How much will it cost (estimate) to begin a medium-scale poultry
hatchery
business in Lagos Nigeria.  Who can help in designing an inexpensive
operation, what equipments will be needed, in addition to incubators
and hatchers, where can I get some training here in Chicago, IL about
running a successful hatchery business that can be adapted to the
various
situations in Lagos Nigeria.  Where can I purchase fertilized eggs for
the hatchery.  In summery, I'm a Nigerian who has lived in Chicago for
many years and now wants to return to Nigeria to begin a hatchery
business.  I need web sites, people I can contact, both in chicago and
Lagos, books i can read, and any info I can get from you that will
help me achieve my
goal.  Thanks

Hi, 

For a starter who wants to begin with about one hundred to 200 birds,
the unit requirement is about 1/4 of a plot of land or 25 x 25. But if
the starting point is as high as 1000 birds, the requirement will be
about a full plot or 100 x 50.

The initial capital to raise 200 birds will be about N100,000 which
involves buying the birds. It costs N350 to raise a bird from day one
to the day it is expected to start laying, that is between week 17 to
week 20. Therefore, if the cost of purchasing a bird which is N100 is
added to the N350 required to sustain it, about N450 is averagely
required to raise a bird to the day it is expected to start feeding
itself.

The construction of the system is easy. The housing can be constructed
by using concrete bricks or mud bricks or even old zinc.

In the deep litter system you require the feeders and the drinkers
which are normally hanged from the roof of the shade to the ground for
the birds to feed from.

The birds need to be fed on the necessary marsh they require. Which
means they have to be fed from chic marsh from day one to week 7 and
from there they are placed on the grower marsh from week 7 to the time
they start laying.

The birds drink a lot of water which means you have to establish the
water point very close to them for ease of work. They need a lot of
attention too. It takes a lot of medication along the line. The birds
might also need a lot of vitamin supplements.

There are three major components to the system - first is the nursery
or penthouse where the birds are kept from day one up to about week 5.

They are then moved to the next which is the deep litter where they
continue to feed and grow until they start laying.

The third one is where the litter is stored. It is equally very
important. The litter is taken to farms and used as supplement for
fertilizer.

Advantages of poultry is that the farmer is sure of an income
throughout the year unlike the arable farming where the farmer is
restricted to particular seasons.


Start Up costs and investment links:

Customs Restates Ban On Poultry Imports
http://allafrica.com/stories/200209170511.html

AllAfrica == Poultry Business News 
http://allafrica.com/search.html?string=Nigeria+Poultry+Business


Nigeria's Agriculture Sector
http://www.nigeriabusinessinfo.com/agric.htm

Data on Agriculture in Nigeria
http://www.nigeriabusinessinfo.com/agric-data.htm

Bird Shippers
http://www.birdshippers.org/

Production Budget  -- US costs Free Range
http://www.free-rangepoultry.com/production.htm




Nuts and Bolts of the operation Links

So You Want to Raise Chickens
http://www.geocities.com/kelliann293/soyoudetails.htm

IACUC Learning Module (Chicken husbandry)
http://www.ahsc.arizona.edu/uac/iacuc/poultry/poultry.shtml

Breeds of Livestock -- Chicken Breeds
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/poultry/chickens/

Watt Poultry Information Network
http://www.wattnet.com/PIN/home.cfm?PG=1
That one is a really good place to sit and read for a while. there is
a lot of information on this site.

The National Poutlry Improvement Plan
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/npip/





Background Referance Links

How Nigeria can exploit new European policy
http://www.cometnews.com.ng/15032002/ag98602.htm
Environmental conditions also cause underproduction. For instance, a
layer bird, in its life time, should produce about 330 eggs, up to 80
weeks of age, but hardly produces 250 eggs. The multiplier effect of
this is consequent to immense losses.

AllAfrica.com -- Nigeria
http://allafrica.com/stories/200209230463.html
I explained feebly about government wanting to protect the health of
its citizens, since some of the imported poultry may not be fit for
consumption, and also, the need to protect local poultry farms so that
they can sell their products. A small group had gathered around us,
and the women argued spiritedly about these claims. They said our
government is selfish and incompetent and that, that's why we are
having problems in governance all over the country. One of them asked
how many people had been diagnosed poisoned because, they ate imported
frozen poultry. An enlightened lady amongst them asked if there's no
longer inspection of imported goods at the point of departure as she
had been told several years ago.

SUSLA News
http://www.susla.edu/html/newsevents/suslanews/2_7/page3.htm
Two (2) poultry experts from U.S. were involved in the project, Dr.
Joseph I. Orban from SUSLA and Dr. Todd Applegate from Purdue
University, Indiana. Dr. Applegate conducted analysis of feed
ingredients from Nigeria for nutrient value and Dr. Orban formulated
the diets and conducted ground field trial using the formulated diets
to feed 9,672 chickens in Nigeria.

POULTRY PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING
http://www.hvainternational.com/product_6.htm
Niger: Financial evaluation of a poultry project with a capacity of
150,000 broilers per year (financed by LAAICO of Libya).

