Following a poultry farming for beginners guide will help you a lot for setting up your new poultry farming business. As poultry farming has already proven to be lucrative business, so you may be willing to start a farm for your new source of income. In broad, poultry farming means raising various types of domestic birds commercially for the purpose of meat, eggs and feather production. But here we are describing poultry farming for beginners guide about chickens. Chicken’s products are among the major source of animal protein, aside from beef, pork and fish. And chickens are already an integral part of human life. Small scale poultry production fulfill the animal nutrition demand for a family. But large scale or commercial basis poultry farming offer an opportunity for the people to earn big amount of money. That’s why there are many poultry farms out there. Poultry farming is a suitable business for the people who are passionate about livestock farming, keeping birds and who are comfortable with farm life. Poultry farming is a highly profitable business if you can run it properly under acceptable methods and conditions conducive for the birds.
Poultry Farming For Beginners
Actually each type of farming business follows specific operational principles for making good profit. And when such principles are ignored by the farm management system, it results in serious loses. So before starting, it is wise to learn more about the business. Take some time and try to understand why most of the poultry farmers make good profits and some of them fail. Some of the farmers, especially beginners have been forced out of the business when they could not operate it properly and thus lose money. Successful poultry farming business is involved with lot of works and it’s easy at the same time. But it’s not a lazy man’s business. You have to do everything timely and perfectly according to a plan. However, here we are trying to discuss details about poultry farming for beginners.
How to Start the Business
Follow the step by step process for starting your new poultry farming business. Starting a poultry farming business is easy and involved with lots of regular work at the same time. Here we are tying to include all details you will need for the business.
Have Your Investment Ready
Poultry farming requires investment. You can arrange the money by your own or you can apply for bank loan. Both govt. and non-govt. bank loans are available for starting poultry farming business. You should contact your desired bank for the loan process. As a beginner, you should start with a minimum number of birds which will cost you pretty less money.
Production Type
First of all determine the production type of your poultry farm. You can raise broiler chickens for meat production purpose and choose layers if you want to produce eggs commercially. You can also start your poultry farm for selling poultry products and breeding stocks directly to your local customers. Determine your production purpose, select proper poultry breeds according to your desired production and go for the detailed planning.
Set Farm Location
Selecting a good farm location for your business is very important. You should select such a location which has all required facilities and favorable for your business. It can be slightly far from the town, where land and labor is pretty cheap. But don’t setup the farm too far from the town. Because most of the towns have high density population, and you have to target that market. Also try to avoid setting up the farm in residential areas, because poultry farms produce offensive odor. While selecting the farm location, consider transportation system and medication facilities also.
Construct House
After selecting farm location, construct a good house for your birds. Ensure all required facilities are available in the new house. There are three types of poultry housing system you can use. Extensive, semi intensive and intensive. For commercial production, intensive system is most convenient. You can raise your birds in floor or in cage system. On an average, broiler poultry needs about 2.5 square feet space and layer poultry needs about 4 square feet space. For example, if you want to raise 200 layers then you have to ensure about 800 square feet space is available. About 4 square feet space is required per bird in cage system. Don’t forget to add proper lighting and ventilation system in the house.
Purchase Required Equipment
You need to purchase some equipment for your poultry farm. List of required equipment are listed below for running a poultry farm successfully.
- Feeders
- Waterers
- Nests
- Cages
- Coops
- Crates
- Incubator
- Egg tray
- Lighting instruments
- Perches
- Brooders or heaters
- Ventilation system
- Waste disposal system
Labor or Manpower
Based on the number of birds, you need more or less manpower/labor. As a beginner, if you start with a minimum number of birds (200-500) then you can manage your farm by yourself easily. If you plan for raising more birds then you will need additional manpower. Ensure cheap labor is available in your selected area.
Purchasing Chicks
After setting everything up and having everything ready, purchase quality chicks from trusted breeder in your area and start caring them. Set the brooder ready before arriving the chicks from breeding house to your farm. As a beginner, it is wise to start with day old chicks instead of older chicks. If you are a complete beginner without any prior experience, keep the number of chicks to minimum (anyhow not more than 500).
Feeding
Feeding is the most important part of poultry farming business. After constructing house and purchasing equipment and chicks, you have to spend a large amount of money for feeding your birds. About 70% of your total project expenses will go towards the feeding. And the success in the business also depends on quality and adequate feeding. You can purchase the feed ingredients from the market and prepare the feed by yourself or purchase ready-made poultry feeds from the market. Different types of commercial poultry feeds are available in the market for each type of birds. Please review the following webpages for more details about poultry feeding.
