Some of the major factors
includes;
1.
Housing system: this is a very
important factor you need to put into
consideration, no matter the
number of birds you are keeping the
housing can make or destroy your
success in poultry farming.
If you have
successfully worked on the housing
system more than 40% of problems have
been solved.
2. Feed and
feeding: you need to map out a
feasibility studies on poultry farming
before you kick-start anything
this will go a long way to help you
achieve your goals and succeed,
feeds and feeding carries larger
part
of the expenses in a poultry farm
and adequate plan towards feeding
can help make the journey easier.
You can choose either to produce
your own feeds yourself or buy
various stages feeds from feed mills.
Proper feeding makes the birds
grow well and to a larger extend their
health is secured.Making your own
feeds can cut the cost of production by 50%
3. Record keeping: this is another
very important
factor in poultry system
management.
A proper record keeping can
foster your poultry business
development, record keeping will help
you determine your success and
failures,
flaws and where amendment
is needed, keep a proper record
for your poultry farm in order to
increase your production level
always.Some farmers don't even know how many birds they have or the mortality
level in their flock.
4. Changes and differences: you
need to be sensitive to changes
and differences in your poultry farm,
which includes the growth,
feeding, their droppings, the laying
capacities, number of birds, sound
amongst others.
This will help you
as a farmer to be sensitive to
changes in the system.
For instances: when layers are
about to start laying,
they makes a lot of
noise, feeding rate and body
weight increases, and sometimes when
there is disease outbreak you can
quickly take note of this happenings
by their droppings,
if it changes from what it use to
be when they are
healthy then something is wrong,
you can call on your vet doctor for
inspection.
Be sensitive to regular changes in
your poultry farm
always.
5. Types of birds: this is another
important factor you should consider
in a poultry farming business what
are the types of birds you want to
raise? Chicken? (Layers or
Broilers as applicable to other birds)
Quail? Turkey? Goose? Duck?
6. Areas of concentration:
this is a very important factor to
consider in a poultry farming business. Do you want to keep them for:
Egg production,
meat production,
breeding (hatching of
eggs into chicks),
feed processing and production,
packaging of
poultry products,
marketing and lots more
6.Capital
In any business venture four
factors are considered
"Capital, land, labour and
enterprenuer"
capital is one of the major
factor that determine what happens
and what goes on in the system.
Since record keeping and
feasibility study is part of the steps to be
taking before starting your
poultry business, they include capital
which is the fund (total amount of
money you are investing into a
business)
the main reason why poultry needs
enough fund is that you
can't be managing poultry birds
you have to provide the best for them
in order for you to get the
required products at the end of your
production.
8. Poultry Equipments and
facilities: It is very important
to get adequate equipment ready
and set before starting a poultry farm
so that you don't get stocked on
the way.
Some of the necessary
equipments includes:
feeders,
drinkers,
egg trays
heat source,
waste disposal,
incubator,
culling cage (for keeping sick
birds),
clean water,
feeds,
and so on.
Based on the areas you choose you
can list out
the necessary equipment and get
them ready before starting the poultry
farm.
9. Poultry location:Should be in a
place
the smell can not affect people
living around
them and disposal of waste is
easy, actually you can run a poultry farm
at home as well in your backyard
but in a situation where you are
considering thousands of birds,
try and locate the house in an
environment with less population
of people and settlement so that you
can run your business without any
interference and disturbance of the
residence.
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