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Eggs Freshly Removed From Poultry Farm |
Eggs are high in cholesterol and this makes it a perfect diet for growing children. It can reduce risk of many diseases, it supplies quality protein to the body, it is rich in vitamin A and this helps healthy eyesight, it contains choline and this is used to build cell membranes which helps in producing molecules in the brain.
The uses of eggs are numerous, we use eggs in baking different types of confectioneries like cake, bread, meat-pie and so on. It is used as cosmetics like shampoo, conditioners, soaps, cholesterol, face mask and lots more. It is also used as glue, the sticky quality of egg white clean some certain surfaces like leather, its uses makes it so clear that eggs has a high demand.
For you to make success in buying and selling eggs there are some tips to put into consideration and here are few of the tips.
Have Your Own Vehicle
Egg business is more profitable in Nigeria when you make it a mobile business. Purpose of this is to make you distribute your eggs conveniently to your customers. Most shop owners usually feel too comfortable once they are seated in their shops, and so they feel reluctant to go to farms in order to pick eggs and also they consider the number of cracked eggs they will realize picking eggs directly from farm on their own. This is why being mobile is important in egg business.Locate Your Target Market
Picking up eggs from farms is not a problem, your target market is what matters to you. Your target should be the highly populated environment. It could be markets any where, the mobility aspect makes you spread your distribution process all around. Once you know where and whom to distribute your eggs to, you will only need to go there directly.
Pick up Farms
To start buying and selling eggs, you must locate two or more farms depending on what capacity you want to work on, a poultry farm is where you can pick up eggs for sale. Before you can start picking eggs from farms, you must be a registered customer with the farm, and you must be consistent there, meaning you have to always pick up eggs weekly.
Other Working Tools
The basic tool needed for this business is empty crates, it could be paper crates or plastic crates. You can buy crates of 100 pieces at N10,000 or N5,000 if you choose to buy the paper crates , the total number you will need to run your business now depends on you. Note that the paper crates are more protective to your eggs, it reduces the number of cracks you will realize from transferring your eggs, and it's cheaper as well but damages more quickly than the plastic ones.
Cost Of Starting The Business
Cost of acquiring a used vehicle constitutes almost 90% of your capital needed in this business. Once you are mobile, the only cost you will need to run this business for a start is N80,000, with this amount you can buy 120 crates of eggs. A crate of egg can cost N650 or less from farm depending on the size you choose to buy, any balance left will be incurred on fueling your vehicle and other road expenses.
Potential Profit
In this business, you are your own boss and you will decide how much profit you want to make in a week. Depending on any size of egg you choose to buy, you will gain profit of N100 on a crate of egg if you sell as a whole seller but if you choose to sell as retailer you can have profit of N300 on a crate. If you restrict yourself to selling just 100 crates of eggs weekly, that means you will realize profit of N10,000 weekly and this is just N40, 000 monthly.This is how you determine your profit. Setting a target to sell 1,000 crates of egg per week will mean you will realize 100 x 1,000 = N100,000 weekly, multiply this per month, that is a whooping sum of N400,000 profit monthly. If you deduct your monthly expenses from this amount am very sure you will still have a reasonable amount to save.
Buying and selling eggs might look odd to you but concentrate on how profitable it is and stop waiting for gainful employment in that oil and gas company that may not come until when your responsibilities are enormous. Keep yourself busy and be productive.
Feel free to leave a comment, and if you have any challenges, don't hesitate to ask us questions, locating a farm where you can pick up eggs can also be a challenge to you, ask us any question we will gladly respond to you.
Wish you all the best in your business career.
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hey Thanks for this wonderful Post,Egg retailing looks profitive and i will surely go into it soonest
ReplyDeleteokay, go into it as soon as possible, and if you have any question feel free to ask us anytime.
ReplyDeleteNice, how much will you get the egg in the farm
ReplyDeleteNice, how much will you get the egg in the farm
ReplyDeleteHello, the price of eggs depends on the sizes of egg. For instance, you can buy eggs from a particular farm between the ranges of N400 - N700.
DeleteNice, how much will you get the egg in the farm
ReplyDeleteMr Darlinton please i would want a chat with you. A confidential business matter.
And how much will u sale if u buy at tvat price from farm.and how would u manage to sale 1000 crate of eggs in a week.what is the market taket fast food or ware
ReplyDeleteits very do able. I have a full time job 9 - 5 Mondays to Fridays and on Saturdays I supply eggs. I leave home around 5;30 am I m at the farm by 7 am I am through by 10 - 11 because you will have to arrange the eggs carefully so as not to brake them before I leave I sort some into big( jumbo), medium and then small ( pullet) and I immediately start supplying. I began in December with 50 crate now in jan I am doing 350 crates of egg at 100 naira profit on each crate. it is very lucrative
DeleteGreat business effort! Keep it up and never look back, you'll make something really big from it
Deleteyou can make it if you set a target for yourself. see yourself reporting to a boss and not to your self you will surely get there gradually.
ReplyDeleteHow much it a wholesale price per crate if am saling and how much will I buy from the farm .Please any farm of ur choice u can refer me.
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ReplyDeleteGood day Mr Darlington, Pls how can i locate the farms in Lagos?
The only farm I know that sells in large quantity is Obasanjo farms at Ibogun which is where I get my supply from.
DeleteGreat post, i intend to go into it soonest.
