Good afternoon, dear visitors of the site “All about chickens”! How much does it cost to build a chicken coop and what do you need to buy to build a poultry house? Here we will talk about building a house for laying hens with your own hands or about buying one. Otherwise, a chicken coop can be called a poultry house. If we are not talking about 10, 20 or 50 chickens, then the word poultry house will be more correct, but since we are talking about chickens, we will call the poultry house a chicken coop.

We will not consider the issue of building for 20-50 chickens, since on our website we will talk about, which implies a large number of birds. Read about it.

You can either build such chicken coops yourself, with your own hands, or purchase ready-made ones. If you need drawings of small chicken coops, you won't find them here.

A full-fledged poultry house implies not only the building itself, but also the corresponding one. We have studied the various offers that exist in Russia, there are not many of them (we are talking about specialized companies), mostly these are prefabricated buildings made of sandwich panels or foam blocks.

That is, if you need a large chicken house (poultry house), then you have two options:

• Order the construction of the production building itself and then purchase the necessary equipment;
• Order everything from one company that specializes in the construction of poultry houses.

However, if we talk about a small business with 400-500 chickens (even up to 1000), then the best option is to assemble the building separately and purchase equipment separately. If you have the skills and the opportunity to build a poultry house with your own hands, then this option will be the most economical.

In an ordinary small chicken coop it is calculated at the rate of 4 per square meter, in a poultry house this is up to 14. That is, for 500 chickens you will need a poultry house with an area of ​​35-40 square meters. However, this is on paper; in reality, a large area is required, since space is required for walking, installing equipment, etc.

For 1000 chickens, 160-180 square meters is usually enough; you shouldn’t make it too crowded.

Building a chicken coop with your own hands

Building a chicken coop with your own hands is not that difficult if you have the appropriate skills. If you order the assembly of a poultry house from sandwich panels, then prices here start from 2000 rubles per square meter, but you need to look at the prices yourself in your region.

Of course, if you build it yourself, it will be much cheaper, the costs will only be on equipment. By the way, this also applies to the equipment of the room for laying hens, which will be discussed below. You can also do some of it yourself, reducing costs.

When planning the construction of a chicken hostel, it is worth taking into account the characteristics of the breed of chicken that you are going to keep, climatic conditions and other factors.

Chicken coop equipment

Equipment for comfortable keeping of laying hens may require quite a lot, depending on how many chickens you plan to keep. We wrote above that there are companies that sell ready-made sets of equipment for poultry houses.

So, for this you will need:

• for chickens;
• Feeders and drinkers;
• (if you plan to raise chickens yourself);
• Air conditioning and heating systems;
• Devices for automatic removal of droppings and collection of eggs;
• Machine for automatic feather plucking;
• Refrigeration chambers;
• Cutting tables.

We do not indicate the order of prices, since prices often change, check for yourself, in your region. For example, a feeder can cost from 200 to 400 rubles. On a small poultry farm, you can do without some equipment, but do some of it yourself.

For example, you can make nests for chickens yourself. Nests can also be made with a slope so that the eggs roll into a tray, where they will lie until they are picked up. In this case, there is no longer a need for a device for automatically collecting eggs; with 400-1000 chickens and collecting them in trays, they can be collected from there manually.

Large poultry farms use fully automatic systems for feeding chickens; they are quite expensive and are not available to small enterprises, since they will take a long time to pay for themselves. For small poultry houses, semi-automatic feeders are available, without computer control.

Well, if we are talking about housing for 300-400 chickens, then, if desired, you can do without such systems and feed them manually, which will not take much time.

Ventilation at such a density of chickens is absolutely necessary; systems are often installed that automatically maintain the desired climate.

How much does it cost to build a chicken coop?

In this article, we only introduced you to what a barn for laying hens should be like and whether it is possible to build it yourself. To summarize, the cheapest option is to build it yourself + no automatic equipment.

How much does it cost to build a chicken coop? The most expensive, accordingly, is the purchase of everything on a turnkey basis (or separately the construction of a building and the purchase of automatic equipment). If you have the financial opportunity, the second option is, of course, optimal.

You can find drawings, tips and other useful information on specialized farming portals. We did not set ourselves the goal of providing comprehensive information, since this would require writing an entire book. There is a lot of information on the topic of construction and equipment of the chicken kingdom.

Popular questions

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How many square meters per chicken?

Depends on the breed and content. If it is floor-based (as in traditional keeping), then there are from 4 to 7 chickens per square meter. These are laying hens, if we talk about meat breeds, then they contain up to 15-16 individuals per square meter.

How much does a chicken coop (poultry house) cost for 500, 1000, 5000 chickens?

It is impossible to answer this question unequivocally; the prices vary quite a lot. If you order the construction of a turnkey chicken coop from sandwich panels, then for 500 birds it is approximately 150 thousand rubles, respectively for 1000 - 300 thousand, for 5000 - 1.5 million. And this does not take into account the arrangement and costs of equipment + minimum prices.

How many degrees should the chicken coop be in the winter?

Depends on the breed of chickens, some can live at 0 degrees. The optimal solution is to maintain the temperature at 11-12 degrees Celsius.

We welcome you, dear visitors of our website. Today we will talk about how to draw up a business plan for a poultry farm for free with all the details. Moreover, what strategy to choose to promote the project. How much initial funds are needed to start and a lot of other useful information for an experienced one.

The promoters of this project intend to sell their raw materials on the market under the brand “domestic chicken”. Which in turn should give the product a higher price niche.

The products of a mini-poultry farm should arouse interest:

• Minimarkets are not far from the house.
• Recycling locations for supermarket chains. Without a preliminary agreement, selling raw materials is extremely difficult. But it seems possible to come to an agreement with the sorting place - eggs from large enterprises in packages of 360 pieces are packed in regular boxes (10, 20 or 30 pieces). Their small business will be happy to meet ours.
• Small nearby bazaars, as well as fast food places on the Golden Ring, are showing interest in a stable supply of quality raw materials.

