Rural and urban households have improved their welfare through chicken breeding and selling.
“With seed capital of $150 I decided to venture into the chicken project in July this year. I started with 100 chickens and have had four sales to date. Each 100 chickens give me $400 profit. I have since devised a consistent business strategy whereby the chickens would be separated by a two week age difference. The slight age difference helps sustain constant deliveries to the market,” said Mbuya Roniya Makwara of Hwedza.
She said there was a large demand for her chickens. She sells some to civil servants such as teachers and nurses through a credit facility. Local food outlets at Hwedza and Sadza Growth Points make bulk purchases on credit. A dressed chicken fetches $7.
Makwara buys chickens at $85 for 100, and spends $105 on feed to see them through to the selling stage at six weeks.
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I think its only logical to verify facts before publishing stories that are insulting. How do you explain “a seed money” of $150, enabling someone to do multiple batches of 100 chickens? Or better still how you can feed a broiler on $1.05 for 6 weeks? and a profit of $4 per broiler? This article defeats all our efforts, let alone reason. Free information, broiler margins are very minimal, yes, for the small scale producers who sell their chickens informally they tend to be more profiting, but I honestly need to see this miracle and help other women out there who are failing to make a living. The facts in your story are not correct.