expertman:
I will advise you to go into poutry. Poutry business is highly profitable.

Farm farming have sent many people back to the village. Have you heard about rainfall sweeping away a fish pond?

Now here is the laid down a good point of lay Birds is sold at 700 to 1K.

Then you get cage from welder at the rate of 20k.

20k cage can house up to 40birds.

Their feed at point of lay you need to buy what is called grower finisher match get their necessary drugs for both curing of dieseases and supplement of vitamin.

The best drugs for that is called accetryrin or also.

Then after they start droping you feed them with layers match.

After getting alot of eggs from them you still sell those birds at 1,300 to 1,500 during festive seasons.

You can even breed maximize ur profits.

So you see you not lossing out at all.

I have just started my own too with 70birds inside my compound so i so much knows what am talking here.

What gave me the inpirations is many of my customers who came to buy electronics from my shop are mostly into poutry farming.

come see nice different cars this guys are using simply working from farm.

That was what moltivate me in starting a poultry.

In poultry business you start seeing your returns same montb you got started which i doubt when it comes to fish farming.

So my take on your Question is to start a poultry business. Is more profitable and gives Rest of mind.

Thank you

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expertman:
I will advise you to go into poutry. Poutry business is highly profitable.

Farm farming have sent many people back to the village. Have you heard about rainfall sweeping away a fish pond?

Now here is the laid down a good point of lay Birds is sold at 700 to 1K.

Then you get cage from welder at the rate of 20k.

20k cage can house up to 40birds.

Their feed at point of lay you need to buy what is called grower finisher match get their necessary drugs for both curing of dieseases and supplement of vitamin.

The best drugs for that is called accetryrin or also.

Then after they start droping you feed them with layers match.

After getting alot of eggs from them you still sell those birds at 1,300 to 1,500 during festive seasons.

You can even breed maximize ur profits.

So you see you not lossing out at all.

I have just started my own too with 70birds inside my compound so i so much knows what am talking here.

What gave me the inpirations is many of my customers who came to buy electronics from my shop are mostly into poutry farming.

come see nice different cars this guys are using simply working from farm.

That was what moltivate me in starting a poultry.

In poultry business you start seeing your returns same montb you got started which i doubt when it comes to fish farming.

So my take on your Question is to start a poultry business. Is more profitable and gives Rest of mind.

Thank you

Hello, pls am thinking of starting a business pending the time I go for service. Do u think the poultry business will be ideal and will that money be enough to start the business?
Secondly, I have space already (my compound) and a cage which just needs little amendment.
I just need what can put food on my table at the moment and I hope I can benefit from the little experience u have... Thanks

samvega:
As a graduate why not climb up the ladder a little bit. Since so many people are into farming, you can do both fish and chicken business but its more profitable to go into packaging and distribution.

Pls elaborate on packaging & distribution

Guy!!!!!!... i have done both before and adequately trained in both... with ur capital, u cant do a profitable poultry if what u have in mind is layers!... 100k is just like 50naira... i can categorically tell you that 100k can not raise 200 layers to point of lay. then casualties.... etc. if you have good, regular and constant source of water... fish farming will be good for u..... get too fish thanks at 20k each... it will nuture 300 fishes each to table size... making 600fishes at the end of the day.... pls be wise dont do poultry with that amount except you want to suffer great loss!.... be guided pls.... you can call me for more detail.

unilagfreshest:
Good day all, Am a fresh graduate (waiting for service) . Please have considered starting my own business thanks to nairaland. The dilemma now is I don't know which to choose though have read a lot online but am not convinced yet.
I have a half plot of land around that mowe/ibafo area, Ogun State which I can make use of (family own though). Please any experienced farmer's advice in house is highly welcomed. I should be able to start with 100 thousand naira. The pros and cons of both, Thanks.

both are lucrative but poultry requires much more fund (feeding and vaccines) and yeilds more

callmelanner:

Hello, pls am thinking of starting a business pending the time I go for service. Do u think the poultry business will be ideal and will that money be enough to start the business?
Secondly, I have space already (my compound) and a cage which just needs little amendment.
I just need what can put food on my table at the moment and I hope I can benefit from the little experience u have... Thanks

Sure its a good and cool money bringing business.