Implementation of the plan

Distribution of volume for the production of the finished product for a small poultry farm for one thousand chicken heads per year:

Chickens of meat breeds, bred to produce only meat, reach their slaughter weight in an average of 2 months. Thus, in about 1 year we raise more than five generations of chickens. Ultimately, approximately 3,000 birds, or up to 10 tons of chicken meat, will be raised in 1 year. Now there are quite a few types of chicken, but the main directions remain meat and egg.

Egg-laying chickens produce an average of 220 - 320 eggs per year. Thus, in 1 year, 550 laying hens will bring up to 110 - 160 thousand eggs to the poultry farm. In the summer, before the onset of cold weather, each healthy chicken will lay 2 eggs in 1 day. The main occupation of chickens is raising chicks. In winter, hens lay eggs extremely rarely, so they are not expected to produce chicks. The main thing here is the correctly selected breed of laying hens and their maintenance in the chicken coop, all this allows you to get up to 310 eggs per year, which is not small. And at some poultry farms there are 400 eggs.

So, in particular, meat breed chickens have strong meat characteristics, but weak egg production, so they are cooked in large quantities for meat. But there are chickens that lay 200-240 eggs per year and quickly gain slaughter weight. They are usually called meat - eggs. Here are the listed breeds: Poltava, Black Bearded and other species.

The business plan of a poultry farm is primarily aimed at this type of egg breed of chickens. They are not suitable for meat production due to their low weight. The weight of the carcass is about 2 kilograms. They need to go for walks often so they can find food on their own. In this type of chicken, fat is almost completely absent due to great physical activity. In this egg direction, Cross should lay at least 330 hens per year. This species will not leave offspring due to the fact that it was bred genetically. Such chickens are purchased at four months of age.

The Heissex and Isobraun breeds are considered especially good for this purpose. With proper feeding, selection and care, these chickens have no equal.

Also, do not forget about regular feeding; it plays a vital role in the formation of eggs and the movement of business. The optimal feeding ration will be provided by a specialist in animal science. The basis of the diet is grain. There are 150-180 grams of grain per head per day. Feeding is done through the use of concentrates that provide chickens with all the necessary vitamins and minerals. Feed additives can well replace cake and meal. Grazing of chickens plays a significant role in the formation of eggs: the grass should be soft, you should not drive the birds out onto hard straw, you can also feed food waste.

Poultry farm income

The poultry farm's income is summed up from revenues that depend on the sale of eggs and broiler meat. The projected selling price for 10 eggs is $1. 1 kg of broiler chicken meat - 2 dollars.

In addition to the main sources of income, there are several additional ones - such as the sale of egg-laying chickens, as well as the sale of dried manure. The selling price for experienced laying hens is $2/kg. Manure will be sold at the lowest price of $0.09/kg.

It is worth noting that we can use dried manure as fuel for the boiler room, which will make it possible to save on energy resources during the winter.

Table of main income from a poultry farm:

thousand dollars	1 sq.	2 sq.	3Q.	4 sq.	1 year	2year	3year	4year
Eggs	-	660	2487	3130	6261	12914	13614	13780
Broilers	-	1652	3304	4957	9914	10816	10956	10990
Old chickens	-	-	-	-		1317	1420	1544
Litter	-	52	52	52	156	225	230	245
TOTAL	-	2364	5843	8139	16331	25272	26220	26559

Poultry farm expenses

The main expenses of a poultry farm today are on electricity, grain and feed with various additives. Here we will talk about the standard costs of the enterprise.

Every day, one chicken consumes 125 grams of grain, as well as 55 grams of feed with a variety of vitamin supplements. The next indicator is electricity consumption: for laying hens it is 23 kWh/year, for broilers 16 kWh/year.

To correctly calculate the initial cost of a poultry farm, you need to determine the cost of feed and electricity. Looking at costs, the management of the cost of a poultry farm will be grain and electricity consumption. With their help, production costs will be determined, which will amount to more than 75%.

Gains and losses report

After a short period of time, starting from the 4th quarter, this project will be able to reach a profitable level of operation. As we can see, at the end of the first year the net loss is 8,650 thousand dollars. The growth in net profit and sales starting from the second year will largely offset the losses of the first year. Thus, the net profit accumulated over two years will be 1054 thousand dollars. The profitability in the second year on net profit is 25%. Thus, the growth of sales and profits will be able to increase the net profit accumulated over four years to 11,996 thousand dollars.

The income from a poultry farm based on net profit is 40-45%. In general, this is with the ability to quickly penetrate into the formation stage within 3 quarters.

Profit and loss forecast:

thousand dollars	1Q	2kv	3kv	4kv	1 year	2year	3year	7 year
-revenues from sales	-	2364	5841	8135	9544	10064	11250	11850
-current expenses	-5741	-6285	-6936	-7040	-9655	-	-	-
Profit before tax	-5741	-3894	-1112	1095	-6504	6805	6588	6954
Net income (loss	-5741	-3894	-1112	1043	-6580	6954	6124	6465
Cumulative net profit/loss	-5741	-9665	-9454	-8650	-6548	1054	6254	11996

Cash flow:

thousand dollars	1 sq.	2 sq.	3Q.	4 sq.	1 year	2year	3year	4year
Investments of own funds	9125	5459	1054	-	9548	2546	-	-
Sales revenue	-	2554	2154	685	8469	10954	12544	12974
Total inflow	9125	3541	966	685	9899	10998	12544	12974
-operational	-1215	-1065	-734	-644	-9465	-9546	-10542	-10687
-commercial expenses	-	-54	-66	-248	-236	-420	-450	-499
-tax payments	-0	-0	- 0	-12	-44	-65	-320	-540
Increase in permanent assets	-8546	-	-	-345	-8985	-2548	-	-
-change in net working capital	657	-646	-454	-55	-698	-152	-210	-154
Total outflow	-8954	-1054	-1644	-985	-9856	-10646	-9554	-9865
Available funds	1	-1	325	-325	0	245	9954	10654
Free cash (cumulative total)	1	0	325	0	0	598	9545	11458

Accounting Report:

The table above shows the monitoring of poultry farm balance. At the end of the first quarter, the balance sheet price of the project enterprise is only 64 thousand dollars. At the beginning of next year (quarter 5), the price of the balance sheet increases to 72 thousand dollars. Fixed assets in the composition of assets account for 55%, current assets - 45%. Over time, as sales increase and fixed assets are redeemed, the asset structure changes in the other direction. At the end of the 4th year (16th quarter), fixed assets account for 20%, working capital - 80% of book value.

