Room for 1000 broilers. Growing broilers as a business

It is a rare rural estate that is not filled with all kinds of livestock; many villagers have initial experience in breeding domestic animals, as well as experience in selling surplus from their farmstead.

Having studied the strategy of the livestock market, you can expand your farm into a farming complex. Initially, you need to decide on your specialization and consider raising broilers as a business with development prospects.

Broiler selection

Poultry is raised in two ways: extensive and intensive. Based on these methods and
the direction of business is chosen by young animals. Broiler breeds are:

• Meat (Cornish);
• Egg (Leggorn);
• Meat and eggs (Loman-Brown).

Growing broilers using extensive technology significantly reduces production costs. This method involves minimal costs and is more suitable for home use. The bird does not require cages; it roams freely on the floor and in the yard. Care consists only of feeding and sanitation. Recommended breeds:

• Cochinquin;
• gate;
• Dorking;
• Langshan.

The intensive method is more profitable, but requires capital investment. The principle of this technology is keeping chickens in cages and equipped chicken coops. The advantages of this method:

• restricting broilers in free movement reduces the risk of exchange of infections between birds, accelerates growth muscle mass;
• more efficient use of space;
• Automated drinkers and feeders are used; sanitary cleaning requires less effort.

• domestic “Smena 8”;
• imported COBB 500;

Broilers are characterized by rapid growth, so you need to worry about marketing your products and acquiring a quality certificate for them in advance.

Room

1. Compound feed must comply with GOST.
2. Grain dry food.
3. Food – dairy, vegetable, fish and meat.
4. fresh greens - nettles, tops, cabbage leaves, dandelions.
5. Vitamin supplements, shell rock, eggshells, salt, crushed bones.

Observe the temperature regime of drinking water:

• for chickens, water is 30 degrees;
• for adult broilers - 20 degrees.

Worth knowing! With a lack of fluid, diathesis develops in chickens, and peritonitis and intoxication in adult birds.

Broiler chickens have their own feeding habits; for rapid growth, the birds are fed according to a scheme in several stages.

Adequate nutrition of broilers significantly accelerates the growth of muscle mass in the carcass. It is quite possible to raise a bird to its maximum weight in 1.5 months.

Profitability of broiler farming

After studying the calculations and advice, you can see whether raising broiler chickens is profitable.

It is more profitable and safe to purchase young animals from a poultry farm; they have healthy chickens with all the necessary vaccinations.

As an example, a calculation is given for raising 1000 poultry carcasses for sale for meat.

Breeding broilers as a business is a profitable business. If you decide to organize your income in this way, you will need to know the basics: what is required for cultivation, what are the costs and what will be the profit from this business idea. Next, we will discuss whether raising chickens is profitable or not, and also provide tips that will allow you to make money from broilers at home.

Where to begin?

First of all, you need to decide how you will raise chickens and what kind of sales you will engage in.

There are 2 ways to run a home business using broilers:

1. Buying eggs and an incubator for them. Good method for those who want to engage in this type of income for a long time, because... incubators save your costs. But this method also has a disadvantage, that not all eggs can hatch.
2. Purchasing chickens. You buy broiler chickens and raise them without thinking about incubation. A fairly simple method that saves you time.

Let's consider how much profit you can get in each option, as well as how much money you need to spend on it.

Calculations and comparisons

When choosing a way to run a broiler business from scratch, the question will arise: “at what age should I sell?”

If you want to make money by selling meat at home, you first need to buy broiler chickens, and then feed them for 70-80 days (during this time their carcass should gain about 2 kg). After 80 days, chickens begin to be slaughtered for sale, because... breeding them beyond this period is considered not economically feasible.

If you want to raise chickens for sale, keep in mind that the birds grow quickly, gaining weight and needing more space. If there is no such problem, then feel free to take on this business.

So, let’s compare which way to make money from broilers at home is more profitable.

1 broiler egg costs from 8 to 10 rubles. After a chicken hatches from an egg, it already costs from 25 to 30 rubles. In one season (January-August) 8-10 incubations are carried out. In turn, adult broilers cost 80-90 rubles per kg of weight.

Let's roughly calculate how much profit will be. Let's take the highest price. An egg will cost 10 rubles, a chicken – 30 rubles, and a broiler – 200 rubles per 2 kg.