Broiler poultry feed
Layer poultry feed
Health Management
As we have mentioned above, you have to ensure proper medication system in your area. Poultry birds are prone to various types of diseases and you have to be ready for controlling them. We know ‘prevention is better than cure’, so you have to be conscious and take proper care of your birds to keep them safe. Vaccinate them timely and always try to provide them fresh water and food. Also stock some required vaccine and medicine so that you can use them when needed.
Marketing
Good marketing strategies influence the profit from your business. If you can sell your products in the market easily, then it will encourage you in getting more production. We always recommend determining marketing facilities in your area before starting any farming business. Because your business will not be much profitable if you can’t market your products properly.
Hope this poultry farming for beginners guide will help you to plan for your new business. Before starting, try to learn more about the business and visit some farms if possible. Consult with other farmers in your area and start with a minimum number of birds for the first time. Gather experience and gradually expand your farm.
this is so awesome and wonderful,keep going
Thank you!
thanks for the quick response and giving so many preliminary information for the beginners like me, thank you once again, as i am going to start for the first time after few days so i think this information will help me a lot, but it will be better if you kindly send me some more information about their shed and types of shed so that i can get a idea about their proper shelter and feeding and about proper watering systems
Thanks for your honest opinion! We will try to add different types of shed design with photos soon. Thank you!
Am so much impressed with the knowledge transfer on poultry farm. Just that I have a challenge here, I have passion for layer poultry farm and my land location is not in a calm environment
I am very passionate about poultry production. And can afford to build structure but the capital to Start. So please I need your assistance. thanks for your education.
Thanks so much for the knowledge and idea you’ve given to the beginners like us, am so much greatful
Hello Simanchal
Good morning !
This is May from China, i can share some pics for shed and also i can give you some ideas about how to set the shed , if you can give us the capacity each shed, then we can give u the shed design , you just set based on the drawing.
any doubt, you can mail me .i am in poultry equipment more than 7 years, may be i can help you.
It is good article. Still making a follow up on the same.
I would like to rare layers from May 2015. I need the best breed and where to locate it.
from mumias,
Isa white, isa brown, lehman white, hi line white, rhode island reds, buff orpington, black australorp, leghorn etc. are some best layer chicken breeds. Unfortunately, we have not enough idea about your location. Please contact any of your nearest chicken breeder or supplier to know more about the availability of these breeds in your area. Thank you!
Very appropriate & elaborate topic ,I would like to suggest the beginners to go through this topic & of course, you have to know or understand not only poultry farming business ,but also every business .
Thanks for your honest opinion!
I need your help..how much investment of1000 capacity of leyar poultry in odisha..
what is the feed composition of a parent stock or breeder in Bangladesh?
It’s pretty tough query. Please contact any poultry research or training institute in Bangladesh. Thank you!
i am starting a poultry business on 2000 sq ft of land + a cage of 10 x10 x10 sq ft with 1 cock+2 hens+ 30 chicks & hope to build up a total of 3-500 birds for sale of eggs & grown birds all surrounded by 3 ft ss netting & 10 ft above that of nylon net. but the dogs released by the city dog squad in villages are stealing & eating the birds from all the poultry farms in the area. one expert from australia has suggested to keep a guard dog friendly to the chickens. which breed of dog available in india would you suggest i keep
We are extremely sorry! We don’t know about any dog breed which will be suitable for your purpose. You can use 5-6 ft ss netting surround instead of 3 ft. Thank you!
that’s gud of you to advice us the beginners and willingly to go on w,ith your lesons, chicks to begin with
Thank you so much for taking your time to advice individuals who wish to go into poultry farming. I plan on having my own farm soon, I am hopeful that I would not be faced with a challenge that will be insurmountable. As I have been told by other poultry farmers, poultry farming appears easy to venture into, with success stories always played and replayed to would-be farmers, but the reality check is – a farmer can lose money quick if he/she is not careful or observant, or properly educated (farm-wise) . I appreciate your thoughtfulness towards educating these would-be farmers.
We are really pleased to hear that! Thank you & may God bless you!
Thanks a lot for this advice, am also planning to start my own poultry farm, though still in the initial stages am glad you’ve helped me make up my mind and to even learn more before starting .
Pleased to hear that! May God bless you!
Thanks alot.I’m pleased and happy with the information I’ve got.I’m planning to start poultry farming soon.
We are glad we could help you! May God bless you!
