Have you been spending so much on feeding your birds that you start considering producing your own poultry feeds and start wondering if poultry feed production is really profitable?
The cost of feeding poultry birds takes up about 70 to 80% of production costs in poultry farming. For increased profits in any agribusiness, it is important to reduce the cost of production or inputs to the barest minimum. So, it makes business sense to look into the possibility of reducing cost of feeding poultry birds especially chicken,
We recommend you read: How to make your own poultry feeds
Here, we are going to show you why producing feeds for your poultry birds is much more profitable than buying already packaged feeds.
With the problem of adulterated and substandard feeds, Producing your feeds with high quality feed ingredients gives you assurance that your feed quality is top notch.
Producing poultry feeds by yourself gives assurance that the birds are been giving the exact nutritional requirement they need for each stage of their development. This leads to fast growth and improved egg production.
There are cases of feeds which the crude protein content does not match with the label. This is as a result of adulteraton or use of substandard inputs by the feedmill to increase their profits. Other cases are cases of bad elements using established feedmill brand's bag to package substandard feeds. This is bad for business.
Ever wondered how much you will save when you produce your own poultry feeds compared to cost of buying already packaged feeds?
The cost of feeding poultry birds takes up about 70 to 80% of production costs in poultry farming. For increased profits in any agribusiness, it is important to reduce the cost of production or inputs to the barest minimum. So, it makes business sense to look into the possibility of reducing cost of feeding poultry birds especially chicken,
We recommend you read: How to make your own poultry feeds
Here, we are going to show you why producing feeds for your poultry birds is much more profitable than buying already packaged feeds.
1. High quality poultry feed is guaranteed and performance is improved
With the problem of adulterated and substandard feeds, Producing your feeds with high quality feed ingredients gives you assurance that your feed quality is top notch.
Producing poultry feeds by yourself gives assurance that the birds are been giving the exact nutritional requirement they need for each stage of their development. This leads to fast growth and improved egg production.
There are cases of feeds which the crude protein content does not match with the label. This is as a result of adulteraton or use of substandard inputs by the feedmill to increase their profits. Other cases are cases of bad elements using established feedmill brand's bag to package substandard feeds. This is bad for business.
2. It saves you money: See how much you save when you produce your own poultry feed.
Ever wondered how much you will save when you produce your own poultry feeds compared to cost of buying already packaged feeds?
From prevailing feed price as at October 2025, broiler finisher feed (Chikun) cost N19,400.
However when you purchase feed ingredients, mill it and compound the feed materials with a good finisher formula, it will cost between 14 to 16,000. I hope you see the margin is high. Especially when you intend to produce for a large flock.
3. You can choose readily available cheap raw materials.
If you're in the business of making your chicken feeds by yourself, you'll have options of incorporating cheap feed stock around you or your agro processing waste to further reduce cost of the feed formulation.
Some farmers use spent grain from agro mills, brewers dry grain from breweries, palm kernel cake from palm kernel oil processor, corn chaff from corn starch processor, waste from garri processing.
The ability to use cheap alternatives for poultry feed when making your feed majes it cheaper.
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