Why Are Some Poultry Farmers Not Breaking Even: 7 Reasons

You can get rich through any business including poultry farming. I have seen many rich farmers and very poor farmers. This is common in every business.

Below are the real reasons why some people never make real money in poultry farming business:

1. Disorganization

Oh yes. Some farmers are so disorganized. The real truth is that disorganized people don't make money. Order, they say is the first law in heaven. Money is usually magnetic to order. How would you know that you are making profit yet you do not have records for your expenses?

2. Cruelty

Some farmers are cruel to their workers. Always shouting. Always threatening workers. And of course, workers will keep sabotaging their plans and efforts. I know of a farm where a worker refused to give water and feed to the chickens for the first half of the day, because he was annoyed with the farm owner over some issues! But of course I am not saying that you should babysit the workers!

3. Chop Alone Mentality

Some farmers have continually found it difficult to make real good money in poultry farming because they are always very selfish in good times. Good times should favour everybody in the business. Those who don't share the good times in business with their workers rarely get rich. Why do you pay peanuts to farm workers yet they offload feed, mix feed, bag feed, look after chicken, some sell for you, remove manure from cages…On some farms, the work is surely too much for less payments.

4. Production Junkies

It's good to be good in production, but your ignorance of marketing farm products will radically limit your exploits in any business including farming.

Do not just sit back and wait for a middleman to dictate for you prices of broilers, feed, medicine etc. Get involved.

5. Poor Marketing Sense

Be good in production and be super good in marketing if you really want to make it in business including poultry farming. Marketing and innovation is really the work we do as business owners. The more we know this, the better our business become. How many egg markets do you know? Other than selling eggs, which other product do you sell from your farm? Do you just give away manure?

6. Lack of Vision

Where there is no vision, poverty reigns. Vision is what attracts provision to any venture including poultry farming business.

7. Extravagant Living

Some poultry farmers get too impatient for the business to grow before they start living big. There is nothing wrong with living big, but doing this too early in a poultry farming business can bring poverty fast.

Dear our mothers, please use money from profit for farm growth, and not for baby showers, kyanjula showers, first tooth celebrations and other stuff.

Disclaimer

The above is simply my opinion coming from my experience in the poultry farming industry. If you find yourself guilty of any of the above points, quickly correct yourself and move on. Believe me, things will start changing positively. I was also guilty of some of them, but I have learnt the hard way.

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