Greetings .my names are Alex Anyika from Kenya .Eldoret lam very much interested to start a poultry farm businesses. Kindly help with all the necessary information .lam glad to have learned much from your site .be blessed
i amthinking to start a poultry firm. for 500 broiler, how much expenses will be including construction of deep liter, feeding items, cost of equipment, cost of chicks. I also glad to know about suppliers like chick, equipment. My address is Biswajit Sar.kantapukur.Burdwan. mob no 9475564566
Thanks for the wonderful piece of information to beginners like us.
You are welcome!
hi
how much will i need to start up a poultry farm as a beginner i’m very very interested in starting this business
Actually it’s not possible to tell the exact figure. Please review some project reports online for having some ideas. Thank you!
Thanking for a clear and inspiring piece of information .
You are welcome!
Hi
for 15000 boiler chicken how big area require kindly give me in Sqmt
You will need about 3500 square meter space for raising 15000 broiler chickens. Thank you!
Hello, thanks for your response, I will send the measurements to you soon, busy doing the floor planning.
I am organising myself to start poultry farming and would like you keep advising me to the successful end with your special training courses and updated information. Thank you
Thanks you have helped me on how to start poultry farming bns.
Thanks for your knowledge. am planning to set up my business, and Al be inquire more information from you.thanks.
Excellent and very informative article. Thank you.
thank you for this very informative article about poultry raising. i would like to ask if it is really true as what my friend said that the location should not be beside the street as chickens will be disturbed by the sound of passing vehicles thereby affecting their laying or the egg production.
Yes, your friend is right. You should place the house in a calm side. Thank you!
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How do I make and process feed for a week old broiler birds. please I need help, on step by step process.
Please review the following webpage for more details.
http://www.roysfarm.com/broiler-poultry-feed/
Thank you!
I want to start my ptry FARM under local condition can I use blood from local butchers as source of protein l mean broilers
No! You should not use raw blood as a protein source for your birds. Thank you!
Thank you very much for your detail explanation for beginners like.
Hollo I thinking start poultry business investment datels of 500 birds place
oh am so thankful for that marvelous information
Hi This Sufyan From Pune Maharashtra i want to start quails/Boiler Birds farming in Pune ,kindly please guide me how to get licence in Maharashtra and cost of entire project .
How much cost will be required for 20000 layer’s farming
You will need around 80000 to 100000 square feet space for raising about 20000 layer poultry in deep liter system. Thank you!
Hello Ganesh Kumar
Good day !
if you want to raise 20000 layers each house , we advice you can set the house size as : 101x12x3.5m( length*wideth*height). May i know where is your poultry farm localed in ? if the climate is good, you can set an open shed .
rearding the poultry equipment , i think you have many choice .
i can offer shed design and high quality goods with good price.
Regards
May
Hello, how many layers i can raise in a 900 sq meter plot?
You can raise up to 2000 layers in your 900 square meter plot in deep liter management system. Thank you!
Hi,
Can i start chicken farming using older chicken instead of chicks?. I am a student and i feel like buying and taking care of chicks needs alot more manpower and time than the older chicken.
Most probably you won’t be able to buy older chickens. Because most of the people will not sell their laying hens. But you can arrange some from your relatives. Thanks!
I am excited to know about poultry farming
Give me tips how’s I start poultry farming
Thank for the info, pls guard my through email the starting process, thank
Thank for the info, pls guard me praticals steps in srarting it
ohhhhhh…. This is very interesting and am very much into it seriously….
am also planning to start a poultry farming business with my other three friends in Uganda …
hopefully, we shall learn a lot from Roysfarm…
we are ready for action……..
thanks very much
Hi Hillary
Good day !
This is May from China, we are so glad you have many friends who want to do poultry business in Uganda. we have many projects in Uganda.
if any interested , pls mail me or call me directly to get more infoemations
my cell no is : 0086-18039555030
Thanx for the info. Am interested in starting a poultry.. i want to know if i have to study poultry science before i can start a poultry farm in America
No, you don’t have to study poultry science for starting a poultry farm. You can easily start your farm by following some simple steps. You can visit some existing farms in your area for having practical knowledge. Thank you!
How much investment initially we put in it.how do we get chicks initially
how do we get chicks initially
You can contact your nearest poultry chick suppliers (from where your local poultry farmers used to purchase chicks). Thanks!
i really want to rear chicken i looking for a guide
halo,,,
i will start up an poultry farm ,,,around 2160 sq fr area,,,,can u suggest me how many no of birds i will farming ?
You can raise about 1000 broiler birds, and around 500 layer birds in your area. Thank you!
i want a poultry manual guide to lead me keeping profitably my chickens
i start to read well interesting topics in poultry keeping
Hi iam eswar I will startup an poultry farm which website name is best
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