Is it profitable to breed broilers for sale. Breeding broilers at home as a business

A broiler is a type of chicken that is raised for meat. Breeding broilers brings profit to the owners of poultry farms. There are two lines of business - raising chickens for sale live or fattening grown broilers with subsequent slaughter. To organize a poultry farm on your site, study the requirements for such enterprises and draw up a business plan for future production.

Broiler breeding concept

Unlike many other types of animal husbandry, raising chickens is economically viable. So, for growing a bull for meat, an entrepreneur spends a year or two, and the term for fattening a broiler is 70 days. The activities of a large poultry farm include the following areas:

fattening and rearing chickens;
incubation of chickens from eggs;
selection work to develop new breeds and hybrids;
sales of meat and by-products;
feed production.

Floor rearing of broilers requires large areas

If you are not ready for the investment, start small: try raising day old chicks from eggs. The cost of one egg - from 8 rubles / piece, and chickens can be sold three times more expensive - for 20–25 rubles / piece. Having successfully sold chickens, you will recoup the costs of purchasing eggs and receive funds for the purchase of a new batch. Then you can only deal with the sale of chickens or develop a business and grow broilers.

Positive sides and risks of business

The obvious advantages of the "chicken" business are the short period of growing chickens and the small area of \u200b\u200bthe chicken coop. The broiler reaches a weight of 1.7 kg in 60–70 days, and the planting density when kept in cages is 20 heads per 1 square meter. m.

Growing broilers does not require special feed and equipment. The main thing is to provide enough heat and light, as well as follow the diet.

Risks you may face:

infection, which leads to a decrease in the number of birds;
lack of weight of broilers due to poor quality feed;
fluctuations in market prices for meat.

To prevent risks, buy eggs only from breeding poultry farms, enter into supply contracts and prescribe the responsibilities of the parties. Purchase chicks at the age of one month from reputable hatcheries. Grow as many heads as you can sell.

Broiler technologies

As mentioned above, broilers can be raised for meat or for the sale of chickens, while the technologies differ.

To get meat

The entrepreneur buys one month old chicks and puts them in a chicken coop with enough light and heat (30⁰C). The chicken coop lighting system is designed so that the lamps turn on for two hours, and then turn off for the same time. Cultivation is based on the correct selection of feed and diet. Feed is sold at the bases, in veterinary shops and wholesalers. The optimal composition for chickens: 50% corn, the rest is soybean meal, wheat, milk powder. Later, yeast, flour (fish and herbal), mineral components, feed fat are added to the feed.

For accelerated weight gain, broilers are limited in their ability to move. Following the cultivation technology, in two months the entrepreneur receives healthy meat birds, ready for slaughter and sale.

For the sale of chickens

Chicks are raised under a hen or in an incubator. The first method is more difficult: after all, you need to determine when the chicken is ready for incubation. From 11 to 21 eggs are laid under the hen, the hatching place is fenced off. Once every two days, the hen is removed from the masonry and fed so that she does not die from lack of food. Chicks hatch at 20–22 days. The key risk of the method is that the chicken can throw eggs without finishing, and then the funds spent will be lost.

It is much easier to raise chickens in an incubator. Home devices can hold up to 100 eggs, industrial devices - up to 8-10 thousand eggs. When buying an incubator, do not rely on devices with an automatic egg turning system - most turn them incorrectly. Provide a back-up power source or water heater system to avoid losing chicks due to a power outage.

The simplest do-it-yourself incubator

Step-by-step instructions for opening a poultry farm

To open a broiler breeding business, register an organization and select a premises for a poultry farm. Purchase equipment and recruit staff to help. Then buy the first batch of chickens and start growing.

Business registration and certification

A business can be formalized as an individual entrepreneur, LLC or a farm (KFH). The required documents for registration are shown in the table.