Thats the idea just to bring little income to settle some bills.

The 100k is very much okay.


Enjoy

ikbnice:
100k won't even feed 1000 fish...Poultry is better for that amount for a meaningful income.

It can't take six hundred to table size. Good thing about poultry is that it gives daily income. For fish farming, you have four to six months of sowing in feeding before you can reap a kobo. Like many have said, poultry is better for fast cash for a beginner and later, you can add the fish farming. Either way however, please go beyond reading on Internet and do a little attachments in an existing farm before committing your money. You must learn three things practically before getting into it. The first is the practice of bio- security. Cleanliness, in poultry is the key to profitability. You must see how it's done. Second thing is food rationing and timing. Giving chicken more is not a favor and they die of fat, and giving less is not advantage as they won't lay as and when due. Thirdly, environment and pen construction. A poor ventilation will choke your birds and windy location is not good either. It takes a lot effort and care to harness a laying bird to its full term of 18 months. A lot die out of a little carelessness, but everyone here is chorusing reap eggs and sell the bird later. Please do some practical attachments before takeoff. Best of luck.

With the low funds you have I will advise you go into poultry farming but not layers. You can go into broiler rearing,you only rear them for 7 weeks and sell them for N1000 each,I used to do that some years ago.With less than 100k u can rear 100 and start with that.
Fish farming would have been your best bet but from your statement you do not have water supply in the land. A friend of mine does not rear his fishes to table size anymore,he rear them for 3 months and sell those who dry the fishes and package them for export, with that 80k can rear 1000 fishes.

lukma227:

With the amount in consideration, Fish farm will be better 4 u, Poultry farm is expensive to keep, 100k can't give u a sustainable farm 4 Poultry

100k can't do anything in fish farming too..not when d electricity in this country is an apology.. He needs constant clean water and also fish feed is far more expensive 100k might only carry u for at most 2months

unilagfreshest:

Thanks boss..
I have been to a fish (cat fish) farm recently in lagos , my brother am highly impressed with the high market demand. But the only problem is the smell (stench or whatever) ..that tin dey smell.. if not for that I won't have had issues with the business.

e no smell reach poultry....on my street, we run a fish farm and a neighbour runs poultry now dy av chanced my neighbour away cos of d smell. My point is if u change d water regularly d smell in pond will be minimal

amparas:
Poultry above the fish pond so fishes can feed on little dumps from poultry

But finally fish farming na hard work ooo

serious work most especially if light no dy ur area frequently....u could end up working overnight

This is a nice post

Corperadams:
Bro, am serving presently and i have such tot as well. I guess for starting, fishery may b better, why, because d risk, cost of feed is less. U can start with constructed (wooden) pond which may cost less. In a few months (4 to 5) u may b counting hundred of thousand. And if u can, u may stock dem per month.
For example, u may start with 300 to 400 juvenals which may cost u 30naira per 1,, with dat, if well treated, each may b sold @ 800 or 1k... Anyway, we can share ideas in my whatsapp 08146565369. Text me. If u call it may not go due to d network here in my PPA. Wish u best guy

boss don't be deceived ooo d cost of feeding fish is high oooo except u went to be using local feeds which doesn't bring much result like imported feed... If u want to buy a bag of feed of a confirm imported feed u need nothing less than 4k per bag
And u might end up using 2bags a day depending on d number of fish u stock sha.... Buh a standard pond o filled with fish nothing less than two bags a day

Corperadams:
Bro, am serving presently and i have such tot as well. I guess for starting, fishery may b better, why, because d risk, cost of feed is less. U can start with constructed (wooden) pond which may cost less. In a few months (4 to 5) u may b counting hundred of thousand. And if u can, u may stock dem per month.
For example, u may start with 300 to 400 juvenals which may cost u 30naira per 1,, with dat, if well treated, each may b sold @ 800 or 1k... Anyway, we can share ideas in my whatsapp 08146565369. Text me. If u call it may not go due to d network here in my PPA. Wish u best guy

it is sweeter to break down. I love how u use ur head to formulate that Buh there are lot of other stuffs u will need to put into consideration for example if u buy juvenile fish that are not shooters, 6months will pass and ur fish won't reach d standard size of sell. I don't know where u live ooo Buh in Lagos u can't see where dy will buy catfish from u 800- 1k... D average price of catfish is 500 per kg. And in 5months if u av good fish and feed well and change water constantly and treat well u will av at most 30% of ur fish surpassing 1kg each and d biggest in DT pond could be averaging 1.5-2kg but most of ur stocks will be 1kg 1.2kg and if u av confirm buyers they buy at least 30kg per plastic(Baff) and dy normally bring lowest 6 baffs so u can do ur calculation from dre

