Should you make feed? Advantages, risks, flock-size threshold, and the licence required in Côte d'Ivoire
Almost every farmer who grows asks the question one day: "what if I made my own feed?" Feed weighs 60 to 70% of the cost of a chicken or an egg; saving 10% on it changes the result of the year. But a badly run workshop does exactly the opposite: a wrong formula, an uneven mix or mouldy maize can cost more than they save. This lesson gives the method to decide with your own figures, not with an impression: the real advantages, the real risks, the flock size from which the workshop pays for itself, and what Ivorian regulation says when you make feed to sell.
14 min read · 5-question quiz at the end
By Abdul Hussein ChoumanFounder of NEXTEKCI · Agnibilékrou hatchery since 2006This lesson is part of Level 11 — Making feed on the farm. It opens to registered students who have passed the level 10 exam. Levels 1 to 5 and the tracks remain readable by everyone.
- ✓Distinguish the three ways of feeding a flock (bought complete feed, concentrate plus maize, complete manufacture) and say what each one requires
- ✓Calculate a farm's monthly tonnage and the workshop time it represents, to place your flock size against the threshold
- ✓Set out the decision calculation with your own figures: cost per kilo made, cost per kilo bought, and comparison on the cost per kilo of chicken
- ✓Know when a licence is required in Côte d'Ivoire and what step to take before selling a single bag