imustsaymymindo:


Beautiful work, bro. I am working on a poultry management desktop software. It might automate your tasks better than excel sheets.

That will be super cool..many farms abroad automate everything up to feeding...

supersystemsng:


Sir, I'm a farmer...I don't want to disclose details...I have over 20 blueprints in my bag..i've started stffs on low key...i've worked in poultry farms for first hand experience...it's too much... 7.5M in poultry is way too much...looking at the pic and the details outlined, i beg to see where 7.5M went into...do you know 7.5M is enough to raise over 300,000 chicks if properly managed?

I'm also a consultant...I have macro and micro economics skills...i hold on to my initial point of view..

Obviously, you dont know what you are talking about or rather you have lost touch with whats going on in this field. Going by what you stated here, 300, 000 chicks with 7.5 million is absolute nonsense. How much do you think a chick cost? how much do either rent or buy pen houses? what about feeding cost which is very high these days. The guy is on the right track and he needs encouragement. I hate it when I see folks ascribing what they are not to themselves and spewing rubbish. Do you even think it's easy to float a business of that amount in this present economy and yet all you can do is to state things that are not grounded with facts. Guy, quote me any time, it is not possible for you to raise 12,000 point of lay with 7.5 million not to talk of the 300,000 birds as you have stated.

lucrownt:
I'm impressed to see this on Nairaland, by the way you ought to have diversified your investment. God forbid bad thing, we are all aware that chickens are prone to several illnesses particularly flu. Did you know that with that 7.5m you can earn a Geometric Progression pattern income.. Let's say you invested 2m in poultry, 2m in cash crop farming, 2m in stocks/shares or treasury bills and 1.5m in fishing, then you have portfolio of investments in which a low risk in one investment will cover for the higher risk in another.. Though the higher the risk the higher the return..
God bless your hustle sir

Now this is what i'm also tinkering on...

Gbabe2:


Obviously, you dont know what you are talking about or rather you have lost touch with whats going on in this field. Going by what you stated here, 300, 000 chicks with 7.5 million is absolute nonsense. How do you think a chick cost? how much do either rent or buy pen houses? what about feeding cost which is very high these days. The guy is on the right track and he needs encouragement. I hate it when I see folks ascribing what they are not to themselves and spewing rubbish. Do you even think it's easy to float a business of that amount in this present economy and yet all you can do is to state things that are not grounded with facts. Guy, quote me any time, it is not possible for you to raise 12,000 point of lay with 7.5 million not to talk of the 300,000 birds as you have stated.

ANALOGY MY DEAR BROTHER...

Gbabe2:


Obviously, you dont know what you are talking about or rather you have lost touch with whats going on in this field. Going by what you stated here, 300, 000 chicks with 7.5 million is absolute nonsense. How do you think a chick cost? how much do either rent or buy pen houses? what about feeding cost which is very high these days. The guy is on the right track and he needs encouragement. I hate it when I see folks ascribing what they are not to themselves and spewing rubbish. Do you even think it's easy to float a business of that amount in this present economy and yet all you can do is to state things that are not grounded with facts. Guy, quote me any time, it is not possible for you to raise 12,000 point of lay with 7.5 million not to talk of the 300,000 birds as you have stated.

I'm not discouraging anyone...it's an open forum for discuss... you can't raise 300,000 on 7.5M true, i simply used an analogy to quote my point...

Gbabe2:


Obviously, you dont know what you are talking about or rather you have lost touch with whats going on in this field. Going by what you stated here, 300, 000 chicks with 7.5 million is absolute nonsense. How do you think a chick cost? how much do either rent or buy pen houses? what about feeding cost which is very high these days. The guy is on the right track and he needs encouragement. I hate it when I see folks ascribing what they are not to themselves and spewing rubbish. Do you even think it's easy to float a business of that amount in this present economy and yet all you can do is to state things that are not grounded with facts. Guy, quote me any time, it is not possible for you to raise 12,000 point of lay with 7.5 million not to talk of the 300,000 birds as you have stated.

don't mind him jare... 7.5m can never raise a 300,000 birds! Never! like he said, he's a consultant, I bet he's not an Animal Scientist, neither did he ever venture into Layer birds Egg production.

