The profitability of breeding geese as a business

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Agriculture has always been considered not only an excellent platform for growing certain crops, but also a space for doing business. Yes, you can start your own business not only by opening boutiques in huge cities. Geese breeding as a business is considered a great project for beginners who dream of doing a profitable business.

Geese breeding as a business

However, before proceeding to active actions, preparing land, purchasing birds, it is necessary to consider whether such an investment of money and effort is profitable or not. Despite the fact that the usual rearing of geese is not a huge hassle, you need to prepare properly for breeding birds. It will take a lot of effort to get the maximum benefit from this case. You can find out how the preparation for breeding geese takes place by watching the video or reading the article below.

What can a goose "offer"?

It is possible to understand what breeding geese as a business can offer a person only by understanding the origin and characteristics of bird life. It should be noted in advance that such a business project is unlikely to bring a lot of profit. This is due to the fact that birds need constant supervision and good equipment, despite being easy to keep. The owner must not only constantly control the life of the birds, but also invest in the purchase of equipment for breeding them. Without these two points, you should not expect financial well-being.

In addition to equipment and the availability of free time, an entrepreneur should know about the love of geese for fresh air and pastures, therefore providing them with their own or rented walking area is extremely necessary. Success in the goose business is possible only after acquiring several hectares of meadow or any wasteland. By providing birds with the listed benefits, various positives can be achieved.

1. Get enough meat to sell, which is what makes the most of your profit. Even if you can't build a business on goose eggs, the meat can start bringing money after 2 months from grazing. 1 ha of pasture, on average, provides a person with two tons per year.
2. Protect yourself from buying freezing equipment and expired food storage. This is possible due to the length of the geese grazing season and the fact that harvesting takes place throughout the season, gradually meeting demand.
3. Start selling meat at a higher price than small farms do.
4. Start selling goose liver, which is considered not only an exquisite delicacy, but also a quality healing product. Foie gras or goose pâté are even more expensive and worthwhile. Due to the demand for such a product, breeding geese as a business is considered a lucrative business. Some farmers specifically buy exclusively "liver" breeds in order to fatten them and get high-quality liver.Foie gras are excellently stored at home due to the possibility of canning and transportation.
5. Make a profit with goose down, which is considered an excellent and valuable industrial product. They insulate their clothes, and the price is much more attractive than the cost of similar goods. By the way, you should look for possible candidates for the purchase of fluff when planning a goose farm as a business.

A worthy advantage of geese is considered their resistance to diseases and the ability to consume any type of feed, therefore, thinking about farming, it is necessary to give preference to breeding geese, so as not to spend money on financial insurance against diseases.

Requirements for growing poultry

It is difficult to answer the question of whether or not to raise geese, because it is almost impossible to find a definite answer. Experienced poultry farmers believe that geese breeding can only be afforded by a person who is not only versed in agriculture, but also has a profitable business that generates income. For beginners, according to professionals, breeding will seem difficult. However, why not take a chance? The goose breeding business will be possible after meeting the basic requirements.

1. Acquisition of a large, high-quality heated premises. It is advisable that the goose farm be equipped with an insulated floor. To breed geese, a room equal to 150 sq. m per 1000 birds. Heating is an extremely necessary criterion for growing, because if the limbs and beak are frostbitten, the bird will lose its commercial qualities, and will not provide the necessary "exit". It will not work to breed geese in a barn due to the large size of the bird and the need for a production permit from special sanitary authorities, veterinarians, and the fire service. A goose farm cannot be considered such without permission from the authorities.
2. Registration of an individual as an individual entrepreneur.
3. Providing birds with a reservoir of 200 sq. m, where the birds will be provided with grass and water. If there are no such ponds in the village or in the selected area, then you will have to spend energy and money on digging and filling it.
4. The location of the goose farm away from settlements and its homes due to the aggressiveness of the birds and their noisy and loud behavior. Raising geese should take place away from children, because irritated birds can peck a child or even a person to death.
5. Providing birds with a sufficient amount of insulated bedding, feeders, nests, incubators, drinkers. The manufacture of feeders and drinkers can be done independently at home to save money.
6. Search for factories specializing in compound feed. In the summer, costs are reduced due to constant grazing and visiting lakes and ponds.

You can implement a business idea for breeding geese after acquiring or renting an abandoned poultry house, cowshed. By the way, the repair and restoration of abandoned buildings with disrupted communications is much cheaper than building from scratch. In addition, a goose farm on the site of another poultry house proves that the selected site is suitable. More than one video tells and shows how the right goose farms look like.

