1.The main benefit of poultry farming
is, it doesn’t require high capital for
starting. You need just basic capital
to start raising poultry. And most of
the poultry birds are not costly
enough to start raising.

2. Poultry farming doesn’t require a
big space unless you are going to
start commercially. You can easily
raise some birds on your own
backyard with one or numerous
coops or cages. So, if you are
interested in poultry farming, then
you can easily do it on your own
backyard with several birds.

3. Commercial poultry farming
business also ensure high return of
investment within a very short
period. Some poultry birds like
broiler chickens take shorter
duration of time to mature and
generating profit.

4. Poultry farm structures do not
require high maintenance. You can
minimize diseases and illness in
poultry by following proper hygiene
and care. Diseases are less in
some poultry birds like quails,
turkeys etc.

5. In most cases, you don’t need any
licence. Because almost all types o
poultry birds are domestic.
Although, if you need licence from
the relevant authority it is also easy
for poultry

6. Poultry provides fresh and
nutritious food and has a huge
global demand. Global consumers
of poultry products prefer them due
to their nutrients and freshness.
Poultry products are not much
expensive and most of the people
can afford those.

7. Marketing poultry products is very
easy. There is an established
market for poultry products in
almost all places of the world. So,
you don’t have to think about
marketing your products. You can
easily sell the products in your
nearest local market.

8. Poultry farming creates income and
employment opportunities for the
people. Unemployed educated
youth can easily create a great
income and employment
opportunity for them by raising
poultry commercially. Women and
students can also do this business
along with their daily activities.

9. There are many more benefits of
poultry farming along with the
above mentioned benefits. Start
raising and you will gradually learn
everything.

Various Methods of Poultry Farming
Worldwatch institute described that,
“about 74% of total poultry meat
and 68% of total poultry eggs
produced from intensive poultry
farming method. Free range farming
is the other alternative method of
intensive poultry farming. Free
range farming method is used for
large number of poultry birds with
high stocking density. There are
some basic differences between
intensive and free range poultry
farming. Intensive poultry farming
method is a highly efficient system
which saves, land, feed, labor and
other resources and increases
production. In this system the
poultry farming environment is fully
controlled by the farmer. So, it
ensures continuous production
throughout the year in any
environment and seasons.
Intensive poultry farming has some
disadvantages too. Some people
says intensive system creates
health risks, abuse the animals and
harmful for environment. On the
other hand free range poultry
farming method requires a large
place fro raising the birds and the
production is about the same as
intensive method. However, in the
case of both intensive and free
range poultry farming method the
producers must have to use
nationally approved medications
like antibiotics regularly to keep the
poultry birds free from diseases.
Layer Poultry Farming
The poultry birds which are raised
for egg production are called layer
poultry. Commercial hen generally
starts laying eggs at the age of
12-20 weeks. They start laying
eggs regularly at their 25 weeks of
age. After 70-72 weeks of age egg
production of layer poultry get
reduced. For commercial layer
poultry farming, producers
generally keep the hens for 12
months from their first laying
period. And then sell them for
slaughter purpose. Although
chickens naturally survive for more
than 6 years. For re-invigorating
egg laying, the hens are force
moulted in some countries. For
commercial egg laying poultry
farming systems, the environmental
conditions are often automatically
controlled by the producers. For a
simple example, presence of light
helps the bird for laying eggs
earlier. So, the producers should
provide more lightening period to
increase the probability of beginning
laying eggs. The egg-laying birds
lays more eggs in warmer months
than the cold months. So, keeping
the temperature of the room
moderate will be very helpful for
better egg production. Some
commercial egg laying chicken
breeds can produce more than 300
eggs a year. Layer poultry are
raised in various methods.