Ban importation of frozen chicken — PAN
http://www.newnigerian.com/Today/agriculture.html
THE Poultry Association of Nigeria has called for the ban of
importation of frozen chicken and hatchable eggs for the survival of
local poultries.

According to the association in a communique, issued at the end of its
meeting held in Ibadan recently, read by the National Co-ordinator Mr.
Roger Abujoade, the importation of frozen chicken and hatchable eggs
are presently constituting major threat to poultry business in
Nigeria.

The Washington Times Nigeria
http://www.internationalspecialreports.com/africa/99/nigeria/54.html

A Program to Improve Family Poultry Production in Africa
http://www.aciar.gov.au/publications/proceedings/103/ND_Dwinger_etal.pdf

Methods for Assessing the Impact of Infectious Diseases 
http://www.aciar.gov.au/publications/proceedings/103/ND_McDermott_etal.pdf

Nigerian Livestock Resources Survey
http://ergodd.zoo.ox.ac.uk/faowarsum.htm



Other Reference Links

American Farm Bureau Federation 
 http://www.fb.com 

Auburn University Poultry Science Department 
 http://www.ag.auburn.edu/dept/ph 

Clemson University Animal & Vet Science Department 
 http://cufp.clemson.edu/avs 

Cornell University Animal Science Department 
 http://www.ansci.cornell.edu 

Delaware Agricultural Statistics 
 http://www.nass.usda.gov/de 

Delaware Department of Agriculture 
 http://www.state.de.us/deptagri 

Delaware Farm Bureau 
 http://www.defb.org 

Delaware Nutrient Management Commission 
 http://www.state.de.us/deptagri/nutrients 

Delaware State University 
 http://www.desu.edu 

Delaware Technical and Community College 
 http://www.dtcc.edu/owens 

Maryland Agricultural Statistics 
 http://www.nass.usda.gov/md 

Maryland Department of Agriculture 
 http://www.mda.state.md.us/ 

Maryland Farm Bureau 
 http://www.mdfarmbureau.com 

Mississippi State University Poultry Science Dept. 
 http://www.msstate.eud/dept/poultry 

Mountaire Farms Inc. 
 http://www.mountaire.com 

National Chicken Council 
 http://www.eatchicken.com 

National Poultry Improvement Plan 
 http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/npip/ 

North Carolina State University 
 http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/poulsci/ 

Ohio State University Animal Sciences Dept 
 http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ansci 

Pennsylvania State University Poultry Science Dept 
 http://poultry.cas.psu.edu/ 

Perdue Farms Inc. 
 http://www.perdue.com 

Poultry Information Exchange 
 http://www.ameraserve.com/chicken.html 

Poultry Science Association 
 http://www.psa.uiuc.edu 

Purdue University Department of Animal Sciences 
 http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/poultry 

Texas A&M University 
 http://gallus.tamu.edu 

Tyson Foods, Inc. 
 http://www.tyson.com 

U.S. Poultry & Egg Association 
 http://www.poultryegg.org 

University of Arkansas 
 http://www.uark.edu/depts/posc 

University of DE College of Ag & Natural Resouces 
 http://ag.udel.edu/ 

University of Delaware Animal and Food Sciences 
 http://ag.udel.edu/departments/anfs 

University of Delaware Cooperative Extension 
 http://www.rec.udel.edu 

University of Florida Poultry Science 
 http://www.animal.ufl.edu/poultry/poultry.htm 

University of Georgia Poultry Science Department 
 http://www.uga.edu/~poultry 

University of Maryland 
 http://www.agnr.umd.edu 

University of Maryland Agricultural Research 
 http://www.agnr.umd.edu/maes/dividends 

University of Maryland Cooperative Extension 
 http://www.agnr.umd.edu/ces/pubs/toc.html 

University of Maryland Dept. of Animal & Avian Sci 
 http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/ansc 

University of Maryland Eastern Shore 
 http://www.umes.edu 

University of Maryland Poultry Web 
 http://ansc.umd.edu/MPW/ 

University of Minnesota Dept. of  Animal Science  
 http://www.ansci.umn.edu/poultry/index.html 

USA Poultry & Egg Export Council 
 http://www.usapeec.org 

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Poultry Prog 
 http://www.ams.usda.gov/poultry 

USDA Agricultural Research Service 
 http://www.ars.usda.gov 

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
 http://www.aphis.usda.gov 

USDA Broiler Report 
 http://www.ams.usda.gov/poultry/mncs/brwhole.htm 

USDA Economic Research Service 
 http://www.ers.usda.gov 

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service 
 http://www.fsis.usda.gov 

USDA Food Safety Research 
 http://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio 

USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Adm. 
 http://www.usda.gov/gipsa 

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service 
 http://www.usda.gov/nass 

Virginia Agricultural Statistics 
 http://www.nass.usda.gov/va 

Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Serv 
 http://www.vdacs.state.va.us/ 

Virginia Farm Bureau 
 http://www.vafb.com 

Virginia Tech 
 http://www.apsc.vt.edu 


Queries Used

"Poultry" +Nigeria +Business
Types of Poultry farms
"Poultry farming" +needs +how to
+"Poultry Farms" +Nigeria

Thanks, 

webadept-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by aanifo1-ga on 09 Nov 2002 10:08 PST

Dear webadept-ga:
Thanks for the info but I'm afraid you have not really answered my
question which specifically ask about chicken hatchery and not poultry
passe.  I  need info about incubator, setters, hatchers, where to
purchse fertilized eggs, and info about designing and operating a
medium sized hatcher because my aim is to sell day old chicks.

