Poultry profits can disappear through expenses that are easily overlooked. Feed waste, mortality, medication, poor management, and energy costs quietly reduce income. Know your numbers before they become major losses.

Feed is usually the largest farm expense, but wastage from poor storage, inefficient feeding, rodents, and spillage can significantly increase costs. Every wasted kilogram reduces profitability. Protect your margins carefully.

High mortality also creates hidden financial losses through wasted feed, labour, medication, and lost future sales. Strong biosecurity, vaccination, hygiene, and early disease detection protect investments and preserve farm profitability.

Poor record keeping makes hidden costs difficult to identify. Track feed consumption, mortality, medication, labour, electricity, water, and sales regularly to understand where money disappears daily and improve decision making.

Profitable poultry farming requires more than increasing bird numbers. Control waste, monitor expenses, strengthen management, and review records consistently. Small savings across operations can create substantial profits over time consistently.

Best regards,

Abdullah Opeyemi Akande
B.Agric. (FUNAAB)
GAS (NIAS)
M.Sc. Animal Sci. (UI)
RAS (NIAS)
M.Sc. Int’l Business (UU, UK)
Ph.D. in view