UrennaNkoli:
I think poultry farming is more lucrative. You tend to get more profits from the sales of meat and eggs rather than that of only fish. Talking about startup capital, com'on poultry is more easier to start up .

Nurturing chicks is not an easy job, if you starts with 500 birds as a first timer, the chances of 100 surviving out of the 500 is very slim... So I will go for fish which is easy to maintain and they don't die like chicks.... + knowing how to hatch "fingerlings" will give you more money than eggs.

I like encouraging young people who have entrepreneurial minds. And I think this is the first time I've seen a startup thread without people posting mini adverts, call-me email address and phone number replies.

As for the guy who posted this thread, what ever you decide to do, let your business packaging be your advantage. Focus on innovation and you could expand any business, its all about packaging. You could plan to diversify your brand from the status quo or find new ways of reducing cost to boost profit.

Goodluck.

Am into fish farming (hatchary department).... Fishery is more better than poultry in the sense that, poultry is capital intensive and the risk level is high while fishery with ur 100k u can start up a farm without no stress (hp there is borehole or well inside ur land? ) once u hv water sources u can start up with the capital at hand.

lukma227:

With the amount in consideration, Fish farm will be better 4 u, Poultry farm is expensive to keep, 100k can't give u a sustainable farm 4 Poultry

Do u even knw hw much to build a pond?

Talkless of borehole and so many other things

expertman:


No Need for mating bros.

If you mixed them with cock that mate them then their egge wont be edible as the egg would carry blood after 3days and your customers will always bring them back for change .

In fact they will always bring them back every day.

I once had this problem until i separate them and gave the layers the needed drugs.

There is this drugs you must always give them once in a month to make their egg free of any problem. I have forgotten the name of the drug is a small tablet sold for 250Naira they always sell it with ice block.

When you ask them at vet they tell you the name.

Enjoy

u cant see blood in a fertile egg unless you subject dem to incubation conditions...... Unless you stored dem in a warm room which will affect the life span of the egg in general
...............

youngguru23:


Do u even knw hw much to build a pond?

Talkless of borehole and so many other things

yes naa with borehole available, u can construct mobile pond and still feed ur fish well..
Poultry is good but fishery is better
1. Poultry requires more care especially at d brooding stage unlike fish
2. If you don't have enough money to feed,your fish can survive without food for days and u can feed dem anything maggots, even dead fish and other dead animals.... Fish is an omnivorous scavengers. Poultry can't do without quality feed.
3. Poultry smells a lot unlike fish
4. Birds get sick easily unlike fish. A friends visit to your poultry farm can introduce a disease. A viral disease can wipe d entire flock. There are over 60 known poultry diseases in existence.
5. Marketing is not a problem with fishery since u can add value to it by smoking and even mke more profit unlike poultry

He its a good thing that u are tryin to established ursef rather waitin for jobs in an economy where the only thing we rely on is oil.
I read all d sugestions offered to u on which is d best of of the two by u neva mentioned in ur post if u av acquired any form of trainin on both or any of the two.
If u av not done dat then pls dont just waste ur money, beta get trainin befo u plan to do anything but if alredy av hav an idea, then wit ur 100k my advise is choose catfish.
Let me tel u why, one i belived dat 100k is all u av nd of u choose poultry like u say u want to sell eggs, if u buy day old chicks it means u wil wait d next 16 to 18 weeks befo they start layin nd if u buy point of cage at 10 weeks, it means u cant buy means nd lets assume u buy 40 at 800each dats 40k nd 6 more weeks befo some start to lay at d ration of 200 to 1bag of feed per day means like 22kg per day den multiply dat by 42days den all ur 100k is almost finish cus dont foget medications nd recurrent expenditures light light mimimum 6years in d night so dat they can eat cus if they cant eat in d night u prolong their day of maturity.
While point of lay is almost same wahala wit wat i just highlighted in point of cage but stil u wil av few birds nd d eat they wil be consuming after sellin d eggs cus u hav few birds mit make d profit so little.
Rearing fish is less streesful cus u can start wit wat we cal VERTUAL POND, dat means built wit blanks nd carpet so dat d carpet wil retain d water. That wil be so cheap less than 10k wil do dat nd if u buy like 100 juveline dats 2weeks old so can start wit dat but source of water very very important.
Dont buy more than 100 cus u mit tink u av money by d the time u start feeding dem at 2% of their body weight so wil kno u dont av much but u u are lucky to get good species as juveline den in 90days u can sell all nd reinvest ur money again.
Which u best of luck in which eva u choose out of d two.