Table: lists of required documents

IP	OOO	KFH
Application form P21001, signed by the future entrepreneur (signed at the tax authority).	Application for state registration of LLC in the form P11001.	A photocopy of the passport of the head (head of the peasant farm).
Copies of passport pages.	Charter of the company - 2 copies.	Application for the opening of a peasant farm (form P21002).
Receipt of payment of the state fee - 800 rubles.	The decision to establish a company for an LLC with one founder or the minutes of the general meeting of founders and the agreement on the establishment of the company, if the LLC has more than one founder.	Receipt of payment of the state fee - 800 rubles.
Notification of the transition to a simplified taxation system (in case of choosing a taxation system).	Receipt of payment of the state fee - 4000 rubles.	Agreement on the creation of a peasant farm (required if the number of participants in the peasant farm is more than 1 person).
	Notification of the transition to a simplified taxation system (in case of choosing this taxation system).	Application for the transition to the ESHN tax regime.

After registering the company, you will receive permits from the SES and fire authorities. For products, issue veterinary certificates and a certificate of conformity.

Requirements for the site and the premises of the chicken coop

the site must be fenced and equipped with water drains;
walks should be isolated;
a room made of easily cleaned materials;
on the floors you need a bedding of straw, sawdust, shavings;
the poultry farm must be equipped with ventilation;
the length of feeders in bird access is 4–5 cm for young animals, 6–8 cm for large birds;
the length of the drinkers is 1–3 cm per bird.

To create comfortable conditions, equip the farm with automatic lighting and heating systems. In a small room, electric heating is acceptable. Cover the walls with lime to prevent infections.

Broilers are kept on the floor or in cages. Having chosen the first option, equip a pen for free range of birds. Planting density - 12–18 heads per square meter. Spread a bedding of sawdust or shavings on the floor. Bedding height - 10 cm, it is completely replaced for each batch of broilers.

Install automatic drinkers and feeders. For small chickens, use vacuum drinkers and tray feeders, for adults - automatic sets of equipment such as pulp and paper.

For cages, order or make your own cages. The optimal dimensions of the structure: width - 1 m, height - 40 cm, battery - 3 floors, pallet - at an angle of 20 cm from the front side, 7-10 cm - from the back side. Planting density - 20–30 heads per square meter.

Broiler cages

Daily measure the speed of air movement and the concentration of gases in the chicken coop: the optimal speed is 0.2–0.4 m / s, the concentration of ammonia is up to 15 mg / cubic meter, hydrogen sulfide - up to 5 mg / cubic meter, carbon dioxide - 0, 35% of the volume.

The sound pressure level in the farm room must be less than 90 dB on the "A" scale of the sound level meter.

Recruitment

two birds;
electrician-fitter;
caretaker handyman.

Choose experienced employees who are friendly to birds and ready to do the "dirty" work.

Purchase of equipment (table)

The set of equipment for growing broilers is partially regulated by the order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. The complete set is presented in the table.

An incubator is needed to raise chicks from eggs. The incubator is selected by:

Choose models with a ventilation system and an independent battery to avoid the death of chickens from uneven heating or power outages.

Video: do-it-yourself broiler cage

How to choose eggs and chicks

Broilers are bred by crossing meat breeds with each other. As a result, hybrid crosses of birds are obtained. Successful breeds for breeding with high productivity: Lohmann, Dominant, Ross, Change, Tetra.

The best crosses: Ross -308, Cobb-500, Smena-7.

When choosing chickens, contact trusted producers. Buy birds that are 10 days old, lively, with clear eyes, clean bottoms and even feathers. Inspect the wings - they should fit snugly to the body.

Healthy chickens are fluffy, without discharge from the eyes

Take eggs for the incubator even, of the same shape and size, uniform in structure and surface color. Check eggs with an ovoscope for:

the presence of a fetus - there is a dark spot inside;
the location of the yolk is in the center;
the number of yolks is one;
the size and position of the air chamber - in the blunt part of the egg, less than 1.5 cm.

An ovoscope is a device for tracking the development of an embryo in an egg using transillumination.

Candling an egg with an ovoscope

To make sure the quality of the eggs, on the 7-10th day, re-examine and analyze. Two days before the chicks appear, make a third check - the air chamber should occupy 2/3 of the egg, and the amount of protein should be minimal.

