@deepshot.zimbabwe: You have US$1,000. Broilers or layers? 🐔🥚 The family WhatsApp group has opinions, so we did the maths (our maths, Oct 2026 prices). BROILERS: US$80 of feeders, drinkers and a gas brooder, then batches of 200 chicks (US$1-1.20 each) with about 8 bags of feed per 100. That's about US$900 a batch. Lose 1 in 10, sell at about US$6.50 and each batch leaves about US$270. Three batches in six months: about US$800. LAYERS: 60 point-of-lay hens at about US$10, a cage, and a month of feed is about US$930. Laying starts slowly (about 15 trays in month 1) while the hens eat about 4 bags a month. Once 8 in 10 lay, you keep about US$65 a month at US$4.50 a tray. Six months: about US$230, and you still own 60 laying hens. WINNER over six months: broilers, about US$800 vs about US$230. To be fair: • If 1 in 6 broilers die and buyers pay US$6, the gap shrinks to under US$100. • One Newcastle outbreak can wipe out a US$900 batch. • Sell only to traders (about US$5 a bird or US$3.50 a tray) and both barely break even. • Selling eggs at US$5 direct lifts layers to about US$350. • Own labour and an existing shed are not counted. Dressing and selling by the kg, self-mixed feed or rearing your own pullets change the sums. Find buyers before you buy a single chick. Farmers, your turn: what did your last batch or your hens actually make? Share your real numbers and tips in the comments 👇 Want to work remotely for global companies? Artemis Remote: https://remote.artemisiqglobal.com Visuals are AI-generated: no real people are shown. "Our maths" = Deepshot calculations from the sources below. Sources: National Foods, Capital Foods, Profeeds & Agrifoods feed guides and price lists; FeedSport; Zim Poultry Prices (Oct 2026); Mbare Musika prices (farmers.co.zw, 2026); Cogent Economics & Finance (2023); CITE; The Herald; ZimLedger; Cluckora; Agri Universe and Getmore listings; farmer posts on X, Reddit and Facebook. #Zimbabwe #Harare #Broilers #Layers #PoultryFarming #SideHustle #ZimTikTok #Deepshot #FYP

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