Good day all, Am a fresh graduate (waiting for service) . Please have considered starting my own business thanks to nairaland. The dilemma now is I don't know which to choose though have read a lot online but am not convinced yet.
I have a half plot of land around that mowe/ibafo area, Ogun State which I can make use of (family own though). Please any experienced farmer's advice in house is highly welcomed. I should be able to start with 100 thousand naira. The pros and cons of both, Thanks.
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So you think you dont need a borehole for poultry?.... look i have done both... Fish farming is super cheap compared to Poultry.... you cant compare pen construction and money for cages to the ammount ull use to build a pond!!!!.... i tell u nah life and Death ooooo.... this days u can easily rent a pond that will stuck 2000 fishes for as low as 25k/year.... on the other hand, to construct pen and cages that will house 2000 birds, u need nothing less than 1.8m at the least!...... all of you saying poultry is cheaper than fish farming i am sure you have not tried both!

youngguru23:


Do u even knw hw much to build a pond?

Talkless of borehole and so many other things

babamajor:
He its a good thing that u are tryin to established ursef rather waitin for jobs in an economy where the only thing we rely on is oil.
I read all d sugestions offered to u on which is d best of of the two by u neva mentioned in ur post if u av acquired any form of trainin on both or any of the two.
If u av not done dat then pls dont just waste ur money, beta get trainin befo u plan to do anything but if alredy av hav an idea, then wit ur 100k my advise is choose catfish.
Let me tel u why, one i belived dat 100k is all u av nd of u choose poultry like u say u want to sell eggs, if u buy day old chicks it means u wil wait d next 16 to 18 weeks befo they start layin nd if u buy point of cage at 10 weeks, it means u cant buy means nd lets assume u buy 40 at 800each dats 40k nd 6 more weeks befo some start to lay at d ration of 200 to 1bag of feed per day means like 22kg per day den multiply dat by 42days den all ur 100k is almost finish cus dont foget medications nd recurrent expenditures light light mimimum 6years in d night so dat they can eat cus if they cant eat in d night u prolong their day of maturity.
While point of lay is almost same wahala wit wat i just highlighted in point of cage but stil u wil av few birds nd d eat they wil be consuming after sellin d eggs cus u hav few birds mit make d profit so little.
Rearing fish is less streesful cus u can start wit wat we cal VERTUAL POND, dat means built wit blanks nd carpet so dat d carpet wil retain d water. That wil be so cheap less than 10k wil do dat nd if u buy like 100 juveline dats 2weeks old so can start wit dat but source of water very very important.
Dont buy more than 100 cus u mit tink u av money by d the time u start feeding dem at 2% of their body weight so wil kno u dont av much but u u are lucky to get good species as juveline den in 90days u can sell all nd reinvest ur money again.
Which u best of luck in which eva u choose out of d two.


Good day all, Am a fresh graduate (waiting for service) . Please have considered starting my own business thanks to nairaland. The dilemma now is I don't know which to choose though have read a lot online but am not convinced yet.
I have a half plot of land around that mowe/ibafo area, Ogun State which I can make use of (family own though). Please any experienced farmer's advice in house is highly welcomed. I should be able to start with 100 thousand naira. The pros and cons of both, Thanks.

