staga:


It costs N2,700 to N2,800 to raise a broiler. I challenge you to provide facts and figures and I will show you mine.

Most market people come pricing them for N3,000 or N3,300. You only make the money selling to those buying it per kg, in which case you have to keep your birds for at least 8 weeks to attain 4kg, so that when you slaughter, you can get 2.5kg killed weight which gives you anything from N4,000 to N5,000 per bird. You make the most money if you open a joint where you sell fried or roasted chicken with rice, or you do shawarma.

You cannot sell in the open market unless you get a shop, join the union and spend other initial money to get yourself an established retail outlet. Also, sales are seasonal. Easter coincided with Eid-El-Fitri in the same month this year. Then there is the Eid-El-Kabir and also Christmas later in the year.

I own a broiler farm so I speak with loads of experience. I also have land where I farm maize twice a year using the 50-day variety. This cuts my feed costs during the rainy season, considering that a kilo of maize (60% of the constituent of chicken feed) is now N245.

nickyvil:
Thats first alternative, another way if its not in the festive season, just book for agrited and breed for 5weeks which you will feed day and night for 4weeks by then they will be over 1kg and the 4th to 5th week just give finisher. That is another alternative, when you breed for long that is when the cost will be higher. This you will use exclusive new hope feed. Extra starter(510) yellow bag, starter 511 you will see the weeks there.

Now for the frozen aspect, when you feed day and night, just go for agrited and feed for 6weeks. You will get 3.5- 4kg and your good to go.

Now you know medication, booster and all is important. You do things appropritely

staga:


First, thanks for your input.

But please, it is always good to do the Maths. New Hope is 11,500. Top Feed is 8,700 to 9,000, depending on where you buy. The cost of Gumboro vaccine has nearly doubled from 6 months ago. By the time you factor in all costs (feed, vaccines, drugs, mortalities especially during the heat season like now, wood shavings, brooding paper, salaries, cost of fuel to power your borehole, etc), you will get nearly N2,800 or even N3,000 as raising cost for a typical Ross 308 broiler. The market people will come to price the live birds very low (some as low as N2,700).

So wherein lies the profit if you use feed that is N9,000 and above, except you have up to 1000 birds where you can say your profits may be N300,000 if you sell to those in the market at N300 gain per chicken?

Also, how much do the cold rooms charge per kg? So you find out that it is a continuous balancing act for the farmer and many a time, compensating with formulated feed is really the only way out.

staga:


First, thanks for your input.

But please, it is always good to do the Maths. New Hope is 11,500. Top Feed is 8,700 to 9,000, depending on where you buy. The cost of Gumboro vaccine has nearly doubled from 6 months ago. By the time you factor in all costs (feed, vaccines, drugs, mortalities especially during the heat season like now, wood shavings, brooding paper, salaries, cost of fuel to power your borehole, etc), you will get nearly N2,800 or even N3,000 as raising cost for a typical Ross 308 broiler. The market people will come to price the live birds very low (some as low as N2,700).

So wherein lies the profit if you use feed that is N9,000 and above, except you have up to 1000 birds where you can say your profits may be N300,000 if you sell to those in the market at N300 gain per chicken?

Also, how much do the cold rooms charge per kg? So you find out that it is a continuous balancing act for the farmer and many a time, compensating with formulated feed is really the only way out.

staga:


First, thanks for your input.

But please, it is always good to do the Maths. New Hope is 11,500. Top Feed is 8,700 to 9,000, depending on where you buy. The cost of Gumboro vaccine has nearly doubled from 6 months ago. By the time you factor in all costs (feed, vaccines, drugs, mortalities especially during the heat season like now, wood shavings, brooding paper, salaries, cost of fuel to power your borehole, etc), you will get nearly N2,800 or even N3,000 as raising cost for a typical Ross 308 broiler. The market people will come to price the live birds very low (some as low as N2,700).

So wherein lies the profit if you use feed that is N9,000 and above, except you have up to 1000 birds where you can say your profits may be N300,000 if you sell to those in the market at N300 gain per chicken?

Also, how much do the cold rooms charge per kg? So you find out that it is a continuous balancing act for the farmer and many a time, compensating with formulated feed is really the only way out.

nickyvil:
Now let me answer to this , here new hope is 10,650 and top field, is #8,500 let's leave the price, selling agrited at 2700 to 3200 at 5weeks is okay. Im okay if at the end of the day i make profit even if its small but continuously so i always have target when to stop feeding and sell cos from a day old till 2weeks plus dont dont eat much and 3weeks to 4weeks they start eating but from 4weeks upwards, they eat heavily so i try my best and plan ahead. It is a lost if someone keep making feeds cos at broilers grow, their appetite increases, its all about calculations and i do mine very well and cut unnecessary spending.

staga:


