Layer Poultry farming world-wide is one of the oldest farming businesses in the country. With agriculture being one of the core sectors in the country, certainly layer poultry farming is one of the most interesting farming businesses in the country. Layer poultry is simply an agricultural process that involves the large production of eggs for commercial sales. In order words, poultry farming mainly involves producing a large number of eggs from poultry birds known as layers, for sales to make a profit. It worth mentioning that layer poultry farming is meant to be profitable.

Due to the high demand for information on layer poultry farming globally, we have made this information available to give insight to know the estimated cost of starting, how profitable layer poultry farming is, the challenges and benefits of layer poultry farming amongst other important information needed for you to start and make it profitable. With this guide, you will be better equipped to carry out basic decisions towards having a profitable layer of poultry farming in Nigeria. Remember the main goal here is to make a profit.

Cost of Starting Layer Poultry Farming
Starting a new business such as poultry farming seems to cost quite a lot but it largely depends on the scale of production you want. Do you want it large or small? Do you want to produce the eggs in large q

uantities? Asking yourself these basic questions could go a long way in determining how much capital you need to start your layer poultry farming in Nigeria.
In drawing up a start-up cost, let make use of a small-scale layer of poultry farming. This certainly will require a smaller amount of capital, with quite good returns. As low as N50,000 will suffice for you to start a small-scale poultry farm. This will cover the basic cost of getting the chick and their feeds. With this, a 100% return is guaranteed within the next 5 months of rearing the birds. Only a few businesses require such low capital investment with a high return, and certainly layer poultry farming is one of such businesses.

Profitability of Layer Poultry Farming
As with every business venture, making a profit is the major goal. Layer birds are quite profitable if of course managed well. A healthy and well-fed layer bird should start producing eggs from 16-18 weeks of its age. But before this process actualizes, proper care needs to be given to the birds.

One Layer bird produces for approximately 6 to 8 months, averaging a minimum of 1 egg every day, provided proper care is given to it. Therefore, starting with about 10,000 birds, where each produces at least 1 egg a day, you surely can only imagine how much profit you'd make in 24 hours. For your layer birds to lay continually or to be highly productive, you need to keep them in their special cage designed for them which is known as LAYER CAGE. Best chicken cage has designed a special CAGE for LAYERS which will aid their high productivity. It is designed in such a way that the egg rolls from the birds to avoid breakage.

There is a ready market available for your egg produce, your local stores, eateries, restaurant, schools, hotels and so much more. With a large available market, it only makes it more profitable as you are sure of getting the eggs sold for profit. In no time you'd get back your investment with good returns. 

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