This document discusses poultry farming and the poultry wholesale business. It defines different types of domesticated birds used for meat and egg production, including chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese. It describes chickens specifically as the most popular for both meat (broilers) and eggs (layers). The document outlines key terms used in poultry farming and production, and discusses egg-laying chickens, meat chickens, and the feed-to-meat ratio goal for broilers. It proposes starting a full-service poultry wholesale business to sell chickens and eggs to retailers in urban areas using management techniques and both direct and indirect marketing channels.
2. • Poultry is the class of domesticated fowl
(birds) farmed for their meat, eggs or feathers
• These most typically are members of the
orders
Galliformes (such as chickens and turkeys),
and Anseriformes (waterfowl such as ducks
and geese).
• Chicken is the most popular poultry species
utilized for both meat and egg production.
3. Broiler is an American word used to describe a meat
chicken.
Chick refers to a baby bird.
Chicken can be used when referring to young birds,
the entire fowl species or the meat that is eaten by
humans.
Chook is an Australian & New Zealand slang for a hen,
or a cooked chicken.
Cockerel, cock or rooster are names given to a male
chicken. Hen is the name given to the adult female
chicken.
Pullet is the term used for the immature female layer.
A spent hen is one that has finished its productive life.
4. Egg Producers
Layers
– Chickens that are raised to produce eggs
– Some can lay over 300 eggs/hen/year
• White egg producers
– Small in size
– Eg. White Leghorns- white plumage
• Brown egg producers
– Larger birds that are not as
economical as Leghorns
– Eg. Rhode Island Reds- dark red
plumage
5. Chickens used for meat production are called
Broilers
Emphasis placed on the ratio of feed to meat
produced
Butchered at a young age
Birds used for meat production are usually
commercial crosses
– Example: White Plymouth Rock females
mated to Cornish (English class) males
6. Fed (for hen, chicks) Carriage inward.
Chicks carriage inward.
Supervisor for the purpose of communicating to
retailer.
carriage outward (chicken supply)
Order to payment cycle:- direct payment to
supplier.
Warehouse:- there are certain warehouses we
needed- for layer hen, bowler hen, fed store,
vaccines store, eggs etc.
Inventory:- no need.
7. Purpose:- the main purpose to sailing in bulk & to
maintain relationship with retailer. To increase size of
the business. Because we going to B to B.
Type:- full service wholesaler.
Marketing issues:- location near by city or urban area,
choosing market area where more population of non-
vegetarian.
Technology:- MAXIMUM USE OF MANAGEMENT
TECHNIQUES, There are available a number of different
management techniques that result in better
performance.
8. Indirect:-
Wholesaler retailer.
Distributor wholesaler Retailer.
Direct:-
The internet (taking order of hotels & any
big event for supply chickens).
Direct marketing (through supervisor, news
paper etc).