Among enterprises Agriculture Poultry farms stand out for their fast turnover and return on initial investment. Artificially bred broilers rapidly gain weight and are ready for slaughter for meat at the age of one and a half months. A good income comes from the sale of one-day-old chicks, where the costs are only for the purchase of eggs and maintenance of the incubator. As in any business, there are risks and pitfalls in raising broilers that can lead the enterprise to ruin. The main thing is to maintain a healthy population. Diseases and pestilence will negate the efforts of the poultry farmer and cause losses that cannot be immediately compensated.

Breeding broilers as a business idea

Spend cash, invest labor and make a profit - this is the ideal model of a business enterprise. Breeding broilers fits neatly into it, because a novice entrepreneur has a number of advantages:

• The broiler breeding technique has been developed in detail.
• Caring for poultry does not require significant labor costs or highly paid personnel.
• Large poultry farms supply eggs and chicks at wholesale prices.
• Ready-made food is widely available for sale. It is not difficult to organize the production of your own feed in your own enterprise.
• The costs of setting up a chicken coop are minimal.
• Almost guaranteed 100% sales of finished products.

It is difficult to find another business that offers a less gentle regime at the start. An entrepreneur, if he has not lived in a village and does not have the skills to care for poultry, should study the features of breeding and take into account the risks that are inevitable from the moment the chickens hatch from the egg to the sale of finished carcasses.

• Broilers are artificially bred meat hybrids. They gain weight quickly, but are not in good health. You should not expect egg production or valuable offspring from them.
• A broiler older than 2 months loses its profitability. The costs of feeding and maintaining such birds are not justified. Their meat loses the taste and tenderness of one and a half month old chickens.
• In order for a bird to reach its maximum weight before slaughter, its feed must be balanced in strict accordance with the recommendations.
• The chicken coop creates a relatively crowded environment in which infection can easily be transmitted from one sick individual to another. Poultry farmers should monitor the health of their flock and immediately cull birds showing signs of disease.
• It is necessary to organize sales by the time of slaughter, otherwise there will be additional costs for storage and freezing.
• Incubating and raising day-old chicks for sale can be an addition to a chicken coop or a separate business. What is important here is primary control over the condition of the eggs before laying and maintaining the microclimate in the incubator necessary for the development of the embryo into a healthy chicken.

When risks are foreseen and prevented, the poultry farmer has the right to count on a return of funds with a profit that allows compensation for the initial investment within six months.

Broilers are the general name for meat chickens of the most different types. In Russia, hybrids are popular and available, which are obtained by crossing Cornish roosters with White Plymouth rock hens. Two roosters and two hens are enough to open a breeding farm. But this method requires knowledge, skill, qualifications and the ability to control the mating order of roosters and hens. The matter is initially difficult for a beginning entrepreneur. But he has several options for developing poultry farming.

Which model to choose: analysis of benefits and risks

Buying eggs and raising chickens in an incubator (table)

Purchase of one-day-old chicks (table)

Purchase of grown broilers (table)

Chicks up to 1 month old are considered mature.

Each of the three options is attractive in its own way. If the size of the farm and labor resources allow, then do all three at once. In this case, the advantages of some will diminish the disadvantages of others. The entire enterprise will benefit from harmony and balance.

Poultry farm step by step

Preparatory stage

If poultry is raised not only for personal consumption, but for sale and profit, then even before opening a business, it is necessary to register an individual entrepreneur and choose a taxation system.

• Simplified, 6% of income.
• Imputed, 15% of profit.
• Patent, with annual patent purchase.

Which one is best is up to the entrepreneur to decide after consultation with a tax specialist. At the end of the financial year, you can switch from one to another.

In addition to individual entrepreneurs, other forms of business organization are possible. Legal entity It is enough to make changes to the constituent documents and notify the tax office. It’s even easier for a registered peasant farm (peasant farm): its status allows the breeding of poultry and domesticated animals. Registration of a peasant farm is similar to the registration of an individual entrepreneur: application + fee + choice of taxes + agreement of participants of the peasant farm (not required for an individual owner).

The arrangement of the incubator and chicken coop (poultry farm) must comply with the requirements of Rospotrebnadzor in terms of compliance sanitary standards and Rostechnadzor regarding fire safety and labor protection rules.

