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how big should a chicken coop be is chicken farming profitable most asked questions farming with chickens
Chicken farming is practiced all over the world and we discuss the 3 most asked
questions when farming with chickens.
What is the estimate Feed Cost to start farming with 100 chickens.
When farming with broilers (unlike layers) you have to plan your budget around a six
week cycle. If you want to start farming with 100 chickens it would be advisable to start a
6 week cycle with 20 chickens per week rather than a 100 at a time. Should you decide to
grow 100 chickens at once, you need to keep in mind that after 6 weeks you will have to
sell all your chickens and start over again. You will not have an income for another six
weeks.
Plan ahead per six week cycle as you will only start making money after six weeks.
Thereafter you can decide to increase the numbers of day old chicks as you already know
by this time what your weekly sales are.
That being said let’s take a look at the estimate cost to start farming with 100 chickens,
provided that your coop setup and water drinking system is in place.
You are going to need:
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The Chickens will be at an average weight of 2.7 kg after six weeks. If you want to sell
smaller chickens you can stop feeding if their weight reaches 1.8 kg so after slaughter the
net weight will be roughly 1.1 kg/1.2 kg
Broiler Chickens do not require a lot of space and only require 17 cm squared to live on.
That is 15 birds per square meter. This might sound cruel, but in reality they do walk
around in the coop and when getting closer to slaughter they do not move much.
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To calculate how big your coop should be per 100 broiler chickens you divide 100 by 15
so theoretically speaking you need a total area of 2.5 x 2.5 per 100 broiler chickens. (Our
coops are 3 x 2.5 meters per 100 birds) You need to calculate the feeding and watering
system in the area en ensure that the chickens have enough room to move.
4. As from 7 days old lights off as per program or 2 periods of 4 hours during the
night.
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