Long-term investments

The poultry farm business plan includes investments:

• contribution to equipping the structure for poultry houses in the amount of 16 thousand dollars;
• purchase of more than 100 cages to contain only egg-laying chickens at a price of $12 per cage;
• electrical equipment ($29 thousand);
• other equipment, which includes feeders with drinkers, as well as buckets.

conclusions

It is worth noting that this enterprise, like many in this area, does not pay off immediately and this should be taken into account without expecting a quick return. This is explained by the fact that by minimizing investments in the main plans by constructing buildings on old buildings, it is possible with the availability of large funds at the initial stage, the possibility of a faster payback was more expected. Of course, it takes a long time to recoup this investment, but this business plan can easily assure you of the opposite. Risks can be managed and by pressing key levers, the time required to implement a given enterprise can be significantly reduced.

Do not forget that the success of any undertaking depends not so much on financial investments, but on the minds that will implement the main stage of risks. Competent and experienced specialists are able to prevent most production errors in the early stages of starting an enterprise, if not completely eliminate them. They also have the necessary knowledge that will help increase the level of production of raw materials. If you hire an experienced veterinarian, you can avoid a large number of diseases in animals. This will also increase the productivity of animals, in turn, the payback time on investments will become more liquid, as well as production itself.

Poultry farming is a branch of animal husbandry based on the breeding of poultry for meat, eggs, down and feathers. These products are produced on an industrial scale. But it can also be obtained by those who own a plot of land and want to raise birds at home. Such owners are interested in designing a poultry house, and it depends on what kind of animals they plan to breed and feed.

Project of a poultry house equipped in a hangar

The room for raising turkeys should be warmer. And productive keeping of waterfowl is impossible without a reservoir. By following these simple rules and basic standards for keeping poultry, you can achieve good results in obtaining poultry meat and edible eggs on an individual farm. In general, poultry farming is very profitable, since birds are unpretentious to food and do not require special complex care.

Poultry farming enterprises are divided into three main areas:

• tribal;
• meat;
• egg and meat.

Poultry plants are focused on meat, the marketable products of which are broiler chickens, turkey ducklings, and goslings.

Diagram of the ventilation device in the poultry house

With the egg-meat specialization of a poultry farm, not only meat, but also poultry eggs are produced for the market. And breeding enterprises develop the latest methods and standards of breeding work, develop new breeds, and then supply them to poultry companies and private households.

The owner of the land plot is interested in building a poultry house that can supply the family with meat and eggs, as well as provide an acceptable income to purchase feed and meet other household needs. Initially, this could be a small farm of about 12 m2.

In the future, such a business can grow into a large enterprise with more than 1 thousand poultry units. A poultry house is a structure equipped specifically for keeping chickens, ducks, geese or turkeys. Before starting its construction, you should decide on the development of the project.

Exterior view of a poultry house for a large number of birds

As a basis, you can take a standard ready-made plan for the construction of a poultry enterprise and make changes in accordance with your preferences and specific conditions. If you need a poultry house for a small number of birds, then every home craftsman can build it quite quickly. But if you need to maintain more than 1000 birds, then DIY construction can take a long time. The owner, in order for a large enterprise not to be unprofitable during operation, will need modern building materials and the installation of special equipment.

The simplest version of a poultry house

With limited funds, they usually sell a budget one, with an area of ​​12 m2, which they build with their own hands; it is designed for 100 birds. To do this, they use cheap materials and the simplest construction methods.

An example of a simple poultry house for a summer residence

Logs from an old barn will cost little to build walls, and metal slates are suitable for installing a roof.
for keeping chickens and heat-loving turkeys, preferably in a sunny place and on a hill to avoid flooding during heavy rains. And behind the back wall of the building you can install a box or dig a hole for bird droppings. There it will accumulate, compost, and turn into valuable fertilizer.
Recommended for a 12 m2 poultry house. Then you can store bedding material and roughage in the attic.

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Design and drawing of a poultry house with dimensions

The inside of the windows should be covered with metal mesh. The ceiling and doors must be insulated.
To protect birds from rodents, a fine-mesh metal mesh is laid under the flooring over the entire floor area. The outside of the building can be insulated, and a mesh fence can be placed around it, allocating a space sufficient for the feathered inhabitants to roam. This is required by the simplest standards for keeping birds. The walls on the inside should be whitewashed with lime, which will resist the emergence and proliferation of microbes.

Internal equipment

The following must be installed inside the building:

• perches;
• egg-laying boxes;
• feeders;
• drinking bowls;
• electric lighting;
• sockets for connecting electric heating and ventilation devices.

Feeders for mineral fertilizers are required in the poultry house. They should always contain: crushed chalk, shell flour, coarse sand or fine gravel. This feed is necessary for chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys to produce eggs with strong shells. And small pebbles help in the stomach of birds to grind hard grains.

Construction of an external yard for poultry walking

Drinking devices in the poultry house can be rectangular, round or grooved. But whatever they are, the main thing is that they must be firmly fixed. For young animals of ten days of age, as required by the standards for their maintenance, it is better to install vacuum drinkers. Water does not spill or splash on the floor, chickens and turkey poults are always dry and do not get cold. Chickens, and especially turkeys, are highly susceptible to microclimate, so any poultry house needs good ventilation, artificial or daylight lighting, and heating in winter.

