well enough. Most times the saw dust is for free while the wood shavings are sold at a cost. Please, don't use the big wood shavings too. Use something moderate the birds can't feed on but can still feel comfortable matching and sleeping or better still use rice husks.

- the morning to the arrival of your birds, seal up the room or cage as the case may be and put your charcoal stoves. Your charcoal stove however must be raised and the sides covered with blocks to avoid the birds flying or crawling in to the fire. Your birds will be able to fly from 2-3 days. The fire will make the room warm and then you can bring out your birds one by one from the Catton and drop them in the cage house. Make sure water and feed are already placed for the birds. It is also advisable to put an extra light in the room so the birds can be able to see more since their vision is poor at this stage. You should also, count your chicks and take records of transit mortality if any.
*the heaters (heat source) are placed in the brooding area 1-2 hours before the birds are placed inside. This is to ensure the area is warm enough awaiting the chicks.

- the water you put for them should have vitamins, vitamins and antibiotics the next day. There is usually a vaccination and medication schedule to follow.

- please don't go far away from the birds. The first 5 days are the most important in a birds live cycle. At this time they need intensive care. So you will have to check on them like 5 - 10min just after you put them down.

- observe how they are fearing:

*If they gather around the fire source, it means that the fire isn't enough for them. This usually happens during the cold weather

*If they are far apart and sparsely dispersed it means that the fire is too much and u have to ventilate the room. Usually in hot weather conditions you may not even need a heat source.

*If you find them lying down and breathing heavily then ventilate the room

*if you find them playing and feeding then the temperature is okay for them and you only need to check them may be hourly.

* if you see them just clustered and you are sure the temperature is okay for them then you have to space the food and drinkers apart and use your hands(make sure they're clean) to scatter them. If you don't do this they would match on themselves and this can lead to mortality.

- Please be careful how you prepare the fire source if you're using zinc cages; so that the zinc or wood won't get too hot especially if your cage is up and dwn type. If you place the fire under, the heat will affect the ones on top. You can use logic for this though.

2. How to vaccinate and the various vaccination programs available for broilers:

** The simple steps to vaccinate your chicks:

- you have to make sure that your birds are at least 7-10 days old before administering the first vaccine

- the first vaccine you are to give is Lasota. However, some persons would give gumboro first in some cases.

- withdraw all water from your birds early morning of the day. Leave them to only feed for about 2hrs. The idea is to make your birds tasty so they quickly finish the water you will be giving them next

- mix small quantity from a cowbell sachet milk in a 4 litre drinker only if your birds are 50-100. 2 of the 4 litres drinkers if 100-200 birds. 3 of the 4 litres if 200-300 birds and so on. Make sure the water is close to the brim then stir.
*the quantity of water is increased in the next vaccine and done so continuously although the programme. The idea in that is simple, as your birds grows their demand for water increases too.

- remove the aluminium seal on the vaccine bottle. Be careful not to allow air into the vaccine

- collect the already mixed water from the drinker into a syringe and transfer it into the vaccine bottle. Be careful not to allow air into the vaccine

- shake bottle to mix properly

- use your syringe and carefully draw out the mixture in the vaccine bottle into the drinker

- stir whole mixture and divide into different drinkers so that it be easy for birds to drink

- put the vaccine water for birds to drink

- remove vaccine water and replace with clean water after 1:30 minutes

Dosages:
50 birds to 50 dose
100 birds-100 dose
200 birds -200 dose and so on
Types of vaccines:

There are 2 types of vaccines- live and oil vaccines. The live vaccines are cheaper, easy to administer and mostly common. However, be sure you get your vaccines from reliable vet shops. Make sure to check for expiry dates and other details. Also, vaccines are to always remain in cold complexes or a refrigerator. So be sure the seller is bringing out the vaccines from the fridge or cold complex. He/she is to also package same in a cold complex for you. If you're buying all vaccines at once, make sure to have a means of storing them in cold complex or refrigerator.

Vaccination programmes:
a. 1:1-1:1 or 2:2
b. 1:1:1:1-1:1 or 4:2
c. 1:1

a. 2:2 means that you administer 2 lasota and 2 gumboro. Starting with lasota on the 8th day, gumboro on the 12th, lasota on the 18th and gumboro on the 22nd day. Some however, follow a 7-10 days gaps between each vaccines

b. 4:2 means that you give 4 lasota in all and 2 gumboro

c. 1:1 means that you give 1 lasota and 1 gumboro

* I usually make my choice depending on number of stock, circumstances surrounding the period of stocking and weight in view.

