A COMPARISON OF BROILER VS

LAYERS VS ROADRUNNER
JUNE 2021

100 broilers - day old chicks $402 investment, $1746 profit per year
-you need 42 days to keep 100 broilers
- you buy them as day old chicks and rear upto selling poing for meat purposes weighing
averagely 2kgs
-you need 1 x 50kgs Starter, 2 x 50kgs growers, 4 x 50kgs finisher and some vitamins and
medicines
-one year has 12 months or 54 weeks , so one batch of broilers is 6 weeks, we will have 9
batches of broilers per year
- chicks costs 115, starters 43, growers 82(42*2), finisher 41(41*4) TOTAL $406
-avg broiler price is $6-7 depending with area or target market
-per batch you sell and get $600
-your profit is $600 - $402 = 194
-total cumulative revenue for 9 batches is 5400
-total cumulative profit is $1746 per year

100 layers - day old chicks $528 investment

-you need 18 weeks to keep layers upto point of lay
-you buy them as day old chicks and feed them
-you need 1 starter mesh, and 8 growers mesh, 1 developer mash
-a year has 54 weeks
- so you can rear upto point of lay for 18 weeks and have 36 weeks of laying period(the laying
period is 70 weeks, we are juss comparing for one year - next 12 months)
-chicks costs $145, starter mesh 38, growers mesh 304(38*8), developer 37 TOTAL
INVESTMENT $528 and you need medication and vitamins
-this budget will keep 100 layers upto point of lay
-average point of lay is being sold at $10 per bird
-Cumulative revenue on selling point of lay is $1000-$528 = $472

Keeping layers for egg production profit of $630

-100 layers lay avg of 90 eggs per day or 3 crates at 90% laying rate
-1 week has 7 days, therefore 36 weeks(a year has 54 weeks , keeping from day old needs 18
weeks, and you have 36 weeks remaining) has 252 days
-253 days x 3 crates per day = 756 crates
-each crate is being sold at $4 per crate
-total revenue  756 crates x $4 per crate = $3024
-a bag of layers is costing avg $38 per 50KG
-100 layers needs 12KG per day, therefore for next 252 days you need 252 x 12kgs = 3144kgs
devide by 50 kgs = 63 bags of layers for 36 weeks with 100 layers
-63 bags of layers cost 38 * 63 = $2394
-total profit = 3024 - 2394 = $630
 

100 Roadrunner from day old chicks $551 investment

 - you need 24 weeks to keep a roadrunner to point of lay
 -you need 100 chicks, roadrunner starter x 1 x 50kgs, roadrunner growers x 12 x 50kgs,
roadrunner breeder developer x 1 x 50kgs
 -100 chicks $100, roadrunner starter mesh $35, roadrunner gowers’ mesh $384 (32*12),
roadrunner breeder developer $32
 -avg from 100 roadrunners you get 20 cocks, 80 hens
 -each roadrunner cost $8 per bird on week 24
 -profit from selling point of lay at week 24 = 100 birds x $8 = 800-551 = $249 from selling for
meat purposes

keeping roadrunners for eggs profit of $2016

 -80 hens at 80% lay rate you get 60 eggs per day or 2 crates
 -each crate is sold at $8, meaning $16 per day for next 252 days
 -profit from selling eggs $4032 - feed costs
 -feed is 120grams per day x 100 birds x 252 days
 -3024kgs divide by 50kgs = 63 bags for 100 roadrunners for 36 weeks
 -63 bags of roadrunner costs 32 x 63 = $2016
 -profit from selling eggs $4032-2016 = $2016

keeping roadrunners for hatching profit of $9072

 -80 hens lay 60 eggs per day and 15120 eggs per 36 weeks
 - hatch of 90% will have 13608 chicks
 -average chick price is $1
 -total profit = total revenue minus feed cost minus hatching cost
 -$13608 - $2016 - hatching cost (504 crates x $5 = $2520) total = $9072

Conclusion
Keeping roadrunners for hatching or for eggs is more ideal in poultry as we speak as of June
2021 considering the tremendous shift of prices and dynamics, i found roadrunner breeding
business with more potential and better revenues compared to keeping 900 broiler per year or
100 layers per year, 100 roadrunners are much more profitable. costs are based from average
USD prices prevailing in the market as of June 2021.