The highest productive abilities of poultry are at a temperature of about 16o C. The humidity level is 70%.

As the air temperature rises, birds begin to drink more water, and when the heat reaches about 29°C, they lay eggs that are small and have fragile shells. If the humidity is high, then it is necessary to increase air ventilation by turning on an electric fan.

This set of equipment is intended for a mini-farm for raising chickens for meat and eggs. The mini-ferna business kit contains the most complete set of equipment and tools, from hatching chicks in incubators to slaughtering birds.

The advantage of our mini chicken farm kits in exceptional manufacturability and optimal selection of equipment. Also in our kits we took into account all the nuances and little things according to the technological processes.

When breeding poultry, the floor method of keeping is used. This method is considered the most environmentally friendly and efficient in the production of poultry for meat and eggs. Up to 1000 birds can be kept on an area of ​​250 m2. It is important that the house is dry, warm, sufficiently light and well ventilated. For normal natural light, the area of ​​windows in the poultry house should be approximately 1/10 of the floor area. For artificial lighting, we recommend using economical ones. LED lamps should be installed at a height of 1.5-2 m from the floor. It is recommended to install them as floor coverings. Thanks to the cellular honeycomb structure of the floors, droppings and food residues easily fall into the cavity. The coating reliably protects the bird from dirt and prevents the development of diseases and viruses.

Economic justification:

1. So that the mini-poultry farm brings you maximum profit, it is necessary to have a livestock of at least 1000 heads on it, as well as to carry out a full production cycle from cultivation to.

2. At the initial stage, it is recommended to purchase young animals. With an average cost of young animals of 40 rubles. A batch of 1000 heads will cost you 40,000 rubles. This amount can be reduced if you do not purchase 1000 heads at once, but start, for example, with 500 units of young stock. It will be possible to bring a mini-poultry farm to a profitable livestock level by independently raising offspring in incubators.

3. The broiler growing period is 38-42 days. During this time, the chicken gains weight up to 2 kg.

4. Feed balance is of great importance (up to 60%) in the efficiency of poultry production for meat.

5. Calculations for raising poultry for meat:

One bird eats no more than 100 grams of feed daily. Thus, 1000 chickens eat 100 kg of feed, and in 42 days - 4200 kg. If we proceed from the price of compound feed 10 rubles/kg, then for 42 days the cost of feed will be 42,000 rubles. Combined with the initial cost of the chickens, the total costs are 82,000 rubles.

When positioning products in the IVF style, a chicken carcass can be sold at an average price of 150 rubles/kg, which is 375,000 rubles per 1000 heads. The estimated profit in this case is 293,000 rubles.

6. Calculations when breeding poultry for eggs:

After a period of 5 months, if you did not kill them, the birds will become adults and capable of reproducing. At the same time, approximately 30% will be males, this is enough for reproduction.

• 1000 heads will produce 500 eggs daily. If a dozen are sold at a price of 50 rubles, then the daily income will be 2500 rubles, and the monthly income will be 75,000 rubles.

Technical characteristics of the mini-farm:

Containment area

Livestock: 1000 - 1200 heads
Power: 1.5 kW
Footprint: max 250m2
Service staff: 1 person

Often slaughter

Performance: 200 carcasses/hour
Power: 7.25 kW
Footprint: 20m2
Weight: 190kg
Cold water consumption: 0,9 m3h

Contents of the site include:

1) Automatic incubator for 162 eggs. 6 incubators included.

A semi-professional incubator made in Italy fully automates the process of hatching quail chicks.

2) Technological table for installing incubators. 2 tables included.

Completely stainless, made of hygienic plastic.

The poultry slaughter area includes:

1) Electric stunning device birds. The device stuns the bird for up to 1.5 minutes, ensuring heart function and good bleeding of the carcass.

2) Rack with cones (TYPE-2) for slaughter. Or a tray for collecting blood when moving the bird along a line on roller suspensions. The stand facilitates the slaughter process, providing reliable fixation of the bird and high-quality blood flow. The rack design allows the cones to be rotated to a position convenient for slaughter. There is a plastic bath at the bottom of the stand to collect blood.

3) Shparchan "Sprut-8B" with an active bubbling system. Equipped with a device for adjusting the temperature of the water inside the vat, a thermometer for reading readings and a waste water drain tap.

4) Feather removal machine "Sprut-700". The diameter of the working body is 700mm. Power 1.5 kW

5) Feather separator. Allows you to separate water from feathers and offal of any bird.

7) Knives for gutting poultry.

8) Fork for gutting poultry. A special configuration allows you to remove the insides in one movement. Material - stainless steel.

14) Cooling bath, double. Designed for cooling poultry carcasses after slaughter. Equipment with a system of constant water flow and a system of pipes for drainage.

16) Plastic boxes for poultry carcasses and processed products.

17) Device for packing poultry into bags. The device is designed for manually inserting poultry carcasses into plastic bags with a width of 150 to 250 mm. The small-sized, compact device allows it to be installed on any rigidly reinforced table, in the most limited conditions.

It is possible to supply individual elements from this kit.

This set of equipment is designed in accordance with the requirements of state sanitary and epidemiological rules, regulations and GOST 12.2.135-95 "Equipment for processing products in the meat and poultry processing industry. General requirements for safety, sanitation and ecology", as well as technical regulations on the safety of machinery and equipment , which is confirmed by relevant certificates.

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In the field of agricultural business, one of the most profitable areas is the business of breeding laying hens for 200, 500 or 1000 chickens. Chickens grow quickly, gain weight, and after 5 months you can expect eggs to be laid. Some breeds, with sufficient lighting and maintaining the required temperature, can lay eggs all year round.

In addition, the sale of chicks and meat can become a source of income. For the latter purpose, it is better to raise broilers, which grow quite quickly, gain weight, and also produce juicy meat.

The main thing in this matter is to think everything through and draw up a business plan for your poultry farm for 200, 500 or 1000 chickens. It, like a dairy farm business plan, will help foresee most problems in advance, and will also facilitate obtaining a bank loan or investment. A properly drawn up business plan will be able to reflect all the costs of maintaining a poultry farm, including clearly demonstrating its payback time.

