The Different Products You Sell in Poultry Business.

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Poultry business is one of the largest industry in livestock farming. It is a very viable business that primarily produces eggs and chickens. However , beyond these two primary products, there are other things of value that you can sell as a by product of poultry business. Some of those things are:

1) Poultry droppings sold as manure: The price of poultry droppings is so expensive nowadays. A 25 kg bag is sold for one dollar. That allows a farmer to make side income from the business. A batch of birds can produce up to 10 to 15 dollars worth of poultry droppings.

2) Feathers sold for feather meal: The feathers of birds is highly demanded by livestock feed production outfits. They use it as protein source in the manufacturing of feed. After dressing your birds to sell as frozen chickens, you can sell the feathers for $1 per 2 kg. That's a good side income too for the business.

 

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The common products in poultry business are; chicken meat (whole chicken, breast, thighs, wings, drumsticks), eggs (table eggs, hatching eggs), live birds (broilers, layers), processed poultry products (sausages, marinated chicken, nuggets, burgers), and poultry by-products (feathers, blood, offal). These products serve different markets and purposes within the industry. Even though there is a market for live birds among other farmers or direct consumers it is for convenience that people go for processed poultry products. In order to minimize waste and maximize resources in the poultry business – these by-products serve various purposes.

 

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Establishing a poultry business in a country like Nigeria stands to be one of the most profitable and decorative agricultural business that you can engage yourself into or you can invest your money into. Individuals may begin to wonder what else that they could sell apart from rearing poultry birds for meat. However they can include the selling of animal feeds or possibly the selling of the poultry birds feaces for manure for those who may want to use it for the planting and growing of crops. Of course the feather of the poetry birds can be kept and used for further meal.