To sell chickens and eggs, veterinary certificates and certificates of conformity will be required; they are requested from the local offices of the State Veterinary Control. Depending on the type of cargo transported, 3 types of certificates are issued:

• Form 1 - when transporting live animals, as well as biological objects used for their reproduction.
• Form 2 - for food products and raw materials of animal origin.
• Form 3 - non-food products, technical raw materials and animal feed.

For deliveries outside Russian Federation(except countries Customs Union) at border veterinary points they receive export veterinary certificates.

It should be noted that in the regions of Russia there may be local rules for the supply of poultry to meat processing plants, public catering, markets and trade organizations. Information about permits must be obtained from the executive authorities before opening a business.

What should a chicken coop be like?

06/03/2006 The Ministry of Agriculture issued an order detailing the rules for keeping poultry.

The basic requirements are as follows:

• construction of a fence and mandatory water drains;
• isolated walking areas;
• a room made of easily cleaned materials;
• bedding made of straw, sawdust, shavings;
• natural and forced ventilation (without it, chickens get sick);
• the length of the feeders within bird access is 4–5 cm for young birds, 6–8 cm for large birds;
• The length of the drinkers is 1–3 cm per bird.

The chicken coop is a production facility and will require permits from local authorities to open. Its location should not conflict with the housing sector and nearby businesses. Standard projects have been developed; you can order a ready-made turnkey chicken coop. When self-building or when re-equipping a suitable room, the following must be provided:

1. For four birds you need 1 m2, that is, for 100 broilers - 25 m2.
2. It is permissible to build from boards; in this case, it is necessary to insulate the walls. On average, the construction and equipment of a chicken coop with an area of ​​25 m2 costs 80,000–90,000 rubles.
3. Inside the chicken coop you need: perches for each chicken 30 cm wide, a sloping floor to drain dirt, lime on the walls (it prevents the proliferation of pathogenic microbes and bacteria), natural lighting through windows and electric lighting in short days and cloudy weather (birds need a lot light), a fenced enclosure for walking.

With a large number of livestock, it is better to abandon perches in favor of cages.

The industry offers standard cages for 10, 20 and 30 heads, all of which are equipped with automatic feed and water supply systems. The design of the cage is simple: by purchasing profile corners, metal mesh and sheets of tin, you can make the cages yourself. Size for 10 heads: 75 cm x 75 cm x 40 cm. Requires a pull-out tray for collecting litter. It is placed under the mesh floor. The cages are mounted in 3 tiers. An area of ​​0.75x0.75 m will accommodate 30 broilers.

Increased crowding requires constant monitoring of the atmosphere. Concentrations should not exceed:

• ammonia - up to 15 mg/m³;
• hydrogen sulfide - up to 5 mg/m³;
• carbon dioxide - 0.35% by volume.

This is ensured by ventilation optimal speed 0.2–0.4 m/s.

Personnel and equipment

Working in a poultry house is difficult; you need poultry-friendly staff. For a population of 500–1000 broilers, 1 electrician-fitter, 2 poultry workers, and 1 caretaker-handyman are hired.

The set of equipment is standard; the set is ordered immediately when preparing the chicken coop.

Table: sets of equipment for outdoor broiler rearing and cage breeding

Chickens and eggs are purchased from poultry farms and specialized farms. When choosing an incubator, not only the price and the number of eggs laid are important. The industry offers many models that are similar in their parameters. You should pay attention to customer reviews, especially regarding the reliability of climate control, the egg turning mechanism and the presence of an emergency battery. To check the quality of eggs and the condition of the embryos, an ovoscope device is purchased.

The ovoscope device illuminates the eggs and allows you to see all the contents

Care and feeding

Feed is purchased from wholesale suppliers with direct delivery or pickup. By concluding a long-term contract, you can achieve deferred and installment payments, as well as purchases on credit through a bank. Compound feeds are produced in the form of premixes for different ages of birds. The life of broilers is short, so they are usually ordered:

• PK-5–1 - from birth to 10 days;
• PK-5–2 - from 11 to 24 days;
• PK-6 - from 25 days before slaughter.

The composition of the feed is indicated on the container and in the accompanying documents. In different proportions there will be corn, grain meal, wheat, barley, bone meal, fish meal, feed yeast, green feed and grass cuttings, ground chalk and fats. Knowing the ingredients, you can make the food yourself to save costs. At the same time, it is necessary to monitor how well the broilers eat homemade feed and gain weight so that the savings do not turn into losses from delayed development.