First steps in organizing a chicken farm

Step one. You need to start a business by looking for a place where you can open a production facility for raising laying hens. A former poultry farm in a rural area for 200, 500 or 1000 chickens is best suited for these purposes.

Step two. If you don’t have enough money to create your own farm, then you can start a business at home. With the right approach at home, you can even accumulate capital in order to gradually expand and count on opening a farm with large areas.

Step three. To maintain the health and productivity of chickens, it is recommended to maintain a certain temperature, both at home and on a poultry farm. The permissible temperature deviation is within 0 to +27 degrees. Lighting is also important, which will allow chickens to lay eggs almost all year round.

Step four. To produce offspring, both at home and on a poultry farm, in addition to laying hens, an active rooster is also required. Laying hens can hatch their offspring themselves, but to quickly expand a poultry farm, it is recommended to use an incubator. It will also allow you to make additional profit if you decide to sell the chicks.

Step five. The choice of young animals is the most important stage for establishing a poultry farm for 200, 500 or 1000 chickens. Breeding chickens that can produce the maximum number of eggs will depend on the breed chosen. If you want to put pressure on eggs, then there is a need to raise laying hens. Broilers are not suitable for producing eggs. Broilers are chosen for meat production. It is most profitable to purchase chickens at thirteen days of age, since at this age they require less care. This applies to both broilers and layers.

Poultry farm business plan

We will consider opening a poultry farm for raising chickens for 500 heads. In rural areas, you can even take out a soft loan to open a farm; it is given to help beginning entrepreneurs.

At the same time, it will be necessary:

1. Register a legal entity in the form of an individual entrepreneur. But if you plan to raise chickens at home, you will not need legal entity status;
2. Production will require the opening of personal communications accounts. It will be necessary to undergo fire safety and veterinary inspections to open a farm;
3. In addition, you will need to submit quarterly and annual reports. You should consider hiring an accountant or doing the accounting yourself;
4. The services of a veterinarian will be required.

The presence of all permits, including veterinary control, will allow for the free sale of chicken eggs and chicken meat, ensuring maximum profit from farming. Costs for organizational issues, elimination of defects, vaccinations and the like will require up to 50 thousand rubles.

Cost of renting a chicken coop and repair work

Starting a farm will require hiring people. Therefore, a business plan for a poultry farm for raising chickens for 500 heads will require an area of ​​at least 250 square meters, as well as office, utility and other premises. No more than 20 chickens can be placed in an area of ​​10 square meters. In addition, there should be one rooster for every 10 hens. Broilers can be raised in cages. But laying hens, unlike broilers, require free space for walking. The ability to produce the maximum number of chicken eggs will depend on this indicator. Therefore, to raise laying hens, we rent an area of ​​700 square meters.

Today you can rent premises for raising chickens for 50-100 rubles per square meter. But in any case, raising chickens will require mandatory disinfection and repair.

The rental cost is 100 rubles per meter, as well as disinfection and repairs - 200 per meter.

1. 400*70=20,000 rubles – monthly rental price.
2. 500*200=140,000 rubles – the cost of repairs.

Purchasing equipment for a poultry house

For the fruitful operation of the poultry farm, it will be necessary to purchase the following equipment:

1. Drinking bowls - 25 pieces, 200 rubles each. In the amount of 5000 rubles.
2. Feeders - 10 pieces for 500 rubles. In the amount of 5000 rubles.
3. Boxes with sand for cleaning chickens - 10 pieces, 300 rubles each. In the amount of 3000 rubles.
4. Gazelle for transporting eggs, meat and young animals for sale, feed, etc. You don't have to buy a new one. Cost - 400,000 rubles.
5. Incubator for raising chicks for loading 100 eggs. Cost - 100,000 rubles.
6. Auxiliary equipment, including office equipment, buckets, cans, containers, shovels, pitchforks, axes, knives and other tools - 100,000 rubles.

Buying chickens and feed

1. 3-month-old laying hens - 200 rubles per piece. The total for 500 pieces is 100,000 rubles.
2. Poultry farm feeds that will include millet, wheat, various root vegetables, bone meal, corn, sand, pea gravel and the like. According to rough estimates, purchasing feed for each chicken will require an average of 1.5 rubles for daily maintenance. A month to raise a livestock of 500 heads will require an average of 22,500 rubles.
3. Expenses for veterinarian services, including other expenses - 10,000 rubles.

Staff salaries

To maintain a poultry farm with a population of 500 chickens, you must:

1 general worker with a salary of 15 thousand rubles.

If the business plan for a poultry farm involves a family business, then there may well be enough family members who can do all the work. But at the same time, you will need to take on many issues, including the sale of eggs, meat and chickens.

Veterinarian services will cost approximately 5 thousand rubles. It is best to take care of accounting yourself, but you need to have certain knowledge in this matter.

Housing and communal services costs, taxes

Prices for housing and communal services in rural areas are almost 40-50% lower than in the city. Taking into account taxes, the costs will be about 10 thousand rubles per month.

Total costs, payback period

To open a poultry farm for 500 heads, the business plan involves spending the following amount:

Monthly profitability. The income of a poultry farm will be determined by the number of eggs that the chickens will produce. On average, each hen will produce 6 eggs per week. As a result, each chicken will produce 26 eggs in a month. 26*500=13000 eggs. 13000*5=65000 rubles per month. Also, about 200 chicks will hatch from the incubator in a month. The incubation period for chicks is 21 days. A two-week chicken will cost about 100 rubles. In total, the chickens will bring in 20,000 rubles a month. Chicken meat can bring in an additional 20,000 rubles per month. The revenue of a poultry farm for 500 heads will be 105,000 rubles per month.

Subtracting current expenses from this amount, we calculate profit:

105000-20000-20000-22500-10000=32500 rubles per month.

