Author:
Robert Simon
Date Of Creation:
17 June 2021
Update Date:
1 July 2024
Content
Starting a chicken farm is one thing, but starting a business is actually a completely different story. Not only will you become a chicken farmer but also an entrepreneur, depending on the market you're targeting and the segment you want to exploit. In the chicken industry, there are two main directions: egg farming (chickens are raised and bred to lay eggs) and reared for meat (chickens are raised and bred to kill meat). Either way, you must make financial decisions and be responsible for your management so that the farm is profitable.
Steps
Write down a business plan. This is one of the most important things to visualize your running. It tells you what goals you want to achieve and how you can do it. At the same time, this is a plan of how you want to run your business, not just from the perspective of a manufacturer, but from the point of view of a bank manager, attorney, accountant and even lice are an employee.
There is land, capital and equipment. You cannot start or maintain a chicken farm or business without these essential foundations. Based on your farming direction (industrial chicken or backyard chickens), prepare the right infrastructure (cage or barn). Land for infrastructure construction and food crops to feed chickens. Equipment and machinery necessary for cleaning facilities, handling corpses, growing crops, and so on.
Decide the best direction for breeding. There are two main ways to raise chickens. One is an industrial line, the chickens are kept in a barn with temperature and lighting cycles under constant control. Second is a model of backyard chicken raising, chickens are free to operate on the farm and grow as naturally as possible.
Decide which area of the poultry industry you want to pursue. Basically, there are two options: raising for meat (chickens are raised and then slaughtered) or eggs (chickens raised to lay eggs). However, there are other areas you can develop. Eggs (both on meat farms and on egg farms) that are not marketed for consumption are hatched. The chicks will be raised for breeding, then sold to farms for meat or eggs. Normally, the hatchery and chicks business is separate from the chicken business. Just like slaughtering chickens for meat, this is also a separate area you can pursue.- Many farms (most of which are not industrially raised) have developed more than just one sector in the chicken industry. It is up to you if you want your farm to operate in one, two or all sectors.
Find your own market (if possible). If the area in which you live, the majority of poultry farmers raise chickens in a certain way (industrial captivity rather than backyard farming, for example) then you should pursue a separate market that addresses the needs of customers for backyard chickens rather than continue to breed according to the movement.
Make you known to your customers as well as potential customers. You just need to let people know if you have eggs or broilers you want to sell. The method of advertising yourself by mouth is very low cost and much more effective than advertising in a local newspaper, which is quite few people read. However, this does not mean that it is useless to buy advertisements on the radio or set up a separate website to promote your products.
Always keep track of money, books of the business during operation. You will know if your business is profitable.
Observe the local or national poultry farming laws in which you live. advertisement