3. Broiler feed types:

There are mainly 4 types of broiler feeds namely:

a. Pre-starter: this is given to doc till they are 7 days old. It protein content, enzymes and nutritional values are usually very high and of utmost quality. It helps the chick gain all the necessary nutrients that helps it withstand stress and diseases when grown.

b. Starter: this is given to the birds from 7 days to 3 weeks more.

c. Grower: this is fed to the birds from when they are 4 weeks to their 8th week. This feed has more carbohydrates content

d. Finisher: this is fed to the birds from their 8th week to their 12th week. It has a balance ratio of both carbohydrates and protein. However, when the protein ratio is raised a little higher than the carbohydrates, it gives better results.

All the 4 types of feeds comes in 2 texture:

- pelleted : they are more refined. Their grower and finisher feed comes in a granular-like form. Vita feeds is an example.

- mashed : example is the type produced by Livestock, Hybrid, etc

If you have questions please ask in the comment space.

**** I look forward to hearing your testimony just like the screen shots attached to the post.

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shurinz:


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Thanks

MasExcel19:
How much would it cost me to start a Broiler Farm?

This is the question I get asked every time. The truth is this, lots of persons wants to go into poultry business but they fear a lot of things. Some of these fears include:
- those guys(chickens) can die!
- the capital required is too high
- how do I even sell those idiots?
Lols!
You see, you can never start a business staying far off. You need interest and some little faith to risk something.

All of the above are not in all true. It is easy to start and its damn cheap too.

There a lot of things that add to cost of raising birds and it start from day one.
If u don't handle things smartly u will make a lot of unnecessary expenses

1. First thing u need to do is to make sure that you are buying your doc directly from d farm. Its way cheaper that way. Those individuals you book with add their own interest you know. Get at least 2-3 reliable farms you can work with and keep in touch with their doc prices. This way you get to knw what they are selling at every time. Personally I have studied the thing. I know exactly when prices ar very low and high. So I buy more when they are very low
Let's use agrited to do an estimate. Doc sold at 180 yesterday (Mon. 17th July) 100 doc will cost 18,000 plus a #10 tp per chick which is #1000. Total cost of doc #19,000

2. You will need to prepare d brooding space. Things required include:
a. Wood shaving - 400 for a bag. You need 1 bag. If its free at your place then you're lucky.
b. Heat source- use charcoal stove. 1 bag of charcoal is 1200 here. Use half bag. Dts 600

3. Usually 4 vaccines are needed within 4 weeks of your doc. 2 of Gomboro and 2 of lasota. If you administer the first 2 properly you don't need to do the rest again unless where you find them not agile
So here we will use 2

Lasota - 100dose 600
Gomboro- 100 dose 1000

4. Other things u need are drugs and vitamins. You will need antibiotics, vitamin, coccidostat plus any other one if u observe any problem with your chicken.
Of course there are other additives if you like

So,
Antibiotics- 600-1200 depending on the type
Antiviral- 500
Vitamin-800
Coccidostat- 400

5. Feeding is the major activity in the farm and it usually takes most of the cost in production.
First thing u need here is to make sure u buy or make ur feeds in bulk. This way, you save a lot on transportation.
Current Prices of feeds in my area:

a. Top feeds -4000- 4200
b. Hybrid- 3600-3650
c. Livestock feeds-3800-3900
d. Sunseed-3650-3700
There are others

You will need about 12 bags of feeds for 8 weeks period.
Let's use the least of the above feeds.
Hybrid- 3650 *4 (starter)=#14,600
Finisher-3600*8=28,800
Total- #43,400

But if u are making your own feed. You will spend #26,000-30,000
The range is dependent on the following:
a. Your target market
b. How much you're able to learn from what I can teach you. The first time you save 15%, as you progress and master the skills 20-30% plus
c. Cost of feed ingredients in your area

Difference in price of company processed feeds and your feeds.
43,400 - 26,000=#17400
43,400 - 30,000=#13,400
* Feeds get stale after 1 month and decrease in quality.
* make feeds in bulk to save cost on transportation. 4 bags will last u first 4 weeks. Then the remaining 8bags the nxt 4 weeks
* Making your feeds puts you in charge of the nutrition your chickens get, save you cost, and helps you get better results in terms of weight and egg at even lesser time

Cost summary:
a. Doc- 19,000
b. Wood shaving-400
c. Charcoal-600
d. Vaccines-1,600
e. Drugs/Vit-2,300
*f. Company made feeds-43,400
g. Your own feed-26,000
*Transportation cost of feeds -1,500
Total -#49,900
*omitted in Total

What I have just shown you is the production cost of raising 100 Broilers.
You also need a housing for your chickens. That's easy to do. Get a carpenter friend for a brother price to build one.
Start right at your back yard and grow big.

