Guides for layer farms
Short, practical guides with the answer first. Written for Ethiopian layer farms.
How to start a layer poultry farm in Ethiopia
The steps, costs and numbers to start an egg farm in Ethiopia: house, chicks or pullets, feed, vaccination, records, selling eggs and when you break even.
Read the guide →Layer chicken vaccination schedule in Ethiopia
The vaccines layer chickens need and when: Marek, Newcastle HB1 and Lasota, Gumboro, fowl pox, fowl typhoid and pre-lay boosters, with how each is given.
Read the guide →How much feed does a layer chicken eat per day?
A laying hen eats about 110–120 g of feed a day. Feed per day for chicks, growers and layers, per 100 and 1,000 birds, in kg and quintals.
Read the guide →How to calculate the cost of one egg and your profit
How to calculate the cost of producing one egg, your break-even egg price and monthly profit for a layer farm in Ethiopia, with a worked example in birr.
Read the guide →Poultry farm record keeping: what to record
The records a layer farm should keep every day, week and month — eggs, deaths, feed, vaccinations, sales, expenses — and how to keep them on a phone.
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