04/10/2026
CRUCIAL AREAS YOU MUST PAY ATTENTION TO, SO AS TO HELP YOU SUCCEED IN POULTRY BUSINESS.
Due to the increasing demand of chickens and eggs and also quest for self employment, many people are interested in turning their career to the poultry farming with mixed results. Some have succeeded while due to the poor planning, others become failed. They become failed due to their failure to the plan. If you have this planning or you are already into a project of poultry farming and you wish to make it large, then there are following factors you need to consider:
1. Ensure Proper and Healthy Housing of The Birds
The most important factor to consider is that the poultry housing system and fencing options. Poultry housing system determines up to the 40% of the success rate you able to achieve in poultry farming. A good housing system is most important purpose for your business. The housing system is commonly used in poultry farming are:
* Extensive system: Fold and range unit;
* Semi Intensive system: Standard semi-intensive unit and straw yard;
* Intensive system:
1) Deep litter
2) Wire and slated floor
3) Straw yard
4) Battery cage
a. Free Range System: Under the free range of poultry farming system, chickens are allowed to visit roam around on their own in search for food. Most of this case this system cannot be used as commercially in poultry farming because it has high level of risks involved.
b.Deep Litter System: This system may have spreading wood shavings and saw dust on a concrete on the ground with the all chickens placed on the floor and the dust may serving as a βcushionβ for them. The dust may be changed regularly, either by removing and replacing it or by layering. Deeply the litter system is used by a lot of poultry farmers because it has increased the efficiency rate and makes it easier to manage the large flocks of birds than the other process but it allows for the faster spread of diseases when there has an outbreak and also makes it more difficul