Remember, All you need to start that farm is only #49,900


Now, pulse!
I hear someone asking about profit.
Imagine selling a chicken at just #1,000
Punch your calculator. Try multiplying by 600 birds.
Oh! sorry u were supposed to multiply by 100

Stop idleness! Go start farming!

Good luck
Salami Excel Oluwafemi
Determined on making you a farmer
09056198681[color=#006600][/color]

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How to save 30% managing your poultry farm
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Hello smart farmers!

Its been a while since I last made a post. I like to believe you have been practicing all you are learning from all our series? Well I do because I have received feedbacks from some persons who have actually started out farming after being inspired from reading our post here.

We have just concluded the series "practical steps to starting your own poultry farming business" and I thought the next thing you would be needing is managerial skills. I know this because I have seen a lot of farmers get frustrated out of business because they do not know how to properly manage their farms this makes them make pea nuts as profits or incur great loses. This can lead any farmer into not only being frustrated but a psychological condition that makes one loose self esteem, the vibe to try any other business and a consistent remainder (in form of shock) of failure. This my friend is bad!

One time, we wrote a business plan on layers farming for a client and the capital investment was running over NGN21.5 million. His profit came above NGN5 million in the 2nd year ending with an ROI of 27% at the end of the 3rd year. This was a standard business plan (Sorry i can't show you the financial spread sheets since they are for my client). Here is the thing, no sensible investor will agree with your hypes on an ROI of 110%. Well, if you claim its possible your cash flow will have to show it and this has to be very clear enough. Here is another thing, even if its possible to make 110% ROI don't show it!

This is why:
- Your investors will perceive you as scam;
- you give them greater bargaining power on how much they will request as interest. I mean if you're going to make that much you can't be promising them 10% interest.

Enough of this, I am digressing already. May be we will treat "how to write a poultry farming business plan that guarantee you that loan" or some title that fits. Since I know that another set back most people are having is "capital" and a good business plan written with all the necessary "ingredients" will taste so good in the read of your investors that they write you a huge sum cheque in a hurry begging you to please collect the money.

Back to the story;

Usually, after writing a client such business plan, we will provide suggestions on how he/she can cut down on cost of production. This is done at a fee but I will be explaining today's topic using some of the managerial skills I will employ, if I were to run the farm of my client.

Here is the truth, I can save at the least 30% on the capital investment. 30% of NGN21,588,631 is NGN6,467,590. Let me show you what I will do:

At the time of writing that business plan, cost of Top feeds in the east (my client location) was:
Chick mash-NGN4,000
Grower mash- NGN3,800
Layer mash -NGN3,700

A total of 9762.9 bags is needed from DOC through laying period (78 weeks).

The quantity needed according to the feed type is as follows:
Chick mash - 471.1 bags
Grower mash - 1708 bags
Layer mash - 7583.8 bags

During the same period, Top feeds (notice that I am using the same company feeds) was selling at the following prices in Niger state:
Chick mash - NGN3,900
Grower mash - NGN3,200
Layer mash - NGN3,250

I also have a seller who promises a 4% discount on every purchase of 20 bags and above.

Now, assuming I am to run that farm what I will do is simple:

1. I can decide to buy all my feeds from Niger state. If I do this, here is what will happen- I will save these:
a chick mash - NGN100 per bag
b. Grower mash - NGN600 per bag
c. Layer mash - NGN450 per bag

Bringing a total of NGN4,484,620. Money saved from all 9762.9 bags.

Now, I am very greedy so I will make sure I get that 4% discount every time and this will make me save NGN4,664,004 instead of NGN4,484,620 buying at the normal price.

2. I will not buy feeds from retailers. I will go straight to the company. Someone who is going to be buying tons of feeds isn't small. I deserve respect too. Lols
How much do you think these retailers make from selling a bag of feeds? Ok let me take the minimum. Let's say its NGN50 per bag.

Remember the total number of bags of feeds I will buy is 9762.9. If you multiply this by NGN50, you will get NGN488,145. Add it to the last money saved in (1) above NGN5,152,149. This is the amount I could save buying feeds directly from the company.