Best advice i have read so far!... thanks for tutouring this young man on the right path... i shear thesame sentiments with you... which i communicated earlier on this tread

boyesky:
So you think you dont need a borehole for poultry?.... look i have done both... Fish farming is super cheap compared to Poultry.... you cant compare pen construction and money for cages to the ammount ull use to build a pond!!!!.... i tell u nah life and Death ooooo.... this days u can easily rent a pond that will stuck 2000 fishes for as low as 25k/year.... on the other hand, to construct pen and cages that will house 2000 birds, u need nothing less than 1.8m at the least!...... all of you saying poultry is cheaper than fish farming i am sure you have not tried both!

Though na fishery I don experience that's y I say dat... Don't knw poultry still expensive dan dat

Did u have enof water in you land if yes I advice you venture into fish farming,cuz with that 100k you can start with 400feeds: breakdown of your expense it will cost you 12000 to buy 400 juvenile @30naira, multifeed 8 bags @5700=45600 then buy local feeds 12 bags @ 3500 =42000 total 99600 and each kilo is sold @ 550 to 600 multiply by 400 feeds u get 220,000

what most of u dont know is that fish farming has taken another dimension.
Here in delta state u dont dig ground for fish farming anymore. we now use tapolin in constructing ponds and also very big drums.
u judt have to have a water source nearby that u can use in changing the water depending on u 3-5 days wt treatment.
it have a good profit margin most esp wen u re selling to market women. also wt ur capital u can open a point and kill joint wt bear to go in the evenings.

ekanDamie:
There is no need opening another thread with the same agenda.
I have a similar opourtunity with d op.
I have just 100k of my total savings, i know how impirtant it is to amass savings before venturing into enterpreneur activities.
But have been athome since somehow last year and i been busy incuring expenses without any sort of income. 100k is almost same thing as 10,000 naira if one wanna keep spending it will just vanish into thin air.

So i have been thinking latley how i can invest it and see income atleast that can sustain at the shortest time possible. Even if its on d average of 500naira to 1k daily. Its a good start.

So, i need your advice experienxed ones, i have an abandoned pen here. Its my sis, she studied APH but husband carry her comot for house during the time she wanted to venture into it, so d pen has turned to panty house since then.
I also have acess to water and still enough space of upto half plot. With this factors i posses
Can you advice me personally based on my startup funds? Pls make una no vex o. We wan exel too.

Cc expertman
unilagfreshest
ikbnice:
Westadon
BNLR
Babamajor
Tosongolabeaty
Intergrityfarms
Onatisi

Don't even think of fish farming bcus 100k will vanish into thin air in weeks feeding them and rearing less number is hardly profitable...you could rear broilers if you know how best to handle them. Birds first, fish later...it's in that order.

sagircarioca5:
Did u have enof water in you land if yes I advice you venture into fish farming,cuz with that 100k you can start with 400feeds: breakdown of your expense it will cost you 12000 to buy 400 juvenile @30naira, multifeed 8 bags @5700=45600 then buy local feeds 12 bags @ 3500 =42000 total 99600 and each kilo is sold @ 550 to 600 multiply by 400 feeds u get 220,000

I love your breakdown.. Am comitted to follow ur steps. 20 bags in total will it be enough to feed them for close to the 4months before selling.

sagircarioca5:
Did u have enof water in you land if yes I advice you venture into fish farming,cuz with that 100k you can start with 400feeds: breakdown of your expense it will cost you 12000 to buy 400 juvenile @30naira, multifeed 8 bags @5700=45600 then buy local feeds 12 bags @ 3500 =42000 total 99600 and each kilo is sold @ 550 to 600 multiply by 400 feeds u get 220,000

Oga construction of pond nko

Do breakdown for it too

unilagfreshest:
Good day all, Am a fresh graduate (waiting for service) . Please have considered starting my own business thanks to nairaland. The dilemma now is I don't know which to choose though have read a lot online but am not convinced yet.
I have a half plot of land around that mowe/ibafo area, Ogun State which I can make use of (family own though). Please any experienced farmer's advice in house is highly welcomed. I should be able to start with 100 thousand naira. The pros and cons of both, Thanks.

Your 100k may not be enough to feed and administer medicine to your birds. However, fish could stay up to 3 days without food, while poultry must have feed steadily in their trough. If you have a good water supply around the site, go for fishery.