COST OF REARING 500 COMMERCIAL LAYERS

1. BROODING CHICK

NO	ITEM	UNIT	QUANTITY	UNIT PRICE	TOTAL PRICE
1.	Day old chicks	pieces	500	105	52,500
2.	Cardboards	pieces	15	550	8,250
3.	Brooder lamps	pieces	10	750	7,500
4.	Brooding jikos	Pieces	5	1500	7,500
5.	Chicks feeders	pieces	20	350	7,000
6.	Chicks drinkers	Pieces	20	350	7,000
	TOTAL				89,750

2. FEEDS

AGE (WEEKS)	FEED TYPE	AMOUNT/70 KG BAG	COST KSH	TOTAL COST
0-8 Weeks	Chick mash starter and chick mash	10 bags	3500	35,000
8-20 Weeks	Growers mash	50 bags	2500	125,000
20 and above	Layers mash	About 250 bags till end of laying	–	–
TOTAL				160,000

• OTHER EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT	QUANTITY	UNIT PRICE	TOTAL AMOUNT
Round Feeders	20	600	12,000
Round drinkers	20	600	12,000
Laying nests	Later made	–	–
Perches and roosts	–	–	5,000
Saw dust and n/paper	–	–	5,000
Egg trays	Later	–	–
TOTAL			34,000

• VACCINES

TREATMENT	FREQUENCY	UNIT PRICE	TOTAL AMOUNT
Gumboro	2	500/100	1000
Newcastle Disease	3	500/100	1500
Vitamins and	3	500/100	1500
Fowl pox	1	500/100	500
Other antibiotics	–	–	2000
Dewormers	–	–	1000
TOTAL	–	–	7500

• GRAND TOTAL

NO.	ITEM	COST
1.	BROODING CHICKS	89,750
2.	FEEDS	160,000
3.	OTHER EQUIPMENT	34,000
4.	VACCINES	7,500
5.	MISC.	10,000
	TOTAL	301,250

NB:

1. The above projection is for 500 commercial layers from day one till 5months of expected maturity

2. The prices are subject to change either upwards or downwards depending on the market prices which fluctuates so this is not the final figures.