BUSINESS PLAN

FOR

ONYI POULTRY FARM

Prepared by: NDUKWE ROSELINE

Your Business Name: ONYI POULTRY FARM

Address: NO. 139 UMUECHEM ROAD.
City, State: ABA, ABIA State
Telephone: 07067623010
E-mail: roselineonyinyechi@yahoo.com
REG NO: 01NEXIT/AB/IGHUB/22/1490

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1.0 INTRODUCTION
Livestock Farming Business Plan is a lucrative Business that needs a lot
of Strategic planning to start and a business coach like Dayo Adetiloye
to help you start the implementation.
Livestock Farm aims to build and manage a fully equipped farm for
raising, breeding, feeding, maintenance and production of different kinds
of livestock animal. We intend to have an intensive farm in other to be
able to raise more animal. Our animals are managed intensively, kept in
zero grazing conditions with all their forage brought to them; pigs are
housed in climate-controlled buildings, cattles are kept in density
feedlots, poultry are kept in cages and maybe reared in barns.

Livestock is commonly defined as domesticated animals raised in an

agricultural setting to produce labor and commodities such as meat,
eggs, milk, fur, leather and wool.

BUSINESS NAME will be located at 139 Umuechem road Aba Abia

State, Nigeria.
The business is a limited liability company and the promoter of the
business is NDUKWE ROSELINE Who hails from Abia State, Nigeria.

The vision of the business is to become one of the biggest and

successful Live Stock in Abia State. Estimated start-up capital is Seven
Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N7,850,000).
The business will be financed with loan capital.

2.0 Description of the Business

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 The business is proposed to specialize in the rearing and sales of
broilers, poultry products and other farm products. The mission is to
improve on the existing quality of livestock products while ensuring
affordability and availability as well as to create an excellent customer
relationship.

2.1 Organizational Structure

Figure 1

MANAGER MARKETER LABOURS

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This Chart above describes the employee responsibility from the top to
the bottom.

2.2 Objective of the Business

The objective of the business is to achieve a sale turnover of
approximately Twenty Four Million Naira (N 24,000,000). A gross
profit of N15,000,000 a net profit after tax of approximately
N14,000,000 naira. From two years commencement of the operation
as well as a customer base of 3,000 within the first year of operation
and increase to 8,000 within the end of the third year in business is

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aimed at making profit and also to provide Jobs for the teeming
population.

3.0 Current Status of the Business

BUSINESS NAME HERE is a start-up business and it is assumed that a
space of about 3 plots is available for construction of the Livestock
business. To start a poultry business farm in requirement, business
registration from corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)

TABLE 1: Legal Requirement (Corporate Affairs Commission)

Legal Requirements Details of Payment
CAC N50, 000 Once
Local Government
permit and license N30, 000 Yearly

3.1 TOTAL BIRDS ESTIMATE

A total of about 2,000 birds will be needed for the start-up the business.

4.0 MARKET ANALYSIS

Livestock business in the last 40 years has shown dramatic changes in
the economic environment.

CHALLENGES FACING POULTRY INDUSTRY: - Poultry farming has

some challenges that need to be attended to with vigor. Below are some
of the challenges facing poultry business.

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 High rate of diseases, pest attack, lack of loan, credit
procurement, lack of technical knowledge, high cost of poultry feed,
supply of poor quality chicks, inadequate poultry extension services,
high cost of veterinary services.
However, all these challenges need to be fully addressed and resolved
so as to achieve a successful Business Organization.

4.1 TARGET MARKET

During the market segmentation it was noticed that virtually everybody
eats poultry product like egg and meat. So we are targeting the whole
market.
- Hotels and Restaurants
- Bakeries and Food Joints
- Retails Shops
- Homes
- Individuals

4.2 START UP SUMMARY

Starts up equipment are
Equipments Uses
Generator This is to supply electricity to poultry
Feeders For feeding the birds
Lighting Gadget Bulbs and rechargeable lights
Drinkers For the birds t drink water

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Waste Bin To trash waste in poultry farm
Gloves To use as protective material to work in poultry
farm
Shovels, head pan, For clearing, Packing, cleaning and transporting
wheel barrow, poultry products.
cutlass, buckets

5.0 Required Startup Capital Estimate

Items Amount
Generator N 150, 000
Feeding Equipment N 150, 000
Lightening Gadgets & Equipments N 260, 000
Cleaning and transportation Equipments N 210, 000
TOTAL COST N 770, 000

5.1 Pre operating Activities

Pre operating Activities Amount
Land Acquisition N 3,000, 000
Land Preparation N 1,900, 000
Preparing brooding room N 1,000, 000
Business registration/LGA tax N 80, 000
TOTAL COST N 5,080, 000
- Start up Items - N 770, 000

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 - Pre operating Activities - N5,080, 000
TOTAL COST - N5, 850, 000

5.2 Feeding and Medication Expenses

Medications Cost
Fowl Pox N 15, 000
Coccidiostat N 10, 000
Vita mine N 6, 000
Vaccine N 12, 000
Worm and microbial Medications N 9, 500
TOTAL COST N 52, 500

Feeding Cost
Starter N 6, 200
Grower N 6, 300
Finisher N 6, 500
Total Amount of Feeds needed is 100 bags - N 650, 000
Total Feeds - N 650, 000
Total Medications - N 52, 000
TOTAL COST - N 702, 000

5.3 Workers Salary Scale

Monthly Yearly

Manager 1 N 45, 000 N 450, 000

Manager 2 N 40, 000 N 400, 000
Marketer N 40, 000 N 400, 000
N5,850,000

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5.4 Total Operational Expenses
Operational Expenses Costs
Start Up items N 770, 000
Pre Operational Activities N5, 080, 000
Medications N 520, 500
Feeds N 650, 000
Salary N1, 250, 000
TOTAL COST N7, 802, 500

5.5 Source of Funds

The source of fund will be from two origins.
TABLE
Source of Fund Amount Percentage
Loan N6,000,000 0.75%
Personal Equity N2,000,000 0.25%
TOTAL FUNDS N8,000,000 1.00%

6.0 Conclusion
In this project, a business plan was created which contains the business
overview, market planning and financial calculation, operational plan.
However, starting up a poultry business in Nigeria is demanding due to
high cost of goods and products. A business well planned will yield more
profit and create employment opportunities.