It has been proven that broilers gain weight faster on premixes, but this increases the cost of meat. In addition, in the first 2 weeks, chickens must be given vitamins either in mixtures, or they prepare their own complementary foods from fermented milk products, chopped eggs, grated carrots, crushed dandelion, and nettle leaves.

Chickens eat 5–6 grams of feed for up to 5 days, then it increases to 20 g by the 10th day. 11-day-olds are fed 6 times, after 20 days they switch to 4 meals a day with an increase in the volume of feed. Monthly animals are transferred to fattening mode and prepared for slaughter.

Slaughter and preparation for sale

Slaughter requires a specialist. Either a permanent worker who combines slaughter with other duties, or a temporary one who is hired for a few days every month and a half. Feeding is stopped 8–12 hours before slaughter. The bird will no longer gain weight. In addition, an empty stomach and intestines make cutting the carcass easier.

There are technological lines on which most of the work is automated, and the entire process takes a few minutes. First, the bird is caught, being careful not to injure it, and hung by its legs on a cutting conveyor.

Broilers ready for slaughter

What happens on the conveyor:

• stunning, slaughter and bleeding;
• scalding, plucking and singeing;
• gutting and washing;
• packaging and labeling;
• cooling and freezing.

The last element can be changed according to consumer requests. Selling fresh slaughter without refrigeration or freezing reduces operating costs and production costs, and reduces production time.

Sales determine profit

Until the products are sold, it is impossible to predict the financial results of the enterprise. The ideal option is when purchasing organizations purchase broilers directly from the poultry farmer. Otherwise, you need to organize storage, transportation and transfer to retail chains or public catering. Marketing options must be worked out before slaughter.

An entrepreneur has several sales channels:

• rented place on the market;
• own retail outlet;
• online store;
• supplies to retail chains or purchasing organizations;
• participation in fairs and regional poultry support programs;
• supplies to catering establishments;
• sales directly from your poultry farm.

As production develops, related products will appear, the sale of which will bring additional income.

• day-old and grown-up chickens;
• organic fertilizers - bird droppings and rotted bedding material;
• raw materials for feed production - eggshells, waste from carcass cutting;
• feather and down.

If production facilities and capacities allow, laying hens and breeding roosters are raised to supply eggs for incubation and for regular sale. When purchasing feed at wholesale prices, some are fed to their own poultry farm, the rest is sold at retail in small quantities to personal farms. There is always a demand for feed.

Advertising is never superfluous

The success of sales largely depends on how informed potential buyers are about poultry farm products. In the business plan, and then in the enterprise budget, advertising costs should be a separate line. The services of advertising agencies are not cheap, but they often carry out promotions to attract advertisers. There are other ways to promote a product to consumers without the ruinous costs of agencies. The poultry farmer will have to master the basics of the advertising business so that the consumer learns about the excellent quality of the poultry farm’s products. It is possible to use all suitable channels for disseminating information:

• newspapers and free classifieds websites;
• paid advertising printing;
• installation of banners and distribution of leaflets;
• website on the Internet and registration on social networks;
• poultry breeding clubs and forums, public business events;
• help from relatives, friends and acquaintances (word of mouth).

Financial component of the matter

You cannot start a business without calculating future costs. It is necessary to determine, at least as a first approximation, what the investments will be used for. The calculation for a poultry house with 1,000 broilers is presented in the table below.

Table: initial investment

If you don’t have your own premises, then you need to add the costs of renting or purchasing. Prices for ready-made poultry houses (fully equipped according to a standard turnkey project) vary from 9,000 to 11,000 rubles per 1 m2. The premises for 1,000 heads will cost 2 million rubles.

As an option, you can order a prefabricated hangar at a price of 600 rubles/m2. The price of an empty hangar will be 150,000–200,000 rubles. The cost of converting it into a poultry farm is approximately the same amount. Total expenses: 350,000 rub.

Table: monthly expenses

Based on the results of the first month, the entrepreneur will spend 600,000–700,000 rubles. But already in the second, slaughter will begin and the first income will appear.

Table: calculation of profitability of 1 thousand broilers with an average bird weight of 1.8 kg

Actually financial indicators will be better, because in six months sustainable sales of related products will begin - organic fertilizers, raw materials for feed, eggs, feathers, and so on.