Gbabe2:


Obviously, you dont know what you are talking about or rather you have lost touch with whats going on in this field. Going by what you stated here, 300, 000 chicks with 7.5 million is absolute nonsense. How do you think a chick cost? how much do either rent or buy pen houses? what about feeding cost which is very high these days. The guy is on the right track and he needs encouragement. I hate it when I see folks ascribing what they are not to themselves and spewing rubbish. Do you even think it's easy to float a business of that amount in this present economy and yet all you can do is to state things that are not grounded with facts. Guy, quote me any time, it is not possible for you to raise 12,000 point of lay with 7.5 million not to talk of the 300,000 birds as you have stated.

7.5m is not too much for 3500 birds....... 2m can't bring up 1k birds to laying point if you have to get a space from the money ..........cost of poultry,even if you compound your feed

imustsaymymindo:


Beautiful work, bro. I am working on a poultry management desktop software. It might automate your tasks better than excel sheets.

Nice, would be happy you showcase finished work for us to see and those interested in poultry farming will engage you ,farming has gone empirical these day

BiggyBamBam:
Wise man.
When others are looking for Oil Company jobs and some are looking for ways to be 419.
May God bless your labor.

What makes you think he is not gainfully employed before

Having 7 million to set up a business is not moimoi

This guy is big already

lammie21:

don't mind him jare... 7.5m can never raise a 300,000 birds! Never! like he said, he's a consultant, I bet he's not an Animal Scientist, neither did he ever venture into Layer birds Egg production.

may b he is a vetinary nurse....... 300, 000 will cost over 100million. if you already have a space for birds,1.4million will raise 1k birds......... so do the maths

Lol..the same mindset the ones that closed up had...tis okay

Wow, this is wonderful! I still think you can save a lot with feed production for this magnitude of investment. I think you should learn how to, after all, the feeds you buy are produced from somewhere

benardj3:
may b he is a vetinary nurse....... 300, 000 will cost over 100million. if you already have a space for birds,1.4million will raise 1k birds......... so do the maths

you are spot on bro... I used close to 1.8m to construct a Layer Pen that could accommodate up to 2,000 layer birds including battery cage water nipple system...then bought 1,000 point of cage pullets at the rate of 900naira per one. Mind you bro, that was even before economic recession started. what about now that price of materials has increased. Poultry, especially Layer birds is very risky. I wish OP all the best...I've learnt my lessons tho.

Poultry isn't for the faint hearted....it requires thorough research...

Following the thread

Keep us posted

Profits and losses

lammie21:

you are spot on bro... I used close to 1.8m to construct a Layer Pen that could accommodate up to 2,000 layer birds including battery cage water nipple system...then bought 1,000 point of cage pullets at the rate of 900naira per one. Mind you bro, that was even before economic recession started. what about now that price of materials has increased. Poultry, especially Layer birds is very risky. I wish OP all the best...I've learnt my lessons tho.

it will be nice if you share your lessons with us. thats how we are all gona learn from each other.

Kudos bros. Am really encouraged by your efforts. I love agriculture so much, and I hope to invest in it soon. Keep up the good work.

I went through the post and I think the major cost is that for birds which is about 5M out of the 7.smth and the other major one is for feeding,

People suggesting to Purchase DOC which OP would have had to wait for over 6 months to see first production. I guess he is trying to see returns more quickly and remember he can sell the birds as old layers between 1k5- 2000 ( I don't live in Lagos) which should return the 7M back assuming minimum casualties.

World People :- He wasted too much cash on this.

Okay, yes he did. What's the way forward? Should he continue this way or he should sell the birds, get back his capital and start again on a smaller scale? Is an expert willing to put him through if he does that? If not then leave him be, he's an adult. If you think he made a mistake/was not properly advised send him a mail and proffer solutions stop making him feel less of a man in Public. Ya'll didn't ask him before he showed you all these.
Well Done OP, I wish you all the best.

Looking for a reliable egg distributor in Abuja or its environs

Sooo impressed...May GOD bless your hustle....I am following up...No loss (how did you pull that up)...

What's the total number of crates we are looking at....at maximum yield

takenadoh:
I went through the post and I think the major cost is that for birds which is about 5M out of the 7.2 and the other major once is for feeding,

People suggesting to Purchase DOC which OP would have had to wait for over 6 months to see firdt production, I guess he is trying to see returns more quickly and remember he can sell the birds as old layers between 2000 naira to 3k5 naira which should return the 7M back assuming minimum casualties.

