SHOULD YOU BROOD YOUR DAY OLD PULLETS YOURSELF OR BUY ALREADY RAISED POINT OF LAYS?

Before making a choice, go through the advantages and disadvantages they have.

*BROODING DAY OLD PULLETS YOURSELF
Advantages of brooding day old pullets yourself
1)You are sure of the source,breed, medication and vaccination of you birds.

2)Its cheaper than buying point of lay because you will be spending less toRaise your birds than in buying point of lay birds because profits,transportation cost and other expenses will be included if you are buying point of lays.

3)The birds don't have to go through transportation stresses to get to yourFarm.

Disadvantages Of brooding point of lay
1)You will need to construct 2 poultry pen, The first one a brooding house toHouse your day old chicks and the 2nd one a layer pen house to
accommodate Your point of lays birds.

2)You will have to wait for5-6 month for you start making profits.

3)If you don't have Experience in brooding and also lack someone by your side,you may experience high mortalities and end up with lesser birds than you bought.

*BUYING ALREADY RAISED POINT OF LAYS*
Point of layer birds that have already been raised to 16-18weeks those
birds don't need any brooding pen again because they are matureenough
.After purchasing them just get them straight into a layer penhouse or cages.

ADVANTAGES OF BUYING ALREADY RAISED POINT OF LAYS
1)Birds will start laying between 3-5weeks if you got the right breedand the right Age.

2)You don't need more than one Type of housing Pen Which is Layer Pen.

3)It will save you from brooding and grower period stress you will goThrough if you choose to raise day old.

DISADVANTAGES OF BUYING ALREADY RAISED POINT OF LAYS.
1)You may incur losses if you got the birds from the wrong source, the wrong breed and if you get birds that are not well vaccinated, you will have to spend more money to buy drugs and vaccines to treat them.

2)You may have to spend more than What you should spend if you got the wrong age of birds or you we're lied to by the ones that supplied you.

3lBirds will have too through transportation stress to get to
your farm and you may also have mortality due to heat stress..
4)Point of lay birds maybe scarce sometime and may not be readilyavailable when you want to get them.

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