It is one thing to start a chicken farm , but to start an actual business out of it is something else in it own. Going for chicken farming, you are not going to be a chicken farmer, but a businessperson as well , depending on what markets you are targeting and what types of chicken sector you want to going into.
To start a chicken farming, you have to make responsible managerial and financial decisions for your chicken farm to be a profitable business.
1. First thing you must think of when you want to set up your chicken farm is CAPITAL AND EQUIPMENT. These two thing are necessities. You will need a building to raise your chicken, and this building can be a barns or hutches depending on the numbers of your chicken.
You may raise your chicken in a conventional way or free -range.
2. What kind of ways you will want to raise your chickens.
We have two popular ways to raise your chicken. They are Conventional systems, which is a system where you have your chicken confined to a barns that are temperature controlled areas.
Free- range systems allow your chicken to just moving about , have fun on the farm to behave as if they are in their natural habitats.
3. You must be able to decide what sectors of the chicken industry you wish to pursue.
We have two types of raising chicken, they are Broiler , which are chicken raised for meat, and we also have Layer, which are chicken raised for making eggs.
4. Finding market for your chicken or their eggs: You must look at what are the most popular needs of your immediate area, you must know what they want and when did they need it most, e.g. In place like London chicken is mostly sell very well during Christmas season.
5. Make your self and product known to potential customers: You need to advertise your chicken, simply by letting other people know that you have what they want, like chicken meat and eggs that you want to sell. You can also use social media to advertise you poultry produce.
6. You must keep records and accounting of your chicken business: This is to help you to know if you are making profit or lost, and it will also help you against theft.
7. Get a vet doctor: You must have a vet doctor who will advice you and proscribe drugs and treatment, incase you have a sick chicken.
If you can abide and followed these thing when setting your chicken farm, you will succeed and make profit as you expected.
