Poultry Farming Business
Raise a batch of birds that pays for itself — feed math, brooding, biosecurity and buyers, in naira.
- Free
- Beginner-friendly
- 5 weeks · ~4 hrs/week
- 8 lessons
- ~2 hours
- Certificate on passing the project
Free account required to open the lessons. No card, no fees.
About this course
Start and run a small commercial poultry business in Nigeria without burning your capital or falling foul of the law. You will choose between broilers and layers with your eyes open, build a pen on a compound or small plot without turning your neighbours against you, source day-old chicks from established hatcheries, survive the make-or-break first 21 days of brooding, control feed (usually 60-70% of your cost) with feed conversion ratio math, follow a vaccination and biosecurity routine a qualified vet or extension officer signs off on, understand the registrations and legal duties a Nigerian poultry farmer carries — CAC, your state's livestock or veterinary department, drug withdrawal periods, live-bird movement rules, NAFDAC if you package, and the duty to report suspected bird flu — then cost a 100-bird batch in naira and sell it, live, dressed, or into the December rush.
What you'll learn
- Choosing between broilers and layers on capital and cashflow
- Building deep litter or cage housing on a small plot
- Sourcing day-old chicks from established hatcheries
- Brooding chicks through the first 21 days
- Feed budgeting and feed conversion ratio (FCR)
- Vaccination, biosecurity and avian flu reporting
- Farm registration, permits and notifiable-disease duties
- Costing a batch in naira and pricing per kg
- Selling live and dressed birds, including festive season
Course syllabus — 8 lessons
- Broilers or layers? Decide before you spend one naira13 min
- Housing on a compound: deep litter vs battery cage14 min
- Day-old chicks and the make-or-break first 21 days15 min
- Feed: the biggest cost and where profit quietly dies15 min
- Vaccination, biosecurity and bird flu: keeping the flock alive15 min
- Papers before problems: registration, permits and the duties you cannot ignore15 min
- The naira maths of a 100-bird batch15 min
- Selling: live weight, dressed birds and the December window14 min
Your project
A fully costed, compliance-checked 100-bird batch plan for your own town
A written plan of roughly 900-1,400 words pasted as text, containing: your bird choice, housing and siting description, a dated local price survey with named sources, a full costed budget with 5% and 15% mortality cases plus cost per bird and per kg, a brooding and vaccination plan with a named vet or extension contact and avian flu reporting steps, a compliance register naming the offices you contacted and what is still to be confirmed, a market plan built on three real buyer conversations, and an assumptions and risks note.
Certificates on Skillnaija are earned, not issued for attendance: you submit this project, it is graded against a rubric, and passing issues a certificate anyone can verify.
Frequently asked questions
Is Poultry Farming Business free?
Yes. Poultry Farming Business is completely free on Skillnaija. You need a free account to open the lessons, and there is no charge for the course, the project, or the certificate.
How long does Poultry Farming Business take to complete?
5 weeks · ~4 hrs/week. There are 8 lessons, about 2 hours of material in total. You learn at your own pace and your progress is saved.
Do I need any experience to start Poultry Farming Business?
Beginner-friendly. You can start from scratch — no prior experience is assumed.
What will I learn in Poultry Farming Business?
You will build practical skills in Choosing between broilers and layers on capital and cashflow, Building deep litter or cage housing on a small plot, Sourcing day-old chicks from established hatcheries, Brooding chicks through the first 21 days, Feed budgeting and feed conversion ratio (FCR), Vaccination, biosecurity and avian flu reporting, Farm registration, permits and notifiable-disease duties, Costing a batch in naira and pricing per kg, Selling live and dressed birds, including festive season. Every lesson is written for a Nigerian context, with examples drawn from how the work is actually done and paid for here.
Do I get a certificate for Poultry Farming Business?
Yes, but it has to be earned. You complete the course project — A fully costed, compliance-checked 100-bird batch plan for your own town and submit it for grading. Passing the project issues a verifiable certificate; finishing the lessons alone does not.
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