LAYERS VS BROILER WHICH ONE IS MORE PROFITABLE IN POULTRY FARMING?

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LAYERS VS BROILER WHICH ONE IS MORE PROFITABLE
IN POULTRY FARMING?
LAYERS They are birds that basically focus on the
production of eggs, so if you're going into
Layers production in poultry farming just know
you are going be focusing more on egg production.
It can either be fertilized eggs or
non-fertilize eggs. If you're going into hatchery
and incubation of eggs to the chick, then you
will have to consider fertilization, and this is
where you introduce a cock to the layers (Female
birds). But in this post we will rather
be focusing more on the aspect of producing the
non-fertile eggs that are consumable and produced
frequently by the birds at maturity usually
between 5 to 6 months of age the birds start
laying egg, one thing about layers is that they
need proper care and attention, you have to
monitor their feeding, medications, and
everything about them including periodic changes
in the body system especially that occurs during
maturity when they are about to start laying,
layers are hot-cake in the market as a good layer
can lay up to 7 or 8months minimum of 1 egg
daily (under a standard condition and proper
monitoring) most big farms make it big in egg
production both for consumption and hatching, as
at 2009 Obasanjo farms hatch 8million birds
daily. If you start with a total of 20,000 birds,
currently a crate of egg sells for 800 and if
well monitored and supervised 20,000 birds lay
one egg per day you can imagine how much you will
be making every day from your poultry business.
Most eateries, restaurants, refreshment spots and
hotels buy egg at a very large quantity, so you
can be so sure of making your sale without
stress. There is always a ready market for the
sales of eggs across the country and you can
consider selling them internationally. Industries
like paint and emulsion make use of egg as raw
material. Another advantage of layers is that it
can be sold as meat after they might have laid
so many eggs and they become too old to lay
(after you might have realized your investment
and profits) you can still sell them out as meat
(chicken) and bring in new stock of Layers to
continue the egg production system of layers in
your poultry farming the higher the number of
your bird, the better result you can get out of
the business (Layers production in poultry) now
let talk about. For growth in layer use layer
management system. BROILERS These are the meat
producers their gene and strain have been
monitored and cross to be hybrid and fast-
growing birds so they grow very fast and convert
feeds to meat faster. So this means if you are in
a hurry and you want to breed for a short time
make your money and start all over, broilers are
very good at that, currently at Shonga farm
holdings in Kwara state Ilorin, they bred
Broilers for just 1month (4weeks) after which
they are ready for a sale (sold directly or
processed into meat and exported). Broilers at
Shonga farm holdings are hyper- fast growing
breeds and you can get yourself a quality breed _at_
Obasanjo farms _at_ Otta, Ogun state
Nigeria. Broilers are sold based on their size
but they make better profit when process through
abattoir into meat and exported to other
countries, broilers are very fragile and they
need much attention and care if you must succeed
in this great investment you have to handle them
with care, watch their feeds and feeding,
neatness is very essential in their house, and
most important due to the rate at which they grow
fast within a short while, their feeds must be
available in the feeding trough always
"Al-Libitum" meaning (feeds are always in the
feeder for them to eat), proper medication must
be put in place to check the incidences of
diseases outbreak and curb death, infected birds
should be isolated in order to safeguard the
other birds. Some Broilers sells for 5000 nairas
upward in live weight market value if you have
50,000 broilers, 50,000 x 5000 a whooping sum
of 50,000,000 that's an amazing profit for the
start. If you make such huge progress in the 1st
year of production you can equally increase the
number of birds for the following production year
and you will see how much profit you can make in
the business. So now we've discussed on For
growth in broiler use broiler management system.
LAYERS AND BROILERS
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• Altogether, it is left for you to choose base on
  your preference which one will be better for you.
  Factors to consider in making the right choice
• Time availability and how busy are you? And how
  much are you ready to sacrifice for the business?
  How many years are you going to spend in the
  poultry farming business? If you have a good
  amount of money and time then I suggest Layers
  production but if you don't have much time but
  you have the money you can consider Broilers.
• Labour force are you going to employ people? Or
  you are willing to run the farm system on your
  own or family labor? Base on the system of
  farming you adopt you can determine this by
  yourself and as well, you can consider your
  level of production if its a multi-million-naira
  farm then you can be sure you've to employ
  service of other people and thus Layers is a good
  choice.
• NOTE if you have good money for the investment,
  and time you can as well you run a large scale
  Broilers and Layer Poultry farm.