Video: raising broilers at home

An increasing number of our compatriots are seeking to organize their own business. This makes it possible not to depend on the mood and financial viability of employers, which happens quite often. An entrepreneur’s income largely depends on himself: if you work hard, then you get quite a good income. Plus, to the monetary component it is worth adding the opportunity to do interesting work and receive satisfaction from the work done.

Naturally, at the initial stage the question arises: what kind of business will be in demand and, accordingly, will make a profit? One of the most promising areas is food. People always want to eat, which means the demand will be constant. In this regard, raising broilers with subsequent sale is enough a good option. The purchase price is low, the cost of meat is several times higher, and such birds grow quickly. If you establish a constant sales market, you can earn quite a good income.

For starters, it's worth it. Since your business is just starting out, it doesn't make any sense. You can, of course, not register and simply pay income tax, which is 13%.

But registering as an entrepreneur has undeniable advantages. Thus, tax deductions are often slightly lower than individual. And many supplier companies simply do not work with “physicists”; you need to at least be an individual entrepreneur. By registering with the Federal Tax Service, you get the opportunity to enter into contracts with large suppliers, transfer money by bank transfer for the purchase of feed and equipment, and obtain loans from banks on more favorable terms.

In order to register as an individual entrepreneur, you will need:

• passport and its copy;
• receipt of payment of state duty;
• copy of TIN;
• application for registration of individual entrepreneurs;
• application for the application of a simplified taxation system.

Bring all these documents to tax authority at the place of your registration, hand them over to a specialist and after five days come to receive a certificate of registration, a certificate of state registration, an extract from the register, a certificate of registration in Pension Fund and notification from Rosstat.

What will you need for the job?

Naturally, in addition to all the formalities, it is necessary to prepare what the entire business will actually be built on. That is, the breeding room, the pets themselves, food and equipment. The quality of your product and the amount of losses will depend on how responsibly you approach this stage.

• Room. Minimum size The area required for comfortable housing of poultry is about one square meter per broiler.
  • the light should be sufficient: above the feeders - brighter, in other places slightly dimmed;
  • good ventilation, but without drafts;
  • the room should be warm with the possibility of gradually decreasing the temperature - in the first month of the bird’s life - about 25 0 C, after - 15-19.
  • coat the walls with lime to prevent the spread of infection;
  • The floor in the barn should be made sloping so that waste does not accumulate, it will be more comfortable for the chickens and it will be easier for you to clean.
• Equipment. This can include feeders and drinkers, which should be sufficient for the entire livestock. By the way, there are automatic feeders on sale, which will make caring for broilers much easier for you. Plus, it’s worth adding UV lamps for young animals and heating devices if a heating system is not provided in the room.
• Bird. You can buy both newly hatched chicks and those already two weeks old. In the first case, you get the opportunity to save significantly, and in the second, you get strong pets that no longer require intensive care.
  It is worth purchasing broilers from trusted farmers or poultry farms, where the risk of acquiring sick chicks is minimal. But still, when purchasing, it is worth carefully inspecting all the livestock. So, chicks should be active, with clear eyes, clean plumage and anus, straight legs and a full crop. Do not be lazy to examine each individual, so as not to be upset later because of the high mortality rate.
• Feed. Chickens should have a plentiful and varied diet, then they will gain weight faster. It is worthwhile to immediately purchase the required amount of grain so as not to leave the chicks hungry later. Don't buy very cheap feed, which mostly consists of chaff and husks. It will not be possible to raise broilers suitable for sale on this basis. It is better to purchase separately millet, oats, corn and other grains or ready-made mixtures from trusted suppliers.
  Plus, you will need cottage cheese, boiled eggs, bone meal, chalk, grass, meat waste, powdered milk, worms, snails. All this is necessary to ensure that broilers receive the necessary minerals and vitamins in the required quantities. Be sure to disinfect the feeders every three to five days and sometimes add a little potassium permanganate to the water. The amount of feed in the first five days of the chickens’ life should be about 15 g, by the month it should already reach 115 g.

If you organized everything correctly and purchased high-quality feed, then the death of the bird will be minimal. And within a couple of months the chickens will be ready for further sale.

