HOW TO MAKE MONEY THIS DECEMBER INVESTING ON BIRDS WITH YOUR SMALL CAPITAL.

WHAT THE BUSINESS IS ALL ABOUT

Poultry farming is the process of raising high breed birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese for the purpose of farming meat or eggs to feed. Poultry farms are the most numerous in numbers, with chickens and fish.

There are hundreds of highly productive bird breeds in the world. Some of them are very famous for egg production, some are popular for meat production, and some breeds are famous and popular for the production of meat and eggs. Let's discuss in detail how your  # 20k or #30k can turn in large reward investments in space 8-16 weeks, depending on how you want.

Note that it is therefore advantageous if you already have poultry as a hobby. That means you already have a first idea on ​​how to breed birds. At this stage, it is helpful for potential breeders to educate themselves more  about the birds so as to keeps up and understand more about birds,

Before venturing into poultry business, it is of high important to know the kind of chicken that is most sought for which I think is Broilers, Layers, Cockerel and Turkey during festive period.

There is no need to start with a great facility immediately. In fact, it is always advisable to start slowly for the associated money risk. As a starter you can raise comfortably twenty to thirty broiler in your store or empty room that is not useful, also, you can startup with a wooden cage covered with chicken net and zink for roof. This  will probably cost not more than #2 to #3 thousand in Naira  to build provided you do the carpentry yourself and subsequently as you grow you graduate to bigger poultry farm.

Starting Up

To purchase a very good specie of Chik or bird, you need to locate the poultry factory where quality birds are been arch and distributed. You can find any archery producing outlet whiting your state capital to purchase at a more discount rate, can also buy through the distributors or retailers within your neighborhood.

Items needed to start

i)          A Cage (Empty Room or your wooden Cage) as a starter

ii)         Their feeder

iii)        Water Can

iv)        Means of generating heat during their first three weeks which can be ( 200w bulb, protected coal and the likes)

v)         Their Vaccines ( This topic is very important and will de discusses extensively in the next topic on learn the processes of vaccination )

vi)        Their various stages of feeds

Varieties and species of birds

Egg Producing variety (layers)

The chickens produce eggs, which are called laying chickens. Almost all types of commercial poultry breeds start laying eggs within five to six months of age. They continue to lay on 275-300 eggs a year. Some tribes lay on 330 eggs a year. Eggs and depending on their species. The high producing birds are  

Minorca, fayoumi, leghorn, Babcock, Ancona, Star cross, Lohmann etc.

Meat Producing breeds of chicken (Broiler)

This type of poultry breeds are used only for meat purposes. Their meat is very soft and tasty. They weigh about 2 to 2.5 kg within 7 to 8 weeks old, and consume about 4 kg of food. They are eligible for marketing within 8 weeks. The most popular breeds of Broiler in the world are Starbroiler, Plymouth Rock, Cornish, Sussex, Brahma, HY-line, Donuts, Cochin etc.

Watch out for Continuation in the next article where we will discuss extensively on the processes of vaccination.

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