Breeding ducks as a business is profitable or not, the profitability of rearing
It is known that agricultural business can be profitable, private farms can generate income. First you need to draw up a business plan, calculate all expenses and possible income. Carry out a selection of breeds, inventory and equipment, find where to sell products. Consider how to organize a home duck farm, is it profitable or not, where to start and how to make the calculations correctly.
Is it profitable or not?
The maintenance of a duck farm can be beneficial, since ducks reproduce and grow rapidly, and young animals can be sent for slaughter as early as 2.5-3 months. In addition to carcasses, you can get eggs, feathers and down, sell droppings. If you organize the sale of products correctly, the duck business will be profitable.
But you also need to take into account that you will have to buy food, build or improve the premises, maintain order and microclimate in the duck house. With a large population, the bird will be sick, which means that the costs of treatment and prevention of diseases will be needed, otherwise death cannot be avoided. In terms of feed, the farm will be profitable if cheap feed is purchased in large quantities.
A profitable duck farm can only be if the conditions and rules for keeping the duck livestock are met. If you cannot fulfill any condition, it is better to do something else.
Estimated calculations for the poultry house and other costs (for a farm of 300 heads):
- room for keeping - 90 thousand rubles;
- machinery and equipment - 75 thousand rubles;
- feed - 20 thousand rubles;
- purchase of young ducklings - 30 thousand rubles;
- expenses for the rest - 15 thousand rubles.
Total: 230 thousand rubles.
Approximate calculations of farm income in a year:
- meat (800 kg at 300 rubles per 1 kg) - 240 thousand;
- eggs (2000 at 100 rubles per ten) - 20 thousand
You can get 260 thousand rubles. excluding the sale of feathers and droppings.
What do you need to get started?
First of all, you need to complete the documents. Which type of farm ownership to choose depends on the number of livestock. For a small farm, you can register a private household, for registration you need a minimum of documents - a certificate confirming ownership of the land. Another option is IP, it is also chosen by those who keep a small number of ducks. If it is planned to keep and breed several thousand birds, then it is better to register an LLC.With this form of ownership, you can do business with other entrepreneurs.
Then you will need to obtain permission from the sanitary and epidemiological service, Rospotrebnadzor and the veterinary service. A quality certificate must be obtained for each consignment of goods.
Poultry house arrangement
The duck house should consist of 2 zones - for breeding birds and for fattening. Next to it there should be a walking area, utility rooms where food and equipment will be stored. The area of the house should be large enough to fit 3 ducks per square meter. m (fattening ducks) or 2 breeding ducks for the same area. These are the minimum standards. Nests should be placed under the wall of the breeding department where ducks can carry. For every 2-3 ducks, you need to put 1 nest.
In a poultry house where many birds are planned to be kept, lighting, heating and ventilation are required. It is necessary to provide for convenient cleaning of the floor and feeders.
It is desirable that the ventilation, cleaning, feeding and watering systems are automated, this will simplify the care of the bird. The time spent on servicing the duck farm can be significantly reduced.
Ducks should not be kept indoors all the time; they must walk. The walking area should be placed next to the house. Make a hole in the wall through which the birds will go for a walk. Walking yard area - 1 sq. m. for 2 ducks. You need to walk every day so that they can spend at least 8 hours outside. It is not recommended to keep other species of birds on the duck farm.
Breed selection
Any duck breed can be bred on a home farm, the choice depends on the purpose of breeding. If the main product is meat, then you need to choose from meat breeds. If eggs, then egg. For home breeding, universal meat and meat varieties are suitable. You can breed broilers or mulard, they grow best, they give profit faster than other breeds.
To form a parent flock, you need to leave 1 drake for 5 ducks. Up to 75 ducklings can be obtained from these birds per year. To obtain a herd of 3 hundred heads, 4 drakes and 20 ducks are enough.
Care and feeding
Ducks differ in that they eat whatever they are given. The basis of their feeding is grain mash, garden vegetables and roots, grain waste, vitamin and mineral supplements, grass. It is convenient and profitable to feed ducks on a home duck farm with compound feed. Eating compound feed, ducklings gain weight faster, they can be sold faster and made a profit. However, for the rearing of ducks on compound feed to be profitable, it is necessary that the reproduction of ducklings is constant, since good duck feed is not cheap.
Necessary equipment and inventory
For a duck farm you need to purchase:
- lamps for lighting and heating ducklings;
- heating devices;
- flooring material;
- ventilation system;
- feeders for mash, dry food and pebbles;
- drinkers.
It is clear that ducks will not incubate eggs on a duck farm. Ducklings are hatched in an incubator. You need to purchase the device right away, the performance of the unit should be sufficient so that you can breed as many ducklings as required for the replacement livestock. In addition to an incubator, you will need a brooder in which the ducklings will grow up to one month old.
You also need to buy a machine for plucking carcasses, the purchase of a device is necessary, since plucking carcasses by hand is problematic. It is also necessary to buy a freezer in which the products of the duck farm will be stored until sale.
How to find a product distribution channel
The profit from a duck farm is determined by the productivity of meat and egg products. Everything that is produced on the farm must be properly implemented. Products should not be stale, otherwise profitability will decrease.
Meat and eggs can be sold in the markets, and with permits and documents, they can be handed over to restaurants, cafes, shops.The remaining feathers and down are sent to factories that produce down jackets, pillows, blankets. Even the droppings that accumulate can be sold to local farmers.
A duck farm can be profitable if the conditions are met - purchase and breeding of thoroughbred ducks, proper feeding with inexpensive feed, prevention and treatment of diseases, timely and profitable sale of products. Keeping a duck farm can be beneficial for both novice and experienced farmers and become a source of permanent income. The owner and assistant will cope with the maintenance of a small farm population; for a large farm, you will have to hire workers.