Take chickens and eggs at industrial factories and hatcheries. On the market there is a risk of acquiring a sick bird of an unknown breed.

Features of keeping and feeding birds

The first five days after birth, broilers are force-fed. Chicks are given fermented milk products and chopped eggs, later they introduce starter feed. The volume of food for one chick is up to 5 g per day.

For birds older than 5 days, grated carrots, crushed dandelion, nettle leaves are added, and the proportion of feed in the food composition is increased. The volume of food for one bird is up to 20 g per day.

On the eleventh day of life, broilers are fed six times a day, adding fish, potatoes, soybeans, baker's yeast, fresh herbs to the feed.

After 20 days, the chicks are fed four times a day, increasing the amount of food. Add legumes and meat and bone meal to food.

Upon reaching the age of one month, the composition of the livestock is assessed and the diet of chickens is reviewed. Starter feed is replaced with fattening mixtures for adult broilers.

Feed can be prepared independently. The composition of the starter premix for chickens and adult birds is given in the table.

Table: feed composition

If you want to buy food, and not cook it yourself, pay attention to the indicators:

composition of minerals;
nutritional value;
degree of swelling;
the size of the granules;
feed purity.

Look for the letters PK in the feed labeling - they indicate that it is intended for broilers. Broiler mixes include:

wheat and corn;
proteins - yeast, meals;
minerals - chalk, phosphates, table salt.

Varieties of factory premixes for different ages of poultry:

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

In addition to feeding, chicks need to be given vitamins during the first 14 days of life. It has been proven that on ready-made premixes, the weight gain of the broiler is faster, but the cost of meat increases. Choose the type of feeding depending on the tasks and the availability of finances.

Video: how to raise broiler chickens

Slaughter and preparation for sale

If you have chosen a full production cycle, hire an employee to slaughter the poultry. Before slaughter, broilers are not fed for 8-12 hours. Catch birds carefully, without injuring. The sequence of slaughter and pre-sale preparation of the carcass:

Stun and slaughter.
Bleeding.
Pinch and gutting.
Singeing and washing.
Packaging and labeling.
Freeze.

Sales of finished products

Before buying a bird population, agree on distribution channels for products. Possible options:

independently in the market;
through trade networks;
at city fairs;
individually from the farm.

Additional sources of income are the sale of day old chicks and eggs. Buyers for chickens can be found on business forums. To establish yourself, sell quality products and do not forget about advertising. In the future, you will be able to open your own points of sale for meat.

Business advertising

The competitive advantage of a small farm is that broilers are grown in "home" conditions. The quality of meat and eggs is not comparable with the factory: in advertising, focus on this.

trade networks (banners, leaflets);
city sites, fairs;
Internet (your website, page in the social network).

Create a marketing plan and a schedule for posting advertisements. Plan a budget for dissemination of information. And, of course, tell your friends about yourself and your work - "word of mouth" should also work.

Financial plan

Before starting a business, draw up a financial plan for production, taking into account the number of heads and type of cultivation. Below is a plan for a 1,000 head mini-farm when slaughtered at 60 days of age. Growing method - on the floor.

Table: start-up costs

Table: cost per batch of broilers

Income, project profitability and payback periods (table)

The calculation of income is given for growing a batch of broilers per 1 thousand heads at slaughter at the age of 60 days when grown on the floor.

An increasing number of our compatriots are striving to organize their own business. This makes it possible not to depend on the mood and financial viability of employers, which happens quite often. The income of an entrepreneur for the most part depends on himself: if you work hard, then you get quite good income. Plus, to the monetary component, it is worth adding the opportunity to do interesting things and get 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 that the demand will be constant. In this regard, growing broilers with subsequent sale is a good enough option. The purchase price is low, the cost of meat is many times higher, such a bird grows quickly. If you establish a permanent sales market, you can get quite a good income.

