Chickens on a platform over a fish pond, plus a feed dealership: Tk 2 lakh profit a month
A young man in Rangabali, Patuakhali, grew from a small poultry farm to broilers, Sonali and layers on a platform over a fish pond, and became a feed dealer.
A 32-year-old young man from Pashuribunia village in Rangabali upazila, Patuakhali, started a small chicken farm at home a few years ago to escape unemployment. Seeing a profit, he added fish and cows step by step. Now broiler, Sonali and layer chickens are raised on a platform of bamboo and betel-nut tree trunks in the middle of a pond, with pangas, shing and magur fish in the pond below. On 60 decimals of ancestral land he has fish, chickens, cows, vegetables and a fruit orchard. The chickens and eggs are sold wholesale and retail in various unions of the upazila, and the fish in the local market. Not stopping at production, he has also expanded into business as a dealer in layer, broiler and Sonali chicken feed and fish feed. He claims, ‘I make a profit of Tk 2 lakh a month from this.’ For lack of space he had to sell his Sahiwal cattle. The farm also has a manager. The report gives no figure for the starting capital and no breakdown of costs by item; the profit figure is the entrepreneur's own, and it covers the chickens, fish, cows and feed business combined.
Lessons
- 1.A side business such as a feed dealership keeps income flowing when chicken prices fall.
- 2.Starting small and growing in steps from profits keeps debt pressure low.
- 3.Match activities to your land; here lack of space forced the cattle out.
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