How to Establish a Successful Poultry Business
Tanzania is a country with large meat producers and poultry is eaten in large quantities. Even as prices go up, consumption continues to grow. The result is that raising chickens can be a very profitable business for you because they are in high demand.
Why is poultry farming so beneficial?
Poultry does not have as many health effects as beef and many people are becoming aware of it. Chickens are growing faster so you can earn higher income in the short term.
Chicken is eaten not only at home but also at restaurants, bars, hotels and various other food services.
So if you are interested in starting a poultry business, you must take the following steps:
1. Choose the type of chicken.
There are many types of poultry, including:
Local chicken
Keep calm
Turkey
Kanga
Duck Geese
Stones
For now, we will be posting our information on Native Chicken.
2. Decide what commercial chicken you want to raise your chickens for
You can grow chickens for many businesses, including:
• Chicken for sale
• Egg hen
• Produce poultry for sale
• Produce poultry for sale
• Produce modern chicken meat and eggs.
Make decisions based on how much money you have to start a business together to meet your local needs.
It is very important to do your research (ask other poultry breeders) to find out which type of poultry farming will bring you the most benefits as well as the initial costs.
Here, we focus on raising livestock for eggs and meat.
3. Do you have enough money?
The size of your chicken farm will depend on your capital. Overall:
• The small farm will require capital of TZS 1.5m - TZS 3m.
• Medium size field will require capital of TZS 4m - TZS 10m.
• A large field will require capital of TZS 20m or more.
4. What are your areas?
When choosing an area to keep your garden, consider the following
• Will you price a compound?
• How much does the cost of transporting eggs and meat be? Is it near your market and buyers?
• Do most people live in the area? This can be a problem considering the aroma that is coming from the field
Is there security?
• Instead of looking for a new compound, many people pack chickens in their home area. This reduces the cost but before you do this, remember to consider the neighbors as well as whether there are counters to follow.
5. What system will you use for the chicken hut?
How you arrange your chickens in their hut will greatly contribute to your profit.
Release them - This system has been in use since the poultry business began. It allows the chickens to roam as they like, but by leaving them there may be side effects, such as:
• Predators may hurt them
• People can steal them
• Chickens can be lost
• Diseases can spread
• It is more difficult to track their growth
However, it is easy to install this system and it is relatively inexpensive.
Chicken Liter / Deep Litter System: This is a popular system for small and medium-sized farms. Chickens are placed in a fence or wall, and small pieces of wood are spread on the floor for use as a bed.
This system helps this farmer manage a large number of chickens. The bad thing is that it is easy for diseases to spread.
Battery Cage System: Usually, this system is used in large poultry farms but is very expensive. The chickens are trapped inside the metal cage, with special parts for eating and drinking water. Also, there is a special place to tag. Since the number of chickens placed in each cage is not large, it is easy to know which chickens are bitten or choked.
6. What equipment do you need?
In addition to building a hut, your chickens will need other equipment such as:
• Drinking equipment
• Food supplies
• Nests
• Lighting
• Crates
• Beats
• Church
• Trash disposal system
• Egg tray
• Heaters
• Fortress
Find chickens, here.
7. What will you feed your chicken?
Will you buy their food or will you make it yourself?
Making chicken food requires a lot of capital, but, as time goes by, its cost becomes more of a factor in buying their food every time it is needed. You can also increase your income by selling to other poultry breeders.
At the end of the day the decisions will be based on and research both and know its costs against your interests.
8. Do you have to hire someone?
If poultry farming is not your permanent job, you will need to hire someone to help you with supervision. Some of the people you will need are:
• Business manager in general
• Accountant
• Supervisor of poultry
• Protector
Someone to advertise your business - you can do this work. You'll have to find a way to advertise your business online
business listings such as Zoom Tanzania, on social networks, for printing brochures, etc.
9. Poultry vaccines and regular health checks.
As long as your business is concerned, it is important to get advice from a veterinarian and vaccinate your chickens to prevent disease from spreading.
Remember, health is more important than the price of your chicken. However, set a reasonable price.
Business that pays
Keeping chickens requires patience and dedication but, when the benefits start coming in you will be very happy!
Find everything you have to start raising chickens here.