For starters, it's worth it. Since your business is just getting started, 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 somewhat lower than those of an individual. And many supplier companies simply do not work with "physicists", you need to be at least an individual entrepreneur. By registering with the Federal Tax Service, you get the opportunity to conclude agreements with major suppliers, transfer money by bank transfer for the purchase of feed and equipment, and issue bank loans 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 IP;
application for the simplified taxation system.

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

What is required for work?

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

room. The minimum size of the territory required for comfortable placement of poultry is about one square meter per broiler.
- the light should be sufficient: above the feeders - brighter, in other places a little muffled;
- good ventilation, but without drafts;
- the room should be warm with the possibility of a gradual decrease in temperature - in the first month of a 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, so the chickens are more comfortable, and it’s easier for you to clean.
Equipment. This can include feeders, drinkers, which should be enough for the entire livestock. By the way, there are automatic feeders on sale, which will greatly facilitate your care of broilers. Plus, it is worth adding UV lamps for young animals and heaters if a heating system is not provided in the room.
Bird. You can buy both newly hatched chicks and already two weeks old. In the first case, you get the opportunity to save a lot, and in the second, you get strong pets that no longer require enhanced care.
It is worth buying broilers from trusted farmers or poultry farms, where the risk of acquiring sick chicks is minimal. But still, when buying, it is worth carefully inspecting the entire livestock. So, the chicks should be mobile, with clear eyes, with clean plumage and anus, with even legs and full goiter. Do not be lazy to inspect each individual, so that later you do not get upset because of the high mortality.
Feed. The nutrition of chickens should be plentiful and varied, then they will gain weight faster. It is worth immediately purchasing the required amount of grain, so that later you do not leave the chicks hungry. Don't buy very cheap food that is mostly chaff and husk. On this, it will not work to grow broilers suitable for sale. It is better to buy 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, milk powder, worms, snails. All this is necessary in order for broilers to receive the necessary minerals and vitamins in the required amount. 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 life of chickens 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 in a couple of months, the chickens will be ready for further sale.

You can see all the nuances of this area of \u200b\u200bactivity in the following video:

Business risks

It is clear that raising poultry is impossible without some risks, such as diseases, death, predators. All this can be minimized if you initially acquire 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 the veterinarian. Signals for concern should be:

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

Predation is an unlikely prospect unless your area is home to foxes and wolves. Cats, on the other hand, can only drag small chicks; they will definitely not attack adult chickens. In order to eliminate this risk, it is worth equipping a secure room and sealing up all the manholes and holes. Alternatively, you can also equip an alarm if you are afraid of thieves entering. But these are additional expenses, and, in addition, chickens themselves can activate it.

Slaughter and sale of poultry

Broilers are good because you do not have to spend long months growing them. Already at the age of two months, chickens reach a weight of about 2.5 kg, and they can be sold. It is best to decapitate a bird with an ax in order to minimize injuries to the skin. Carcasses are dipped in boiling water before plucking. This will make it easier to remove the feather and keep the skin intact.

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

Setting up sales is pretty easy. Moreover, it is not necessary to rent a point on the market or negotiate with shops for this. It is enough to offer products to your friends or write an ad on the city forum. As practice shows, meat is sold out quickly enough with this option. Moreover, consumers are more willing to buy chickens that are grown at home, and not in industrial ones. 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 should be said 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 heads as a starting point. We will assume that you already have a suitable room. Therefore, we consider only the purchase of poultry, feed and equipment:

Bird. It will take about 7,000 rubles to purchase this amount if you take two-week-old chickens. Their cost varies from 40 to 120 rubles, depending on the breed and age. As for the breeds, as such they do not exist. Broilers are a genetic mixture of different breeds of chickens and are divided into crosses, which differ in characteristics. Standards are considered the best today ROSS-308 and 708, broiler-61 and KOBB-500. The first two are characterized by rapid growth and unpretentiousness in food, but the skin color remains pale. The second two grow a little slower, but manage to acquire a pleasant pinkness of the carcass.
Feed. Well, if you have your own garden, this will 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. After that, you can safely add grass 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 need about 2,000 rubles for food for two months for the entire livestock.
Equipment. If you need to purchase heaters and lamps, then it will cost you about 3,000 rubles. But this is a one-time waste, in the future you only need to change the lamps. If you decide to be puzzled by the purchase of automatic drinkers and feeders, then it will cost you about another 20,000 rubles.