Monthly profits may increase if work is done to increase the number of livestock. More hens can provide more eggs and meat. You can also purchase an additional incubator in the future, which will allow you to hatch more chicks. This will increase profits, since the cost of a chicken is an order of magnitude higher than one egg.

Poultry farm payback time:

That is, it will take almost 32 months to recoup the poultry farm.

Summary:

1. investments - 973,000 rubles.

2. payback period – 30 months.

3. average monthly profit - 32,500 rubles.

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In my youth, as a student, I traveled around the country as part of construction teams. We worked on a variety of buildings, including poultry houses. I especially remember the chicken coop that we built in the Kostroma region. And first of all, the local livestock specialist was etched in my memory. His poultry farming (including chicken) was so exemplary that, despite the difficult working conditions in the then command-administrative system, his poultry farm generated income. And this is a very, very important factor.

After all, from time immemorial the bulk of chickens in Russia were kept on peasant farms. There could be no talk of any income, since these were all outbred birds kept in extremely primitive conditions. With the onset of the warm season, they were left to graze: they were released into the yard and, rummaging through the garbage, they collected everything more or less edible. And only with the onset of cold weather they were fed grain from cultivated plants.

It is no coincidence that such a disdainful attitude towards the chicken tribe is reflected in folk proverbs and sayings, for example: “A chicken is not a bird, and a crayfish is not a fish”, “A chicken is not a bird, and Bulgaria is not a foreign country”, “You can’t find goodness in herding chickens”, “A chicken is not a bird, a lazy person is not a man, a chatterbox is not a master.”. Or: “Chickens screaming on the roost means a domestic quarrel.”…

This was the case until large poultry farms were created in our country in the 30s of the 20th century, where they began to raise various breeds of chickens for egg, meat-egg and meat production.

However, the majority of summer residents still often keep mostly outbred chickens in their backyards. Moreover, birds huddle (especially in winter) somewhere in the outskirts in an unsuitable room, where they are both cold and hungry. So it turns out, as in another well-known saying: “Like the care, the same will be the offspring.” That is, chickens lay eggs infrequently and mainly only in the spring with the arrival of warmth and in the summer.

But even at very little cost: with proper care and proper feeding, the egg production of chickens can be significantly increased. This is what we will talk about...

Almost any room can be adapted to keep chickens or other poultry in summer cottages. With an indispensable condition: make it comfortable for living creatures. But whatever the chicken coop, it is necessary to take into account the density of chickens per 1 m² of floor. And it is as follows: for egg-laying birds - 5-6 heads; meat and eggs - 4-5 heads. Overcompaction leads to dampness, dirt, malnutrition of the bird and, as a result, to disease.

For the construction of a new poultry house it is very convenient to use available materials, for example: planks, slabs, substandard boards. And as insulation you can use sawdust, slag, mineral wool, but best of all - modern thermal insulation materials. The joints can be quickly and reliably sealed with polyurethane foam.

Birds feel much worse in stone, brick, cinder block, and concrete rooms, since they are damp and cold.

4. Exhaust pipe.

Practice shows that the most optimal chicken coop depicted on Figure 1. It is not difficult to build it even on a small area... To do this, first along the perimeter under foundation dig a trench measuring approximately 30x30 centimeters. It is covered with any suitable materials: small stones, gravel, crushed stone, concrete chips, scrap metal. All this is filled with concrete at the rate of 1 part cement to 3 parts sand.

When the foundation hardens, they lay out on it plinth one brick wide, 15-20 centimeters high (it is advisable to use silicate brick). A wooden frame is installed on a brick base. A layer of waterproofing is laid between the bottom trim of the frame and the base of the plinth. This measure protects the bottom of the wooden frame from rapid rotting. You can use any waterproofing material, even polyethylene film folded in several layers.

Chicken coop frame made from bars with a diameter of 12-15 centimeters. The height of the room is 3-3.5 meters, of which 1.3-1.5 meters is in the attic. To cover the outside of the frame, planks and slabs are used. It is advisable to cover the inside of the frame with clapboard or bridged boards. The thickness of the frame walls is at least 15 centimeters. We must remember that mice and rats will definitely appear in the chicken coop (where there is food). In order to protect against them, the outside of the bottom of the wooden frame must be covered with iron sheets. The height of such protection from the base is not less than 20 centimeters.

roof Most often they make it gable. The rafters are sheathed on top with edged boards, including unplaned ones. And although in recent Soviet times it was recommended to use exclusively slate for roofing, I think that this is a thing of the past. In current conditions, the most optimal roofing material for a chicken coop is ondulin.

For air exchange through the ceiling and roof it is necessary exhaust pipe with a diameter of 15×15 or 20×20 centimeters. The pipe needs a valve that allows you to regulate the air exchange temperature of the chicken coop.

Height double glazed windows 80-100 centimeters, width – 100 centimeters. There must be a window.

Poultry house floor can be anything: earthen, adobe, concrete. However, the most practical floor is tightly packed plank.

2. Room for chickens. 3. Insulation. 4. Manholes.

5. Perches. 6. Manure tray. 7. Feeders.

8. Feeder for gravel and mineral feed. 9. Drinking bowl.

One of the options chicken coop interior layout depicted on Figure 2. Feeders (Figure 2, position 7) They are located in the middle of the room so that there is no crowding during feeding, and the chickens can freely approach them from all sides. And so that stronger individuals do not push aside the weaker ones, you need to install a sufficient number of feeders.

It is better to load feeders no more than a third of the depth, otherwise due to scattering by birds there will be significant losses of feed. In addition, to prevent chickens from climbing into the feeders, trampling or dirtying the food, they are tightly secured on top bar (Figure 4). The bar also serves as a handle.

These feeders are convenient for feeding both dry and wet food. Rational installation of feeders significantly reduces feed loss. For example, if they are located close to drinking bowls, feed losses will inevitably increase.

Used for gravel and mineral feed feeders with several compartments (Figure 2, position 8).