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Clarification of Answer by webadept-ga on 09 Nov 2002 22:05 PST

The import of these items appears to be banned right now. I'm not sure
that giving you price guides for them is going to do you any good. The
import of eggs is definitely out. So it looks like your equipment
purchases are going to be local. I did find a list of Chambers of
Commerce which should be able to put you in touch with the suppliers
you need, also I found on supplier page online.

Clicktgi
http://www.clicktgi.com/agroallied/chi.html

Local Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Nigeria
http://www.nigeriabusinessinfo.com/other-chambers.htm

I would check with them before purchasing anything in the States, as
the procedures seem to be changing quite a bit lately, and the
hatchery business appears to be very large and has some clout with the
government at this time.

Local Hatchery Equipment in the States. 

Here is a list of Hatchery Equipment suppliers in the US

Chickens Reproduction Publications
http://www.antwifarms.com/chickenreproduction.shtml

Heritage Equipment Online
http://www.rungreen.com/asp/articles.asp

Acron Hollow Bantams
http://homepage.interaccess.com/~lehorton/acorn.htm



Equipment and Supplies:

Bird N.E.S.T. 1-800-443-2498, Bird shipping containers for parcel
post.

Bowles Poultry Supplies, 312 O’Connor Rd., Lucasville, OH 45648-8975,
(740) 372-3973. Feeding and watering equipment, small incubators, etc.

Clausing Company, Nocatee, FL 34268, (941) 993-2542. General line of
medications, supplies and equipment.

Countryside General Store, 103 North Monroe St. Waterloo, WI 53594,
(414) 478-2115. Books, feeding and watering equipment, small
incubators.

Cutlers Pheasant Supply, Inc., Route 2, Box 206, 3805 Washington Rd.,
Carsonville, MI, 48419, (810) 657-9450.

Hanson Co., RR 3 Box 6440, Vassalboro, ME 04980, (207) 622-0661.
Poultry waterers and other equipment.

Humidaire, PO Box 9, New Madison, OH 45346. A line of high-class
incubators.

Ketcham Manufacturing Co., Inc., P.O. Box 10, 1298 East River Dr.,
Lake Luzerne, NY 12846, (518) 696-3331 or 1-800-222-0460. Wing bands
and tags.

National Band & Tag Co., 721 York St., Box 430, Newport, KY 41072,
(606) 261-2035. Wing bands and tags.

Pattersons Poultry Supply, 210 Meadow Brook Ln., Martinsville, VA
24112, (540) 638-2297. General line of books, medications, vitamins
and incubators and equipment.

Smith Poultry and Game Bird Supplies, 14000 West 215th St., Bucytus,
KS 66013, (913) 533-2497. General supplies, including books.

Val-A Company, 700 West Root St., Chicago, IL 60609, (312) 927-9442.
Large selection of equipment, debeakers, anti-pick spexs, brooders,
egg and chick boxes, incubators, time clocks.

For Local Hatchery..  the best way is to contact a local feed store in
Chicago. Here are some larger hatcheries around the country.

Stromberg’s Chicks and Game Birds, Box 400, Pine River 6, MN 56474,
1-800-720-1134. A wide variety of poultry and waterfowl; chicks, eggs
and started birds. Books and equipment.

Murray McMurray Hatchery, Webster City, IA 50595, 1-800 456-3280.
Similar line as Stromberg.

Most hatcheries below carry several breeds of chickens, waterfowl and
turkeys:

Hoffman Hatchery, Box 128, Gratz, PA 17030, (816) 647-3156.

Marti’s Hatchery, PO Box 27, Windsor, MO 65360, (816) 647-3156.

Protection Hatchery, PO Box 370,1213 E. 6th. St., Pratt, KS 67124,
1-800-835-0130.

Privett Hatchery, PO Box 176, Portales, NM 88130, (505) 356-6425.



Other Information I found which could be of interest to you

Small-scale Production -- This page has a huge amount of information
on it regarding Incubation, hatchery, building incubators, care, sex,
all of it.
http://www.ansci.umn.edu/poultry/resources/small-scaleproduction.htm

IFAD's Experience in Supporting Smallholder Poultry Production Systems
http://www.ifad.org/lrkm/theme/husbandry/poultry/poultry_annex1.htm



Thanks, 

webadept-ga