You can watch all the nuances of this field of activity in the following video:

Business risks

It is clear that raising poultry is impossible without some risks, such as disease, death, and predators. All this can be minimized if you initially purchase healthy chicks, feed them correctly, on time and with good food. In addition, be sure to monitor their condition, and at the first sign of illness, be sure to call a veterinarian. Signs of concern should be:

• pale scallops;
• lethargy;
• ruffled feathers;
• dirty anus;
• refusal of food and water.

Predator attacks are an unlikely prospect unless there are foxes and wolves in your area. Cats can only drag away small chicks; they certainly will not attack adult chickens. In order to eliminate this risk, it is worth equipping a secure room and sealing all the manholes and holes. As an option, you can also equip an alarm system if you are afraid of thieves breaking in. But this is an additional expense, and, in addition, it can be activated by the chickens themselves.

Poultry slaughter and sale

Broilers are good because you don’t have to spend long months growing them. Already at two months of age, chickens reach a weight of approximately 2.5 kg and can be sold. It is best to decapitate a bird with an ax in order to minimize trauma to the skin. Carcasses are immersed in boiling water before plucking. This will make it easier to remove the feather and maintain the integrity of the skin.

After the chickens are plucked, they are singed over an open fire and gutted.

Setting up sales is quite simple. Moreover, it is not necessary to rent a point on the market or negotiate with stores. It is enough to offer the products to your friends or write an ad on the city forum. As practice shows, meat sells out quite quickly with this option. Moreover, consumers are more willing to buy chickens that are raised at home rather than industrially. Let the price be a little higher.

Profitability

Any sane person is interested in how much he will spend on his business and what benefits he will receive. It's quite normal. It’s worth saying right away that broiler breeding is a highly profitable business. From the very first livestock you will get a good profit.

So, let's take 100 goals as a starting point. We will assume that you already have a suitable room. Therefore, we only consider the purchase of poultry, feed and equipment:

• Bird. To purchase this quantity you will need about 7,000 rubles if you take two-week-old chickens. Their cost varies from 40 to 120 rubles depending on the breed and age. As for breeds, they do not exist as such. Broilers are a genetic mixture different breeds chickens and are divided into crosses, which differ in characteristics. The standards are considered the best today ROSS-308 and 708, broiler-61 and COBB-500. The first two are distinguished by fast growth and unpretentiousness in food, but the skin color remains pale. The second two grow a little slower, but manage to acquire a pleasant pinkishness to the carcass.
• Feed. It’s good if you have your own garden, this will allow you to significantly save on feed. In the first month, it is necessary to feed the bird with compound feed, the cost of which is about 30 rubles per kg. Afterwards, you can safely add herbs and vegetables to your food. For the entire livestock you will need about 40 kg of feed, plus bone meal, protein and the like. In total, you will spend about 2,000 rubles on feed for two months for the entire livestock.
• Equipment. If you need to purchase heaters and lamps, it will cost you about 3,000 rubles. But this is a one-time expense; in the future you will only need to change the lamps. If you decide to buy automatic drinkers and feeders, it will cost you about another 20,000 rubles.

That is, the initial costs will be about 32,000 rubles. In the future, every two months you will need about 10,000 to purchase feed and chickens.

Considering that the cost of meat is about 150 rubles per kilogram, and a broiler ready for sale weighs about 2.5 kg, you get about 35,000 rubles from the sale. Of course, it doesn't seem like much considering the costs. But you will only need to buy lamps and feeders once, and in the future you will receive three times more than you spend. If the livestock increases, then the profit will increase significantly. In any case, you definitely won’t be left in the red.

A beginner with a small starting capital should not compete with large poultry farms. You may choose to specialize in small volumes of organic chicken and eggs. This direction has excellent prospects. Interest in environmentally friendly products is growing, and this trend will progress in the coming years.

Study the characteristics of various breeds and choose the most promising one in terms of breeding chickens for meat, most likely broilers. Separately, it is worth looking for breeds of laying hens. Find out everything about poultry care, calculate the costs of keeping it before making the first profits and draw up a realistic business plan. Think in advance about who you can sell your products to. You can only rely on local agricultural markets at the initial stage.

Main risks

The main danger is exposure of chickens to diseases (bird flu, helminthiasis, pasteurellosis, pullorosis, coccidiosis). Insurance will help reduce risks; you can use one of the programs developed for farms. Purchasing chickens in specialized nurseries, using vitamins and vaccination will slightly increase the cost of chicken meat and eggs, but will allow you to avoid significant losses due to mass mortality of poultry on your farm.