ReplyDeleteWeldone Olaitan,
ReplyDeleteVery well written. For those asking for the price of eggs from the farm and any recommendation, i will like to point out again like Olaitan mentioned in one of the comments above, the prices of eggs differ and this is as a result of the difference in sizes. Again, the prices usually differ a bit depending on the area and other factors like relationship with the farmer and all of that but normally, you would get good eggs btw N500 - N800.
A quick search for Animal and Pets on olx would bring up a good list of egg distributors and farmers, this i believe is a good start but as usual never release money to anyone until .... You know the rest of the story. You can also ask around, you never can tell, one might just be in your neighborhood.
Cheers and Goodluck.
do i really need a car to start this business?
ReplyDeleteYou know eggs are very fragile and they could easily break except if your customers are close to where you have your shop.I think that is why you need to be mobile. God is your strength.
Deletehow do u store the eggs after purchase and if the market is not fast moving how long the eggs can last?
ReplyDeleteNo need to store it, you have your customers and supply them on the go. It's a fast moving commodity
DeleteThanks for all these ideas. I have an intention to set up a poultry farm soon, layers for the production of eggs.
ReplyDeleteBefore my layers start to produce eggs can I go into egg business in order for me to have who to supply when the time comes?
Maybe or may not. If you decide to go into egg business in advance, that's fine as that may give leverage of income. If not, you can market your target customers down by just informing them that very soon you'll be producing
DeleteWhat kind of vehicle that is good for egg business/ distribution?
ReplyDeleteI have a Renault kangoo which can convey 1000 crates per trip
Deletehello, please can u wright a business plan on distributor of egg supply to shops, and please how can l communicate with u in pravite.
ReplyDeletehow can l get ur direct contact, it is very important l talk to u, it urgent
ReplyDeletemy name is Hayes Abiodun
ReplyDeletePlease am looking for where to get a disposable create of eggs can anyone help me out
ReplyDeletePlease am looking for where to get a disposable create of eggs to buy . can anyone help me out
ReplyDeleteVery interesting post. I am a poultry famer and i can supply as many eggs as you would need for your business. Price range is between 500 to 650. Contact me on twitter at @primerafarms. My farm is im badagry lagos
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Deletesamuel omotosho is the name
I'm in Ibadan, and right now, before I came across this post, I was doing a research on egg distribution business. Thank God I came across this, it helps...but, my question is this: Where can I get like hundreds crates of egg in Ibadan. I live around Iwo-road Ibadan.
ReplyDeletepls, i reside in Taraba State, from which farm can i make purchase at a very good price, and also how do i do the packing making it ready for transportation
ReplyDeleteI am a poultry famer and i can supply as many eggs as you would need...Poultry farm located in delta state around obiaruku at a good price
ReplyDeleteThanks for your post. I am interested in this business, Could you please tell me where to buy the crates and how to package them in my car ( passat ) for delivery. I can start with the 120 crates as you suggested. I wait to hear from you , Thank you and may God bless us all.
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please where is the farm whose eggs appeared on your post. I need a farm that will pack the eggs in 30 Dozen as shown above. Kindly reply me sir.
ReplyDeleteHow many do you want to buy? I mean the quantity of eggs you want to buy. If it's big enough, I may look out for a farm that will package it for you the way you see it on the picture. But why packaging, where are you taking it to?
DeleteHello Darlington, is it possible to transport packaged eggs as shown in the picture from known farm to Port harcourt?
Deleteplease where can i get good farm in Lagos to get my eggs from to supply. I want to go into the business.i want to start with 500 crates of eggs
DeleteTnx 4 d post
ReplyDeletePls, where can i get eggs in large quantities in Abuja?
ReplyDeletePlease kindly suggest farms where i can get very big eggs. I'm into the business already and would love to expand. Looking for the best buy. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteGood day, Please is it possible to get a business proposal sample on egg supply? thanks
ReplyDeleteThis info is great! I'm going into it after my service later this year!
ReplyDeleteGood morning all.Oluwalaanumi farms located in Ogbomosho.We supply eggs to Lagos and Ibadan axis.
DeleteOluwalaanumi is able offer you transportation @ additional cost. Please note terms and conditions applies.
DeleteI started the business last year with Obasanjo farms and I got the wrong end of the stick. Their eggs are of the lowest quality and they get spoilt easily. I made losses in large quantity. It was just this year that I made further research and I got a collection of farms in the same locality in Ilorra near oyo town where their eggs are good and I rent my transport from a man in ogbomosho from where I bring my eggs to lagos. Though the farm is far and it increases my overhead but I have rest of mind and I'm saving up to buy up my own buy my own bus which will further increase my profit and reduce my cost.
ReplyDeleteAbiodun, thank you for the wonderful feedback, people can now take note and learn from your experience in other to avoid loses.
Deletethank you for the Info. I live in Lagos and looking for farm where i can register and get my supply from. if there are good farma i can get the eggs from in Lagos, i would be very happy
ReplyDeletethank you for the information. I very much want to go into the business but do not know where to get my egg supply from. I stay in Lagos. Are there good farms in Lagos where I can get my egg supply from?
ReplyDeleteGood evening sir, l read your post and it's very encouraging me. I am based in Abuja please where can l get the egg's. Where can l register and buy directly from the farm? I intend to start month end January 2016 with 100 crates.Also where do l get the empty crates paper. Thanks Mr Darlington.
ReplyDeleteGood evening sir, please l reside in Abuja where can l get the eggs from the farm. I intend to start with 100 crates. Also where can I get the paper empty crates. Thanks.
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