Cost Analysis of a Poultry Farm in Nigeria
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Introduction 1 2. Bio security 2
3. Housing 5
4. Brooder Management 6
5. Rearing 7
6. Watering and Feeding 8
7. Feed and Feeding 8
8. Vaccination 10
9. Ideal Vaccination Schedule 11
10. Methods of Individual Vaccination 12
11. Disease Prevention 13
12. Beak Trimming 16
13. How to limit Effect of Heat 17
14. How to distinguish laying from non laying birds 19
15. Egg Quality 19
16. Water 20
17 Record Keeping 23
18. Disposal of Dead Birds 23
19. Waste management 23
20 Project Appraisal 24.
INTRODUCTION
Poultry generally refers to those species of birds man have domesticated for the purpose of producing eggs, meat and recreation. It includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, swan, pigeon, guinea fowl, peafowl ostrich, parrots etc.
The common one in this part of the world i.e. Nigeria is: - Chicken, Turkeys, Ostrich and Duck. Poultry business is a very lucrative one in the sense that no matter what people will always eats eggs and in fact it is recommended by W.H.O. that children should take at least one egg per day because of it’s importance in brain development. Eggs are also used as ingredient in the production of other food types like cake, biscuit etc.
Apart from egg got as end product of this business, when the birds have layed for eighteen months they are sold off. Profit is thus made from (1) The sales of Eggs and (ii) Sales of old birds.
Profit can however be maximized when the following are strictly adhered to: -
1. Employing a professional i.e. vet doctor either permanently or on call basis so that disease outbreak which can result from poor management and inadequate medication/vaccination can be prevented.
2. Good health programme: this will prevent or minimize the exposure of birds to diseases and losses from he devastating effect of such disease when they
Page
1. Introduction 1 2. Bio security 2
3. Housing 5
4. Brooder Management 6
5. Rearing 7
6. Watering and Feeding 8
7. Feed and Feeding 8
8. Vaccination 10
9. Ideal Vaccination Schedule 11
10. Methods of Individual Vaccination 12
11. Disease Prevention 13
12. Beak Trimming 16
13. How to limit Effect of Heat 17
14. How to distinguish laying from non laying birds 19
15. Egg Quality 19
16. Water 20
17 Record Keeping 23
18. Disposal of Dead Birds 23
19. Waste management 23
20 Project Appraisal 24.
INTRODUCTION
Poultry generally refers to those species of birds man have domesticated for the purpose of producing eggs, meat and recreation. It includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, swan, pigeon, guinea fowl, peafowl ostrich, parrots etc.
The common one in this part of the world i.e. Nigeria is: - Chicken, Turkeys, Ostrich and Duck. Poultry business is a very lucrative one in the sense that no matter what people will always eats eggs and in fact it is recommended by W.H.O. that children should take at least one egg per day because of it’s importance in brain development. Eggs are also used as ingredient in the production of other food types like cake, biscuit etc.
Apart from egg got as end product of this business, when the birds have layed for eighteen months they are sold off. Profit is thus made from (1) The sales of Eggs and (ii) Sales of old birds.
Profit can however be maximized when the following are strictly adhered to: -
1. Employing a professional i.e. vet doctor either permanently or on call basis so that disease outbreak which can result from poor management and inadequate medication/vaccination can be prevented.
2. Good health programme: this will prevent or minimize the exposure of birds to diseases and losses from he devastating effect of such disease when they