The unpredictable behavior of grain prices seriously complicates the work. They make up the main part of the poultry diet. It is not difficult to minimize losses if you have your own plot and grow your own cereal crops.

Location

You can start a business even in your summer cottage. But if you plan to sell meat and eggs in wholesale quantities as an environmentally friendly product, you need to look for a place that meets the requirements of sanitary services.

Your site should be located away from industrial facilities and residential buildings. But for the convenience of transporting products to the city, it is advisable to look for a place a short distance from it and with convenient transport links.

The size of the chicken coop depends on the method of keeping the birds. The cellular method is not suitable for you, although it allows you to save on space. Achieving competitive advantages over large poultry farms due to the high nutritional properties of meat and eggs is possible only with floor housing. This is a chicken coop, the area of ​​which is calculated based on the norm of 10 m² for 20 birds, with fenced areas for walking.

Availability of additional land for growing fodder is highly desirable. It is very expensive to purchase everything that a bird needs for normal development and weight gain.

Equipment

A chicken coop can be installed in any room, but it is important to consider the desired temperature conditions. It is within -2…+27°C. In summer, birds need to be able to hide in the shade. For winter period– effective insulation.

To save money on heating, you can make a layer of insulation from straw, sawdust, dry leaves and pine needles, mixed with lime (in a ratio of 25 parts organic matter to 1 part lime). It is better not to concrete the floor, but to leave it earthen. As the temperature drops, it becomes covered with straw.

It is very important to equip the poultry house with effective ventilation. It is necessary to make windows on the south side and provide artificial lighting.

Shelves with nests can be made from ordinary wooden boxes. It is important to ensure the optimal number of nests. The perch is equipped at a height of 0.6-1 meter from the floor.

Stern

For chickens you need to buy special feed. It is needed in the first month of life of the chicks; crushed dandelion and nettle leaves, grated carrots and goat cheese should be added to the diet. From the second month you can switch to grains and bran, additives from potatoes and beets, carrots and pumpkins, and fresh herbs. Be sure to give your chickens vitamin supplements, eggshells, and small shells.

Feed costs depend on the number of birds. Calculations are based on the daily allowance for each breed. On average, with a mixed diet, a chicken eats about 35 kg of grain or feed per year. By drawing up a schedule for raising young animals and slaughtering, you can calculate the required amount of feed.

Personnel

A small farm of 500 birds can be managed by 2-3 people. This business is often organized as a family business. If you plan to grow crops for food yourself, you can hire seasonal workers to perform certain jobs.

Documents and licenses

The best choice of registration form for this business is a farm (peasant) enterprise. The registration process is simple, taxation is calculated at the minimum rate.

To sell products, it is necessary to obtain opinions and certificates from veterinary and environmental services, SES, and fire inspection. There may be differences depending on the region.

Profitability

A 3-month-old broiler chicken reaches a weight of 3 kg. Market price domestic chicken meat is unstable. A lot depends on who your buyer is. If you sell carcasses in bulk, you should expect a price of 150 rubles per 1 kg. At retail sales prices rise to 250 rubles per 1 kg. The cost of keeping each chicken should not exceed 200 rubles. This way you can achieve normal profits.

The situation with the sale of eggs is as follows. If you have 50 laying hens in your house, you should count on 40 eggs per day. The average price of a dozen domestic eggs is about 130 rubles. You can earn about 150,000 rubles per month from selling them.

Under normal circumstances and proper organization of work farm Payback is achieved in 9-12 months. Breeding broilers for meat shows profitability in the range of 50-60%, laying hens - 45%.

Marketing

At the start, the main sales flows pass through the market in the nearest big city. If you have all the necessary certificates, you can offer yourself as a supplier to restaurants and chain stores that specialize in selling organic products.

It makes sense to place ads on the Internet on regional sites. Be sure to create a simple business card website with photographs of the farm and the conditions in which the chickens are kept, information about quality and prices. This increases confidence in your product and will work to popularize it.

You can also make money by selling chicken fluff. Litter is also of great value - it is one of the best fertilizers.

Summary

Chicken farming can become profitable business, if you can reduce the cost of purchasing feed, ensure environmental friendliness of products and use an active marketing policy.