₦airaland Forum

Oluchiugo:
Livestock farming is still very profitable, I am a Poultry farmer(Layers precisely) and i make 80k monthly on 50 birds. I just increased by birds to 200 at the end of last year and i currently make 350k PROFIT monthly. All i need is capital to extend my farm.

Mind you, i work in a Feedmill currently and will resign once my birds get to 1000 laying birds

So the way and manner you handle the biz is the key.

Thanks

Oluchiugo:
Livestock farming is still very profitable, I am a Poultry farmer(Layers precisely) and i make 80k monthly on 50 birds. I just increased by birds to 200 at the end of last year and i currently make 350k PROFIT monthly. All i need is capital to extend my farm.

Mind you, i work in a Feedmill currently and will resign once my birds get to 1000 laying birds

So the way and manner you handle the biz is the key.

Thanks

Wealthyonos:
When I was rearing goats in the village, I never bought feed one day for my goats. You can use grasses all through. You can sit down and list all the goat feeds that shouldn't cost you much and focus on those feeds. You can grow from there.

Yampotatocarrot:
1. No issues with buying POL but just make sure u trust the source and they give u all detailed info about the birds. Ensure they r not sick birds o

2. As long as u wish.....some sell off after 1 yr of laying whike some after 2 yrs. Generally sell them when the returns u r getting from them is too low to spend money feeding them. U r a business man.

3. Maximum of 6 eggs per week......they lay every 26hrs.

Generally i would strongly advise investment in Laying birds over Broilers. Layers is steady income daily once they start laying, just make sure u follow your routine treatment religiously e.g. Vaccination, Deworming, Antibiotics and Vitamins........shikenan!!!.

Kindly help out with the following questions for a newbie...

What do you think about buying, say 20 point of lays and just raising them for the egg, rather than going through all the hassles of raising them from day old?

How long will they lay before they're "exhausted"?

How many eggs can one expect from them, say per week?

(Just want to go add it just as a side hustle... Don't have much space... Just something to get small funds to offset little bills around the house)

What's your advice generally?

delefresh:
Interesting breakdown, boss 👍🏽 and I like that you mentioned scaling from 50 to 200 birds that’s where the real picture starts to show.

But I’d really like you to help break this down further so others here can learn properly (a lot of people just hear “₦350k profit” and jump in blindly)

How many bags of feed are you using monthly for the 200 layers?
What’s your average daily or weekly egg production (in crates)?
At what price are you selling per crate (farm gate price)?
Roughly how much do you spend monthly on medication/vaccination?
How are you powering your water system generator, NEPA, or solar (and cost implication)?

Because from experience, feed alone is where many people get shocked, especially with current prices.

Not doubting your numbers at all just trying to make the discussion more practical so upcoming farmers don’t enter with wrong expectations.

Would really appreciate the breakdown 🙏🏽

Bamidele Alimi
Delefresh Farms

Oluchiugo:
Like i said, if i am making such amount on 200 birds.......i am imagining what i can make when my birds are up to 1000birds. And once i achieve that, its goodbye to paid job and the next will be to produce my own feed myself

We dey chop some eggs for house and sometimes due to weather and some other unforeseen issues production no dey meet up but we quickly adjust.

By Gods grace i hope to scale up to 500 by this year end.......so help me God

Oluchiugo:
Like i said, if i am making such amount on 200 birds.......i am imagining what i can make when my birds are up to 1000birds. And once i achieve that, its goodbye to paid job and the next will be to produce my own feed myself

We dey chop some eggs for house and sometimes due to weather and some other unforeseen issues production no dey meet up but we quickly adjust.


But what about marketing, once you attain 1000 birds marketing issues comes in

By Gods grace i hope to scale up to 500 by this year end.......so help me God

Oluchiugo:
Honestly.......Egg buyers locate egg farms and we have not been able to meet up with supplies. As we grow we are also building our Customer base. 1000 birds should bring about 26 crates daily. We currently get average of 5 crates daily now and by his grace we will build our Customer base as we grow. For the records, i have my eyes on developing Egg powder

ahmedio2017:
Delta
Which state is that

Oluchiugo:
No wahala Chairman,

Feeding - 21kg daily(630kg a month)
Cost of Feed - 1 bag is #13100, #524/kg(i buy directly from company, long leg things....i work in a Feedmill remember?)
Total cost of feed/month - #524*630kg(#330,120)
Total Vaccination - 2 vaccinations per month...Lasota and Gumboro(#6000 approx.)
Vitamins - #6000 approx(i buy liquid vits. in bulk)
Special Organic acid - #37,000(i dont use Antibiotics nor dewormer, i use a special kind of Organic acid and that balances the birds GIT and keeps them free of diseases aside from Viruses)
Transportation - #20,000(not sure but it is far less than this, na my house e dey)
Miscellaneous - #20,000(not sure what to add here, but water follow. I have borehole at home where i sell water to the public,so i fetch from there)

Total expenses - 420,000(approx.)

Avg Daily egg production at 85% production - 170eggs
Avg Monthly production - 5270eggs
Cost of 1crate of egg - #5000( 1 egg is #166)
Total egg Sales - #874820

PROFIT - Total egg Sales - Total expenses
= 874,820- 420,000
= #454,820

Oluchiugo:
Like i said, if i am making such amount on 200 birds.......i am imagining what i can make when my birds are up to 1000birds. And once i achieve that, its goodbye to paid job and the next will be to produce my own feed myself

We dey chop some eggs for house and sometimes due to weather and some other unforeseen issues production no dey meet up but we quickly adjust.

By Gods grace i hope to scale up to 500 by this year end.......so help me God

fatjo:
What is the price and setup cost for 200 birds.
I have about half plot space in my front yard Is it advisable or I should get a farmland.
secondly what is the best way to dispose bird poop and control the smell in residential area