Flaghouse1:


Oga ,

The daily egg production will serve as his profit for the investment, while the #7.2M covers initial capital outlay after one year.he makes an average of100 crates a day @N500 per crate that's N50,000 income daily for 20days average month production that's N1M *12=N12 M per annum

The N12M is the gross profit by the time he removes cost this guy would be left with nothing less thanN7M ,which manager earns. This in a year.

eddyline:

you are forgetting the cost of daily feed which takes up close to 75% of this daily income

takenadoh:



Which maths doesn't add up?

There are 3500 birds

Assuming the birds produce 1 egg per day, lets say 3200 birds *30days/30 (crate) and you sell each crate for 600, so 3200*600 =1.9 M*12 ~~ 23M in one year if we assuming running cost and feed for the year to be 5M +7.5M spent the OP should see a profit of at least 8-11M in one year, that assuming everything goes as planned and he can sell the birds when they reach maturity 3000*1000 = 3M

So the maths adds up, remember there are 3k5 birds but i used 3k2 deliberately and foe reselling of birds i used 3k instead of 3k5.

Happyfellow147:
How can you say there's egg glut when egg price increased to #50 from #30?
I'm asking for learning purpose please

benardj3:
poultry money can not be calculated like this.... ur calculation is based on 90% productivity....... my bro you can never get 80% for up to a month, you forgot factors like sicknes(which is like every month) treatment reduces productivity, even weather (a rainy day can just reduce their productivity), noise from generators can even affect productivity..... ....i have bn into it for over 15 years....... am not saying Op won't make profit but not the way you think

monchazfarms:
@ OP,first of all,I salute your courage.Secondly,I want to critisizee and aa well pass some vital information /advice to you because that's what you need to become stronger and resilient in your chosen business and I'm doing so because I'm also into the business and has a little advice to offer.

I'll critisize you on the following:
1.You shouldn't have started with point of lay birds if you're a first timer because poultry business is a practical one which requires first hand information and starting with older birds won't let you have the experience you need.

2.Most point of lay birds aren't given the complete and required vaccination and this has a tendency to affect the birds in future if your source is unreliable

3.From your analysis,you started this business this August and that tells you're unaware of the market trends before tasting the depth of the river with both legs: there has been egg glut (excess egg production) in the market since February this year up till now,the worse of its kind.

4.Be ready to battle with any disease(s)/ virus associated with the farm you rented if you didn't fumigate and disinfect the farm before bringing in your birds.

5.Your birds were supposed to attain 1.5kg or 1,500g at 18 or 19 weeks,this implies that your birds weren't properly fed by the sellers/brooders and this might affect the overall performance of your birds.

6.Your choice of business is good,but your timing is wrong.

Now,take these advise:

1.Keep on giving those birds growers until you attain 50% production,it might sound so ridiculous,but it worked for me.This' to enable you have a better uniformity and also allow those lagging behind to attain sexual maturity.If you start giving them layers feed,lots of your birds might not lay.

2.Give them sangrovit @ the recommended dosage for two weeks.

3.Give them viracid and also spray it all around your pen.This sanitizes the evironment and and takes care of virus,bacteria and protozoa;it's very good.

4.Start looking for customers and ask God for divine direction.

5.Always sanitize their drinking water with Isochlor,but don't vaccinate them with sanitized water.E-coli is a deadly water bourne disease that could kill all your birds if you don't pay close attention to their water.

6.Finally,the Lord is your strenght.I admire your courage.

blessedvisky:
Respect @ strangelandd. Do you have people working for you? If yes how many? And what do you mean by pullet eggs

strangelandd:
Was reported and banned again. Someone doesn’t like my post. Guess I have to draw the curtains here. Thanks for the support and all, keep the conversation about farming going.

strangelandd:
Was reported and banned again. Someone doesn’t like my post. Guess I have to draw the curtains here. Thanks for the support and all, keep the conversation about farming going.

Aizenosa:


In Benin I sell a crate of egg for #850 - #870 wholesale and #1000 retail.

miredia:
. Now this adds up, not at N600/crate.

strangelandd:
Was reported and banned again. Someone doesn’t like my post. Guess I have to draw the curtains here. Thanks for the support and all, keep the conversation about farming going.

mrjojo:
please continue, please, I ventured into this same egg production farming early this year, and to say it was a big disaster. Lost quite a huge sum albeit learnt some very hard lessons. Your post has been a source of motivation and renewed my interest,please don't stop.

Flaghouse1:


Please explain causes of your losses and lessons learnt for others to succeed from

mrjojo:
it a very long story

Flaghouse1:


Please just bullet point/summarize the story for us to learn

mrjojo:
I trusted my friend who knows more about this than me.

Trusting him enough to make the appropriate plans.
Summary of it all, will edit when am free to explain details

Flaghouse1:
,

Okay then , I thought as much friends will pretend to have your back ,but at the end you discover the opposite is the case here.

I also followed advise of a friend as regards haulaging only for the guy to set me up with my driver who deliberately knock the engine of my truck and I had to source for funds to get a new one ,driver abandoned the truck ,for me to later discover that this friend gave the same driver a brand new truck to be driving for him

mrjojo:
hmm, "friends", I haven't learnt my lesson though. I trust people easily, and so called friends have so taken advantage of that. It all good sha, we live, we learn. Pm me, we can share ideas if you don't mind

miredia:
. Now this adds up, not at N600/crate.

larrypourl:


You can't sell old layers for 2k bro talk less of 3k. If you really wanna sell them fast it has to be during Christmas and you sell to the market women within 1 - 1.2k who will then resell too. I'm giving u Lagos price. Who dare buys old layers for 2k?