Drinking bowls (Figure 2, position 9) Basins, buckets and other shallow containers that are installed against the wall on wooden stands no more than 50 centimeters high can serve. That is, at such a height that chickens can easily jump on them. The stand is needed so that the birds, rummaging in the litter, do not rake garbage into the drinking bowl, thereby polluting it. There should always be water in drinking bowls. You cannot give snow to chickens instead of water, as they may catch a cold.

To prevent the water from freezing in cold weather, you need to use an electric heater. Although there are simpler ways for this purpose. For example, wrapping a drinking container with any available heat-insulating material. You can place on the water (this is especially effective in a round container) a wooden circle slightly smaller than the diameter of the container. Floating in the container, the circle prevents the water from freezing. You need to make 3-4 round holes in it through which the birds will drink water.

Particular attention should be paid to the construction of perches and nests. And that's why… Perch (Figure 2, position 5)- the most important part of a chicken's existence. Chickens spend half their lives on it. And their productivity directly depends on whether it is convenient for birds.

On thin or too thick poles, in order not to fall, chickens sit, tenaciously clasping them with their fingers. The legs get tired from constant tension and, flying from the perch to the floor, the birds do not move for a long time due to swollen limbs. To avoid such troubles, it is advisable to make perches not round, but rectangular with a cross-section of 4×6 centimeters. Although in this case there are different opinions.

One chicken needs at least 20-25 centimeters of perch, and they are located at a distance of 35-40 centimeters from each other. Moreover, all perches should be located on the side opposite the window. And in no case a ladder, only on one level. Otherwise, all the chickens will try to fly to the top roost.

Lazy (Figure 2, position 4) for birds to leave the room, it is advisable to arrange it on its south side, at a height of 5-8 centimeters from the floor. Manhole dimensions: width 30, height 30-40 centimeters. Outside, you can arrange a small vestibule to retain heat and protect the room from the wind. When keeping chickens on deep litter (more details in the “Caring for Chickens” section), the height of the manhole should be increased by 20-40 centimeters.

To collect droppings, use a special pallet (box), (Figure 2, position 6). Timely collection of litter is, first of all, hygiene, which significantly affects the health of chickens. The metal tray is very convenient. However, it is too heavy (although a lot depends on the design), so most often a wooden box covered with a fine-mesh metal mesh is used instead.

3. Nests. 4. Floor base.

Certain rules must be followed when installing nests(Figure 3). For every 10 chickens, you need to have 2-3 nests in winter, and 3-4 nests in summer. They must be placed near the side walls at a height of 40-50 centimeters from the floor. They make nests from boards or plywood.

The nests are located in a dark place. If there is none, they darken it with a curtain so that the chicken feels calm there. Nests should be easily accessible for inspection, egg collection and cleaning. The dimensions of the nests are 30-35 × 35-40 centimeters. They should always have clean, dry bedding. Each hen has her own favorite nest, in which she tends to lay eggs. In addition to the described inventory and equipment, to keep the chicken coop in proper condition, you must have a feed bin, buckets, brooms, rakes, forks for cleaning and leveling the litter.

Chicken care

Basic conditions for obtaining high productivity of chickens:

• cleanliness and dryness of the premises;
• complete absence of drafts;
• maintaining optimal temperature (in summer +16…+18°С, in winter – not lower than +5°С);
• the presence of dry and clean litter;
• sufficient lighting of the chicken coop;
• providing poultry with fresh water;
• provision of well-balanced feed.

Every poultry farmer should know that with good, calm treatment the bird becomes tame and is easy to catch and inspect. When fishing, you should not grab it by the tail, but try to grab it by the wing. The most convenient way to do this is when distributing feed.

In winter, it is of great importance for chickens daylight hours. In the dark, the bird sees poorly, eats little, and sleeps a lot. Therefore, with short daylight hours, egg production usually decreases. Most The optimal length of daylight hours is 12-14 hours. Artificial lighting of the poultry house allows you to extend the “working” day of the bird. At the same time, feed consumption increases, but egg production increases.

For an adult, well-fed bird in autumn and winter, the electric light in the chicken coop is turned on at 6 a.m. and turned off when daylight comes.. In the evening, the lights are turned on at dusk and turned off at 19-20 hours. Turn off the light gradually, giving the bird the opportunity to climb onto the perch in a timely manner.

With additional lighting It is necessary to provide chickens with complete feed and clean water. Additional lighting of the poultry house is completed when natural daylight reaches 13 hours.

In dacha conditions, chickens are kept on the floor using replaceable and non-replaceable (deep) litter. It is more rational to keep birds on deep (warm) litter. This bedding, 25-30 centimeters thick, is made from cut straw, fine-fiber peat, and small shavings.

Deep litter It absorbs moisture and harmful gases from droppings well, which significantly improves the sanitary condition of the poultry house. In winter, it insulates the house well due to the heat released during the decomposition of bedding material. In the deep litter the temperature reaches +22…+24°C. This type of litter is usually placed in the poultry house in the fall, in dry and warm weather. First produce floor disinfection. To do this, the floor is sprinkled with a thin layer of quicklime (fluff) at the rate of 0.5 kilograms per 1 m² and dried well.

During operation, the litter is periodically turned over and its top layer is mixed to prevent the formation of manure crusts and lumps. At the same time, they monitor so that the litter is not wet and did not moisturize near drinking bowls, as this contributes to the occurrence of colds. In the chicken coop, it is advisable to prevent droppings from getting into the litter, which will protect it from dampness. First of all, it depends on the quality of the pallet (box).

Poultry house must be cleaned and ventilated daily: open the window, doors. But under no circumstances create drafts.

Feeding chickens is essential for productivity. You can feed either dry compound feed or use combined feeding, which uses cheaper feed to partially replace concentrates.

These foods include: earthworms (earthworms), mollusks, May beetles and their larvae (creepers), all kinds of caterpillars, seeds of grass and woody plants, grass flour, hay dust, spruce and pine needles, rowan berries, hawthorn, waste vegetables and fruits, any silage.

