Other Poultry Turkey rearing.

[kagodas]

iam planning to start rearing turkeys as my retirement plan.but unfortunately iam not yet conversant with the project.Can you educate me on how i can start and manage this project efficiently well.Thanks .

 

[nedward]

Starting a commercial turkey farm does not differ from setting up any other poultry farm. There are seven fundamental things you must put into consideration before venturing into a turkey farm. These include; demand for products, success stories of farmers who have ventured in the same, availability and location of inputs, capital required, operational requirements, risks associated with the venture and profit that can potentially be made off a unit sold. once the above has been considered, kindly drw up a business plan to map all the obove points

 

[kagodas]

Thanks Edward for your insight.but what are some of the challenges am likely to meet when i start.what type of feeds are required,how to handle the young ones,etc.For the market there is no worry about it because the demand here in Uganda is overwhelming.