Breed selection

The breed of the bird largely determines how successful the business will be, and therefore the plan should include careful selection of the breed. Geese differ in the purpose and place of breeding, in what weather conditions this or that bird will be forced to live. In addition, it is necessary to start a breeding business with a solution to the issue of regular offspring.

Geese are considered unimportant "mothers", and a goose egg cannot be incubated in a built incubator. Up to 7 eggs are placed under 1 brooding bird. Buying a branded incubator in this case is justified, however, you only need to choose models with a large capacity, for which the purchase of domestic incubators is better suited.

Based on the described physiological characteristics of birds, farmers recommend growing large gray species, after which they can be supplemented with common Kholmogory ones. Birds are suitable for breeding because of good incubation and hatching of young stock, as well as due to their endurance and resilience. A goose farm in the south may consist of Gorky and Romny geese, and in the temperate zone it is better to breed Ural geese.

Opening a goose farm: standards and requirements

When drawing up a breeding plan, you need to prepare yourself in advance for passing and filling out a huge amount of papers and certificates. Since goose and foie gras are considered products in need of certification, you will definitely visit more than one relevant authority. Therefore, before you start making a profit, you will have to visit several instances.

1. Tax office, in which the registration of an individual entrepreneur takes place. Be sure to indicate the type of your activity, in this case it is the sale of meat, eggs, etc. After that, a special certificate will be provided, which serves as the main document for further procedures.
2. Rospotrebnadzor and the fire service, which need to provide a previously received document, acquire a permission to open.
3. Veterinary service. Birds must be certified, because home-grown goose meat cannot be sold without documents, even in the markets. Veterinarians will provide you with several documents, including a certificate and a veterinary certificate stating that the enterprise is safe and contains the necessary equipment, attributes and grounds.

It will be possible to breed geese only after a ready-made package of documents has been collected and a plan for the veterinary measures to be taken has been approved with veterinarians. Very often it is at the stage of paperwork that many entrepreneurs ask themselves the question: "Is breeding really so profitable?" In the case of renting a room for a rooster, getting a certificate is unlikely to work, the same applies to the purchase of young animals from not trusted suppliers.

Poultry certification takes place immediately, but your birds need to be certified again afterwards. It is not always profitable to buy young animals from unverified suppliers at a pleasant price, because they were mainly prepared for fattening. Growing them will bring nothing but losses and waste of time. Due to the difficulties that appear at the certification stage, it is not necessary to immediately start forming your own breeding herd - you should limit yourself to rearing. When the plan has already "worked out", you can proceed to the independent formation of your own herd of breeding geese. Finding suppliers is quite problematic, since there are only a few factories in Russia. The purchase can be carried out in Pyatnitsky, Priirtyshsky and Lindovsky. When making any bird purchases, it is important to carefully consider all existing quality certifications and standards.

About commercial prospects

It is quite convenient to be engaged in calculations and drawing up an approximate business plan both at home and in the office. The following data are only indicative of the commercial prospects for growing:

• the purchase of premises will have to spend more than one ruble, on average it costs up to 300 thousand rubles;
• it is possible to repair and provide equipment for a ready-made gooseneck within 200 thousand rubles;
• to issue a document, on average, it is possible for 20 thousand or more rubles;
• you can buy young animals from 1000 heads in the range of 10-50 rubles apiece, ready for fattening costs up to 50 thousand rubles;
• spending on feed and other expenses will amount to 800 thousand rubles.

Growing geese requires an initial investment of 1 million rubles or more. Calculating the income that a herd of 1000 heads, including 800 geese, can give, we get about 1.5 million rubles. (including the sale of liver, fluff, feathers, eggs).If there are geese weighing 4 kg or more on the farm, it will be possible to sell them for 600-1200 rubles, and down and feathers are suitable for ateliers and industries. In addition, one must remember about constant checks and unexpected situations on which you will have to spend part of the profit.

The subtleties of feeding and keeping birds

The maintenance and feeding of birds does not present any particular difficulties and is described in detail in almost every reference book. The only thing that is important and must be remembered is the love of birds for dense meals, greens, juicy food and liquids. Getting a high income also depends on how often the goose herds are grazed. It is better to use "stalls" exclusively in industry, raising birds for canned food or for feeding birds for future cooking on the table.

Thus, it cannot be said that breeding geese is extremely profitable, but this business cannot be called unprofitable. If the goose farm meets all standards and requirements, as well as produces high-quality meat and products, there is no need to talk about losses. Using a serious approach to business, carefully doing calculations, it will be easy to provide yourself with a stable income, even at home. Goose farm as a business is profitable and promising!