Poultry farming is one of the most profitable businesses out there but unfortunately, not everyone is destined to succeed in this industry. Below are some four traits which if you have, drastically reduces your chances at being successful.
- You don’t like reading or learning: I know some university graduates, who upon completion haven’t taken a single book to read – for them they only find reading necessary when they have an exam to write. Do you know what reading and learning can do for you? It opens your mind to new possibilities and new ways of doing things. For example, when a new technology or farming technique comes up, it is usually those who read a lot and are current, who get to identify these opportunities and adopt them while the more intellectually lazy ones usually get stuck doing things the traditional way hence seeing little to no progress.
- You are horrible at math: You do not need to understand calculus or plane geometry to succeed in poultry farming but what you need to know is basic math i.e., addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and percentages. You only get to measure the true progress of your farm if you know these simple calculations. So let me ask you if you don’t know these simple stuff, how are you going to improve? You’re surely going to be stuck at one place with mediocre results. It is also worthwhile to note that feeding, vaccination and administering of some drugs require some calculation. Please, follow this link, https://tinyurl.com/y97c3b3j for more information on how to evaluate your farm’s finances.
- You want to get rich quick: Hello, guys. My name is Baba PKOM and I have magical powers; I can make you a millionaire in just one week if you share this post. Hahaha, I was just kidding. Maybe you heard that you can make a 30% profit margin per month on poultry farming so you blindly jump on the bandwagon and order 200 day-old layer chicks. Reality sets in and you realize you are going to spend an insane amount of money over 4 months without getting any return so you quit, sell off your birds for dirt-cheap and move on to the next flashy business out there. Always remember that poultry farming is never a quick way to get rich but rather, a sustainable long term source of wealth.
- You want to do everything on your own: Some people are so obsessed about saving costs in the short term that they seriously jeopardize the fortunes of their business in the long run. For example, in an attempt to save money, you decide to prepare your own feed and by so doing, you expose the carbohydrate component, usually maize, to moisture thereby fostering the growth of Aspergillus niger which produce deadly aflatoxins. Congratulations, you killed your entire flock. For more on this, I recommend you read this post, https://tinyurl.com/yb7uw538.
Conclusion
It is my prayer that the person reading this post doesn’t have any of these characteristics but even if you do, try to change some of your habits because only then would you have a genuine shot at success in poultry farming.
Pkom 