raising meat chickens

[eight]

I heard rumour people been talking behind my back. Wassup?

I thought there was a ban on imports of ''flying chickens''

[SunSan]

I heard rumour people been talking behind my back. Wassup?

It's the chihuahua in your ass, dumbo.

[chubacca]

Apparently chickidee can't raise his chicken meat as it is too small, they don't have hamsters in NZ, hence the use of a chihuahua

[flying chicken]

My previous (sarcastic) post was like 10 hours ago, after 2 others responses came in an instant from Chubbucca right away, from my penis size to my home of residence...creepy!

[Doctor Seuss]

To set up a farm of 5,000 head of chicks (building, feed equipment, feed, etc), costs about $15,000. You can make this money back on contract with CP after two breeding cycles (about 8 months).

How much land would be needed for an operation this size?

The 5,000ha set-up I visited took up an area about 50m x 50, and consists of two long houses erected on stilts. The chickens live up top atop a slated wood floor. The chicken shit falls through the slits to the ground underneath, where it is raked up after 5 or 6 days and put into 25kg bags for sale.

What is the true return on this project.

It's been stated that it costs you $15k for set up and 8 months ( two breeding seasons) to cover your initial set up costs, that means that you are earning $37K pa.

The farmer that I spoke to said that he is able to complete 2 breeding cycles in 1 year and almost finish the 3rd. This allows for breeding, collection by CP, and restocking from CP. He said that after the first year he was able to earn enough to cover the cost of establishment. The establishment costs included materials and labour to build his 2 long chicken sheds, build a water well, buy a water pump/electric generator, and buy all the needed accessories (feed distributors, water feeders, lights/lamps etc...) - I cant be sure, but I think he said this was about $10K. That means the remaining $5,000 was for the bulk purchase of CP-supplied feed for the first growing cycle (or maybe both growing cycles, not sure) and for medicines and other supplies that the contract stipulates must be bought from CP.

Ongoing costs are feed, medicine, manure bags, pumping/electricity costs, and labour costs. Income is from sale of chickens and sale of chicken manure.

This farmer said that he made a profit of about $10,000/year from 5,000head of chicken over the past few years and hoped that at the end of this year he would use his profits to expand further and increase his income. He has the biggest house in the village by far and a nice 4WD, all of which the locals say he was able to buy after he started his chicken business.

Where's the catch ??? No one in Camb give this sort of money away so there has to be a hidden problem

The catch is that you need the start-up capital and the land to operate it. Im sure many poor farmers would love the opportunity to run such a business if they had the means to start up. Got told yesterday that there is shit load of private operators contracted to CP in Siem Reap. Im sure they can be found scattered around all provinces.

[hanky]

He has the biggest house in the village by far and a nice 4WD, all of which the locals say he was able to buy after he started his chicken business.

But the foreigners probably think he stole all his money from the mouths of starving babies..

[eight]

Cambodia bans chickens from Thailand, and the local price goes up, and everyone starts raising chickens. Next step, large quantities of chicken sent from Vietnam to Cambodia, and the price comes down.

[Doctor Seuss]

CP buys all its contracted chickens in cambodia and exports them to Thailand. It's their core business.

[ken svay]

Good thread this.
I came off a chicken farm with about 5000 layers.
I have looked at farming chickens for eggs here.
There is a nice little operation down the river where I was to live.
Two sheds on stilts,all local materials with the thatched roof.
The slatted bamboo floors work really well for chickens and the sheds are cool.
I have a lot of info on raising chooks,vaccinations are essential or they will die.
There are various breed of chooks here for different occasions,one breed in particular is preferred for weddings.
Thanks for your info suess,i was not aware of CP.
Thai chicken meat is fattier than the skinny khmer breeds and despite being much cheaper khmers dont like it.
I think raising chickens is the go,easier than pigs.
I know a guy in kampot who wants to raise rabbits-would khmers eat them?

[LaudJohn]

I know a guy in kampot who wants to raise rabbits-would khmers eat them?

Why not? They already eat Bugs..


Think about it people....

[kinard]

was thinking rabbits myself as I dont eat the feathery raptor. Saw a doco on rabbit farming and thier droppings yielded perfect medium for worm farming, so there is two sources of food there, tho I havent actually tried worms.

[SunSan]

Do Cambos eat wabbits?

Dumb question. Maybe they don't thrive in this climate?

[Chuangt2u]

Rabbits for sale on st63 at the pet shops from time to time, so bringing them into the country is allowed... can't see why though, destructive little fkrs.

[keeping_it_riel]

I know a guy in kampot who wants to raise rabbits-would khmers eat them?

They'll eat field rats and they'll eat spiders, bugs and creepy crawlies, but they will not eat rabbits. Apparently, they view them as fluffy, cutesy, floppy-eared pets rather than dinner.

[sohi]

I know a guy in kampot who wants to raise rabbits-would khmers eat them?

They'll eat field rats and they'll eat spiders, bugs and creepy crawlies, but they will not eat rabbits. Apparently, they view them as fluffy, cutesy, floppy-eared pets rather than dinner.

i've seen them do it, they love a bit of rabbit, one guy who used to work for me would set up snares to catch them, then happily munch it down with a bit of rice wine