3. I told you, I am very greedy. I hope you know that, buying these feeds from the company or a retailer in Niger state will require transportation cost? I don't want to waste that money. So here is what I will do. Simply, I will buy a small milling machine (for a start) and use it to make my own feeds right in my farm. If I do this I can save almost a NGN1,500 per bag but let us assume I don't have the money for a good milling machine. I will find a miller in the east or simply come down to the north since I am sure I will find one and get labour cost cheap too. If I use a miller in the north I will save at the very least NGN500 per bag. Total bags of feeds 9762.9 * NGN500 is NGN4,881,450 saved off the normal cost of buying feeds from even the company. If you add that to the amount saved in (2) you will have NGN10,033,599.
NGN10,033,599 is 46.5% of the capital investment NGN21,588,631 and this was just saved from feeds only!

So you can propose and collect NGN21,588,631 from your investors as capital investment then keep all the money saved. Like the NGN10,033,599. This saved money can be used as alternative bail out fund if anything ever go wrong or if you experience delay and couldn't pay up your interest as promised. Rather than disappoint your investors, you simply use the money saved.
Being smart like this, you can create a plan B within the same loan or investment received.

What I have just shown you is that the bulk expenditure on the farm (layers or broilers) is on feeds. If you can manage how you source your feeds, you will save more and make more profits too. The best way to do this is to make your feeds. I am tired of some persons thinking that this is a joke or impossible. So we are making you an offer of following you down to your farm and showing you how we do this thing. This is not free!!! In fact there is no way to say it, the price is HIGH. However, if you trust us, can read and follow instructions written in an eBook. Simply opt in for the "eBook guide package" which is affordable.

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In my next post I will show you further more how I can save cost on vaccines/medication, purchase of DOC, housing etc

Live smart!

Few days ago, I had 2 women visit my farm. They seemed like they have found gold. We got conversing and I later found out that these women had trekked from far distance (a distance you run for NGN80 on a bike in the North isn't small) stopping at each point asking for a poultry farm where they could buy at least 4 weeks old chickens. They couldn't find any and were continued directed to my farm. I was shocked because all these years we had lots of poultry farms within the area. In fact when I joined in 3 years ago, I was almost discouraged to start because I thought the market was already crowded and it will take time for me to even get noticed talk less build a steady income poultry business.

Frankly, I never took notice of what my competition was doing or not. I don't believe that someone has to go down for you to rise. These past years, I was only focused on building that business and making sure my customers get the best prices possible. Something they can't find anywhere easily. We also make sure our birds are healthy for consumption by our customers.

One time, upon experimentation, I made a feed formula that resulted in the same weight of chickens we sell at 7 weeks in 5 weeks. We sold off those chickens at their 5 weeks! I felt I have found a breakthrough! I later discovered through my Vet. Dr. Friend, Abioye Yetunde, that such chickens can be cancerous to consumers. Abioye Yetunde, had done a review on my eBook "Excel's guide to making your poultry feeds" and mentioned this in our chats. That day, I decided NEVER to sell chickens at 5 weeks old for consumption no matter how heavy they are because it is not just about making money but what one is actually selling. So I developed other methods and now I am naming name as Adam did. Lols

No I am not trying to sell you an eBook.

After those women left, I went on asking questions. I needed to know why these farmers had closed up or didn't stock this season. I mean any poultry farmer knows that the December market is HUGE! Why should anyone not want to take advantage of it? What happened to these farmers?

I just found out that my farm that came from behind is the largest in the area. What?

Those who stocked couldn't even afford 200 birds any more and these are farms that run over 400 birds before. What the hell happened?

I will tell you what happened:

-feed prices went up increasing cost of production
-doc prices went up. DOC now sells at NGN270, NGN280 even NGN300. At NGN300 you will buy a carton (i.e 50 birds) for NGN15,000.

If one buys at that price, how much will he spend on feeds, Vaccination and medicines?

If you're buying now, how do you expect to compete with those guys who will be showing off heavier weights at incredibly cheap prices during Christmas market? How do you expect to compete with them when your birds are only 8 weeks old especially if you're unable to grow reasonable weight by then?

This thing is no joke.

Biko, if you want to farm, farm right and farm smart. Stop wasting money and energy.

I love you. I want you to succeed.

Please don't close up like others.

Live smart!!!

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What is doc ? Does it stand for eggs ?