For the winter, you can prepare brooms with leaves from linden, acacia, birch, willow and other plants, as well as nettles. A good winter food is wet mash (ground barley, wheat, oats or millet). Fresh mash is prepared for each feeding. She is fed morning and afternoon. At night the chickens are given grain.

To help the birds move more in the coop, you need to hang bunches of clover or alfalfa, ears of corn and heads of cabbage at this height so that the birds jump up and peck them. And yet, despite such “gymnastics”, chickens need walking to maintain good health. At least a very tiny one. While walking, birds find plant and animal food, which allows them not only to diversify their feed, but also to save it.

The walk is fenced with a metal mesh stretched over posts. Although it is quite possible to build a reliable fence from shingles, wooden slats, brushwood and even from a fishing net. I happened to see a fence made from defective parts of a chain-link mesh. The height of the chicken run fence is 1.8-2 meters.

A lot of trouble and even trouble is caused by chickens flying over the fence of the pasture to neighboring areas, especially if they have flower beds and berry beds. In such cases it is often erect a fence high up to three meters, which requires not only significant financial costs, but also constant care. To avoid this, chickens have the ends of the feathers of one wing trimmed (to the phalanx). But such an operation should be carried out extremely carefully. After such a procedure, the bird is not able to fly over even a low fence.

Ideally paddocks should be sown with perennial grasses(clover, alfalfa and others). To do this, it should be divided into two parts and used in turn. Chickens quickly destroy green shoots, pecking out everything, including the roots. To prevent this, it is necessary to install a protective net above the green crops at a height of 10 centimeters.

The bird, pecking at the growing greenery, does not damage the roots. To prevent the mesh from bending, several strips are attached to it. If the greens are regularly and abundantly watered, they will quickly recover. However, we must admit that sowing a paddock and installing a net over it is a very troublesome and expensive task. Therefore, it is unlikely to pay off in a small dacha farm. That's why I made a reservation: this is in the ideal case.

Free-range chickens destroy up to 500 pests per day. Based on this, it is useful to release birds into orchards in the summer, and in the spring while digging the beds, and in the fall, after harvesting, into the vegetable garden.

When walking, it is advisable to plant trees or shrubs and make a canopy from rain and sun. In winter, chickens can be released onto pastures cleared of snow and covered with a layer of straw and spruce branches. When the outside temperature is -10°C, as well as in strong winds, the birds are not allowed out for walking. And there is no need to force her out for a walk.

Any suitable container will do for the ash bath, for example, a wooden box measuring 1.2 x 0.7 meters and 20 centimeters high. The bath is filled with fine sand or dry clay, mixed in equal parts with wood ash.

When planning to start raising chickens, or already doing it, you should never lose sight of such an important factor as disease prevention. This requires high sanitary standards, proper feeding and maintenance of birds. Chickens can suffer from non-contagious and contagious diseases.

Since contagious diseases, such as pseudoplague, pasteurellosis (fowl cholera), and helminthiasis, as a rule, require the intervention of a veterinarian, I will touch only on some non-contagious diseases.

Non-contagious diseases arise, first of all, from the inability of the poultry farmer to create optimal conditions for feeding and keeping - when the timing and diet are not met, when placed in a damp, dirty, stuffy room, when the lighting regime is violated, and when the already mentioned overcrowding occurs.

Birds are demanding in adhering to the feed distribution regime. If the usual feeding schedule is not followed, egg production begins to decrease, and the normal tone of the muscles of the skeleton and internal organs is lost. (atony). With a lack of vitamins, vitamin deficiency occurs: first the chicken loses its appetite, then egg production decreases; a sure sign of this phenomenon is thinning egg shells.

Feeds such as greens, dry leaves of nettle, clover, alfalfa, carrots, yeast, and sprouted grains contain vitamins A and B. They should be added to the feed as much as possible. To replenish vitamin D, birds are given fish oil.

During oviposition, the laying hen’s body consumes a lot of minerals and, above all, calcium. Therefore, chickens should be fed plenty of crushed shells, bone meal, and chalk. To improve the grinding of food in the gizzard, the bird must be given gravel.

Chickens consume almost 2.5 times more air oxygen per 1 kilogram of weight than large animals, and therefore do not feel well in a stuffy, dusty room. It's good when the coop is a little cool and dry; It's bad when the body is damp. Birds tolerate heat (above +30°C) just as poorly as extreme cold.

Necessary note

I would like to draw the attention of summer residents and poultry farmers to a very important (albeit little known fact) - the chicken hierarchy. It has existed among chickens for a long time, exists and will exist forever. Its essence is this... Among birds there will always be the strongest, most aggressive individuals who lead the pack (group). They occupy the best places at the feeders, the most comfortable places on the roost. In short, such birds are in an extremely privileged position.

This point should be noted here... When an adult chicken gets into a group from the outside (that is, she did not grow up in it from chicken age), she is forever doomed to be an outcast. She will be offended by all the birds in this group. Sometimes such a poor fellow is protected by a rooster, but not everyone and not always.

By the way, about the rooster... If you are not going to get your own chickens, then you don’t need a rooster at all. He becomes simply a parasite and is only suitable for decorating the yard, and perhaps also for singing: "Ku-ka-re-ku". That's all.

It does happen (though rarely) that a rejected hen ends up with chickens. Then her status increases noticeably. Apparently, this is due to the fact that she needs to take care of her offspring, and therefore the rest of the chicken fraternity, understanding this, at least to some extent “respects” her.

Therefore, I strongly advise: before introducing an adult chicken from outside into the group, think about what it will be like for her to remain a stranger in her yard all her life? I know of cases when, in order to “equalize” all birds in a group, their plumage was smeared with the same paint or sprayed with deodorants. However, I don’t remember a single case when this measure helped.

Of course, no one has canceled the ancient saying: "A chicken is not a bird". But, firstly, chicken is still a bird, and secondly, it is very healthy. Get chickens and see for yourself.

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