Alongside poultry farming, the layer farming business is now spreading rapidly across Bihar. Many entrepreneurs are setting up large-scale layer units and earning healthy profits. But there is another side to this trade. Very few people actually understand it well, and a lack of know-how about running such a unit sometimes leaves people facing losses. So if you are thinking about entering this field, it is essential to first understand its finer calculations.
A Farm Running for a Decade
In Sukulchak village of Jehanabad, an automated layer farm has been operating for the past ten years. The unit produces 10000 eggs every single day. What makes it stand out is that it is fully machine-driven, so very little manual labour is needed. Sudhir Kumar, who runs the farm, has been involved in poultry and layer farming for ten years and has picked up many nuances of the business in that time.
Poultry Experience Comes First
According to Sudhir Kumar, anyone who wants to start a layer farm must first have experience in poultry. Only that experience allows a person to keep a proper watch on every activity of the hens. He says that once you learn how to care for the birds, running a layer farm becomes easy.
He explains that his farm has a capacity to produce 10,000 eggs a day, and barely any work is done by hand here. From the water supply to feeding and controlling heat and cold, everything happens through machines.
From a Day-Old Chick to Laying Eggs
Sudhir Kumar also walked through the full cycle of this business. Apart from the layer unit, he runs a poultry unit where day-old chicks are brought in. These chicks are raised for four months and are then shifted to the layer farm. About a month and a half after reaching the layer unit, a hen begins to lay eggs.
The Complete Earnings Math
A single hen lays one egg every day. At the same time, one hen eats around 100 to 110 grams of feed daily. When it comes to earnings, a single hen brings in a profit of about one rupee. Sudhir Kumar believes this is an excellent source of income, but success will come only when the work is done the right way and with scientific methods.
