So we already know of the current selling prices of Broiler chickens-they range from $5.5 to $7 in Zimbabwe. Now some have been asking us about the cost of raising each bird so that they can calculate the profitability of Broiler chickens. Please note that this is a general guide, feel free to edit it if you feel we missed certain key information or provided wrong information.
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| Item | Unit | Unit Cost | Quantity | Total |
| Day Old Chick Cost | per bird | 0.9 | 1000 | 900 |
| Total cost of Chicks | 900 | |||
| Feed Cost | ||||
| Chick Starter-Day Old to 3 weeks | tonnage | 460 | 1 | 460 |
| Finisher -3 weeks to 6 weeks | tonnage | 460 | 3 | 1380 |
| Total Feed | 1840 | |||
| Vaccine Cost | ||||
| Gumboro @ 11 days | litres | 0.007 | 1000 | 7 |
| Gumboro @ 17 days | litres | 0.007 | 1000 | 7 |
| NCD @ 21 Days | litres | 0.004 | 1000 | 4 |
| Total Vaccine Cost | 18 | |||
| Medication Cost | ||||
| Vitamins (g) | per packet | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Antibiotics | per packet | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Medication cost | 20 | |||
| Other Variable costs | ||||
| Fuel | litres | 1.03 | 108 | 111.24 |
| Labour @ $60/month | hours | 1.5 | 60 | 90 |
| Gas | per kg | 2.5 | 100 | 250 |
| Wood shavings | per bag | 0.5 | 160 | 80 |
| Detergents | litres | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Disinfectants | litres | 30 | 1 | 30 |
| Total Other costs | 572.24 | |||
| Total Rearing Costs | 3,350 | |||
| Cost of Mortality (5%) | 167.5 | |||
| Total costs including Mortality | 3,518 | |||
| Total Cost /Broiler | 3.52 |