Old layers for 2000naira to 3500naira? No Sir/Ma... The highest he can get is 1,100naira for Old layers.

lammie21:

Old layers for 2000naira to 3500naira? No Sir/Ma... The highest he can get is 1,100naira for Old layers.

Old layers to be sold for meat at 1100? Please where is that??

Every business is risky, based on your level of education on such business. I (personally) don't fancy poultry but I must say I am impressed with the write ups, pictures data collection and the entire project presention as presented here by the OP. I want you to know that I sent this link to my friend to encourage him in this poultry business path, as he was a bit discouraged citing rain, weather and all sorts. God bless you sir and make this business profitable and a great success.

As for the yeye consultant that wants to raise 300,000 birds with 7.5mill I wish you success. Its a shame when fellow Nigerians thrive on pulling down one another, if you don't have anything positive to say, because of all the negativity in you, why not skip to the next topic. You wonder what kind of life some live, its a disaster! Here I read some say he could have played pool or lotto, he could have done this or that. Sure he could have but he didn't, instead he did what he thought was best in a fine way I must say, and not only that he came here and showed us all. Some can't even account for their breakfast expense this morning, yet the hide behind a screen with the pull down syndrome. Check yourselves and Change! If the foundation is faulty, you have a disaster waiting to happen in your hands.

Op, great respect for you. Thank you for sharing and God bless.

strangeland:
My Egg farming experience as a new farmer
So I started a poultry farm (Chickens) with the intent of selling eggs. Let me give you a summary of what I have done and how much I have invested till date.

OMEGA009:
Looking for a reliable egg distributor in Abuja or its environs

Egg is always Scarce in that Abuja sha.

Flaghouse1:


He made a good business sense,renting/leasing is way business acquire asset to avoid the cost associated with building one ,this cost is termed as sunk cost which you may recover over a period of time depending on the profitability index of your business.

From my own line thoughts the OP will have the time to start building his own pen at lease with profits from the business, he might even be lucky and the owner might decide to sell existing pen house to him

Good business initiative!

Wonderful analysis. Thank you. I won't have said it better. My point exactly.

Gbabe2:


Obviously, you dont know what you are talking about or rather you have lost touch with whats going on in this field. Going by what you stated here, 300, 000 chicks with 7.5 million is absolute nonsense. How much do you think a chick cost? how much do either rent or buy pen houses? what about feeding cost which is very high these days. The guy is on the right track and he needs encouragement. I hate it when I see folks ascribing what they are not to themselves and spewing rubbish. Do you even think it's easy to float a business of that amount in this present economy and yet all you can do is to state things that are not grounded with facts. Guy, quote me any time, it is not possible for you to raise 12,000 point of lay with 7.5 million not to talk of the 300,000 birds as you have stated.

God bless you for this comment. I have been waiting for someone to speak on it. 300,000? That guy definitely doesn't know what he is talking about. Even if you buy Day Old Chicks for 100 naira each, 300,000 chicks will cost 30 million Naira...and we haven't spoken about feeding, housing, and other costs.

Interesting topic, following Bumber to bumber

strangeland:
27/08/2017 @ 23 weeks old bird weight is 1,449 grams growth of 130 grams.
We are getting close to the target weight of 1500 grams for the age of the birds
26/08/17 = 18 eggs
We have to exercise a bit of patience

That’s up to date now, if there is enough interest in this post I would continue with updates.

* I have moved this topic from food to agriculture after someone pointed out to me that I had it under the wrong headings
From now on i would update this topic only from here
Thanks

. I've few layer birds n they started laying at their 20th week. Waiting for funds to go on at least 1000 birds

supersystemsng:
You invested 7.5 Million in poultry? Am i seeing well? Why invest 7.5M in poultry bro?

i was wondering the same thing o... There are other agricultural businesses that will yield d bigger turnover in a shorter time... All d same good wishs to the op

supersystemsng:
You invested 7.5 Million in poultry? Am i seeing well? Why invest 7.5M in poultry bro?

Nice

supersystemsng:
You invested 7.5 Million in poultry? Am i seeing well? Why invest 7.5M in poultry bro?

Bro poultry is lucrative if you can practice proper hygiene and you're readily available to monitor what goes on in the farm, else those farm attendants will kill one with lies of cracked eggs, etc. Op please and please monitor your sales yourself and always be available on the farm because this investment is huge. God bless you.