That is, the initial cost is about 32,000 rubles. In the future, every two months you will need about 10,000 for the purchase of feed and chickens.

Given 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 the purchase of lamps and feeders will be required only once, in the future you will receive three times more than you spend. If the number of livestock increases, then the profit will increase significantly. In any case, you will definitely not stay in the red.

A rare rural estate is not filled with any kind of living creatures, many villagers have the initial experience of breeding domestic animals, as well as the experience of selling surplus from their farmstead.

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

Broiler selection

Birds are grown in two ways: extensive and intensive. Based on these methods and
line of business, choose the young. Broiler breeds are:

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

Growing broilers using extensive technology significantly reduces the cost of production. This method implies minimal costs, more suitable for home conditions. The bird does not require cages, it walks freely on the floor and in the courtyard. Care consists only in feeding and sanitation. Recommended breeds:

cochinquin;
brama;
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. Pros of this method:

restriction of broilers in free movement reduces the risk of infection exchange between birds, accelerates the growth of muscle mass;
more rational use of space;
use automated drinkers and feeders, sanitary cleaning requires less effort.

domestic "Shift 8";
imported COBB 500;

Broilers are characterized by rapid growth, so the sale of products and the acquisition of a quality certificate for it must be taken care of in advance.

room

Compound feed - must comply with GOST.
Grain dry food.
Food - dairy, garden, fish and meat.
fresh greens - nettles, tops, cabbage leaves, dandelions.
Vitamin supplements, shell rock, eggshell, salt, bone crusher.

Observe the temperature regime of drinking water:

chickens have water - 30 degrees;
in adult broilers - 20 degrees.

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

Broiler chickens have their own nutritional characteristics; for quick growth, the bird is fed according to the scheme in several stages.

	Prestart	Start	fattening	The finish
Age	1 Week	2-3 weeks	3-4 weeks	1-3 months
Growth g	20	45	60	70
Feed rate g	20	40-100	100-150	160-180
Number of feedings per day	8	6	4	2
What to feed	Millet groats, crushed wheat groats, oats, barley groats, boiled chopped eggs	Add low-fat curd mass, yogurt, chopped green grass	Add boiled potatoes, yeast, fish	Whole grain, compound feed, bag

Complete nutrition of broilers significantly accelerates the growth of carcass muscle mass. It is quite possible to grow a bird with a maximum weight in 1.5 months.

Profitability of growing broilers

After studying the calculations and tips, you can see whether breeding broiler chickens is profitable.

It is more profitable and safe to purchase young animals at a poultry farm, where healthy chickens are available, with all the necessary vaccinations.

For example, a calculation is given for growing 1000 poultry carcasses for sale for meat.

	1 PC. price	1000 pcs. cost $	Total profit	Total consumption
Construction of cages, purchase of equipment, machines for plucking feathers

Breeding broilers as a business is a profitable business. If you decide to organize earnings 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 or not raising chickens is profitable, as well as provide tips that will allow you to make money on broilers at home.

Where to begin?

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

There are 2 ways to run a broiler home business:

Buying eggs and an incubator for them. A good method for those who want to engage in this type of income for a long time, because. incubators save your costs. But in this method there is a minus that not all eggs can hatch.
Purchase of chickens. You buy broiler chickens and grow them without thinking about incubation. Pretty simple way that saves you time.

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 method for doing business on broilers from scratch, the question will arise: “at what age to sell?”.

If you want to make money 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, they begin to slaughter chickens for sale, because. breeding them longer than this period is not considered economically feasible.

If you want to raise chickens for sale, keep in mind that the bird grows 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 on 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 the profit will be. Let's take the highest value. An egg will cost 10 rubles, a chicken - 30 rubles, and a broiler - 200 rubles per 2 kg.

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