Impressive, if you got 3.6 kg in 6 weeks. The highest I have gotten is 3kg.
That's why I love threads like this. We can always get information for improvement.

nickyvil:
This is where you mixing things up, first im a vet surgeon and at the same time i have more than 10 top farms i consult for cos its my job. I have a broiler farm and every week i rear atleast 200 broiler to six or 8weeks depending on hatchery farm. Now Agrited breed Ross while Chi breed AA+ and the different is Agrited pick from the start while CHI pick but are excellent for 8weeks cos of the pace they attain weight from 6 to 8weeks but i get that 4kg within 6weeks in agrited. Now let me explain and enlighten you, the first mistake is to mixed feed for yourself cos the cos of quality feed is even higher than buying feed from the market, secondly im not a seasonal farmer but i advice people as a seasonal farmer to apply wisdom.
Let me start by seasonal farmer, now as a season farmer all you need to do is from a day old to 4weeks give them necessary feed, better you start with new hope to bring out there future then if possible feed them day and night for 2weeks. After 4 weeks change to top field finisher and feed them during the day alone for another 4weeks. You dont need weight here. But the futures will come out well. If you give hybrid or feed you make it wont grow cos all this company always subsidize their price.

Peledonomy:


We are saying that marketing the birds is a problem.

nickyvil:
Like i said, it all depend on you and how you market your product. I do go to cold room, frozen store, i market online, jiji, etc and i do street marketing too so there are always demand and market for me but i dont know about others.

Peledonomy:


How much is doc now?

nickyvil:
Let me first talk about brooding, i don't use sawdust or brooding paper all through, below is the system i use all through, at first week to 2-3weeks i use brooding cage:

https://youtube.com/shorts/VO7058eaKE8?feature=share I watch the Video, you are truly a professional. Do you have more of this video on you tube ?





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su1N3Htk7z8

So with this i hardly have mortalities, about the drugs, everybody have a way of going about it so i wont talk much on the drug.

And this is Agrited at 6weeks attach pics and video




https://youtube.com/shorts/VO7058eaKE8?feature=share

nickyvil:
Like i said, it all depend on you and how you market your product. I do go to cold room, frozen store, i market online, jiji, etc and i do street marketing too so there are always demand and market for me but i dont know about others.

Johnboom:
You are truly a professional. Do you have more of this video on you tube ?

nickyvil:


Not yet but i intend to create a youtube channel and group where i can enlighten farmer on secret and easy way to own and manage a farm successfully.

Johnboom:
Ok. What part of Nigeria do you stay? Do you help people to set it up? If yes how much would you cost me if you want to help me build that kind of set up for 200 broilers. You may drop it on my WhatsApp. 08032781837. Thanks.

nickyvil:
Im a consultant and help people to set up farm professionally and train how go about it all and yes i can set it up. I am in lagos state and there is no where we dont go except north for now.. Before we can set it up we have to know the capacity of land both breath and wide of the land and how we can manage it. And i will ask some questions before we can set it up.

Sukkyy2010:

I'm happy to hear You're base in Lagos, please kindly drop your number for consultation.

nickyvil:


Your the one not getting it right.. Broiler is the most profitable of all.

Kachifo3:
Don't go into broiler production after watching YouTube channels of internet farmers, u will regret it..
Go and learn offline from experience hands, start small and expand, increase ur market base.

Go to the market, meet the market women, don't sit in the comfort of ur home shouting broilers for sale on internet...

marketing is a skill too, if u are not well grounded, them go chop you..

male and female broilers hav different prices that's y u Separate them @ week4..

and male grow faster, female ones are docile that y u Separate so they can eat @ their own pace..

alot which I may not type here, but is broiler production profitable?

yes, it is ..

I have a customer who takes 50birds everyday, so u see,

Tippinmac:
Good day everyone on the trend ok am a broilers farmer also in Abuja practing. There's a question I have been expecting someone to ask and it seems we are busy disagree wit nickvil here. The question his pretty simple let say once stock Agreted birds 200 Doc as it stands how many bags of feed will you need to feed them till six weeks given that you feed them super starter day and night for 4weeks.
Also what mode of feeding as regards to timing of feeding the birds will be used for the next 2weeks to get them to 6weeks to achieve the 3kg weight we all have been longing for.
I just finished selling 350 bird's I feed day and night for almost a month using top feed and I didn't achieve 3kg body weight I feed 200 birds with 1 bag a day after 1 month. A quick respond will be appreciated. As we are all learning

nickyvil:
Now as for frozen, you can't use top feed, I will advice you use new hope from start to finish, and use yellow bag which is professional. Super starter 510, starter 511 and finisher 512, this are the

Peledonomy:


Are u still on the business

nickyvil:


Yes I am

Peledonomy:


How are you doing with feeds

nickyvil:


The food is so high but honestly its affecting but the cost per kg too has going up

Peledonomy:



I heard corn is now half a million for a ton