How much investment does it take to raise 10,000 laying hens? Let's break it down.
The first is the cost of the venue. The cost of this part varies from place to place, but in general, a vacant land 85 meters long and more than 10 meters wide is required, plus facilities such as feed rooms, egg storage, offices and accommodation, for a total area of about 1,200 square meters.
Next is the chicken coop construction cost. We can opt for a four-storey terraced egg barn with dimensions of approximately 80 metres long, 9 metres wide and 3 metres high. There are many kinds of materials used to build a chicken coop, and different materials** are also different. For example, using angle steel or galvanized pipes as shelves, single-layer color tile chicken coops may have slightly less corrosion resistance and wind resistance, and the insulation effect is not very good; The use of galvanized H-beam as the skeleton, galvanized C-beam as the truss, plus the color tile with thermal insulation, the cost of this light steel structure is about 300 yuan per square meter. So the construction cost of the chicken coop is about 220,000.
Then there's the cost of equipment. If you want to realize automatic farming, you need to be equipped with equipment such as cage racks, feeding systems, manure removal systems, egg collection systems, temperature control systems, drinking water systems and lights, which will need about 270,000 yuan.
Finally, there is the cost of chick to egg laying. It takes about 165 days for laying hens to raise from chicks to laying eggs above 65%, during which each chicken consumes about 10 kg of feed, and the cost is about 23 yuan; The cost of chicks, vaccines, medicines, etc. is about 6 yuan per chicken; Other expenses are $1. In this way, the total cost of each chicken is 30 yuan, and 10,000 chickens are 300,000 yuan.
To sum up, to invest in a large-scale modern layer farm, at least 790,000 is needed. Of course, this is only a rough estimate, and the actual investment may vary depending on region, equipment selection, and other factors. Before investing, we must carefully investigate the market demand and trend, and at the same time master certain breeding technology and management experience. Hope this article can be helpful to you! If you have any other questions, please feel free to communicate.