Kadaknath Poultry Farm: Today Kadaknath cock has become the first choice of the farmers doing poultry business. This species coming from Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh is becoming famous all over the world today. The black color of Kadaknath is the center of attraction, but the medicinal properties present in its meat and eggs are also responsible for the increasing demand. It may take many years to give profit to a normal breed poultry farm, but if proper management is done, Kadaknath farm starts earning well in a year itself. Now along with farmers, professional youths are also joining Kadaknath rearing. Vipin Shivhare also opened the Kadaknath Poultry Farm after losing his job during the lockdown.
Turning the disaster into an opportunity, bought 200 hens and 20 cocks at a cost of Rs 2 lakh. To expand the farm, he also set up a hatchery and today there are 12,000 Kadaknath chickens on his farm, which are earning lakhs annually. Meanwhile, Vipin Shivhare also exports the Kadaknath chickens of his farm to Bahrain. Kadaknath chicken is very much liked there. Vipin Shivhare earns Rs 70,000 by exporting Kadaknath abroad.
success through struggle
Vipin Shivhare started his career with small jobs. The first job was Rs 1,600, the second job was Rs 9,000 and the last job was Rs 16,000 per month. The family used to run from this job. Siblings got married, but the only means of earning was snatched away in the lockdown.
It was the era of Corona, so people were looking for the best supplement for their health. After research, it was found that the demand of Kadaknath is increasing a lot and due to its medicinal properties people are liking it a lot. Its price was also higher than that of broiler chicken.
Collected more information about this from Google, YouTube. Made up his mind to raise Kadaknath and opened his own poultry farm by taking a loan of Rs 2 lakh. Kadaknath is reared by tribal communities in Jhabua and Dhar districts of Madhya Pradesh. Vipin Shivhare also bought chickens from there.
luck changed with a video
Kadaknath Poultry Farm undoubtedly gives more profit, but these black chicks need special care. A special kind of feed, cleanliness, care, monitoring also has to be kept equal. Now Vipin Shivhare has opened a poultry farm, but he is unable to arrange feed to feed the chickens.
Nurtured these chicks by borrowing money. Vipin used to be very active on social media. One day he put the video of his poultry farm on YouTube. After this, the first order for chicks came from Odisha, for which payment was received in advance.
40,000 income per month
Vipin Shivhare says that Kadaknath’s chick becomes 1.5 kg within 4 to 6 months, which can be easily taken out in the market. The cost of a single chick is Rs 500, while 3,000 chicks are sold every month. In this way, an income of Rs 40,000 is made every month. Recently, Vipin Shivhare has also got his hatchery registered.
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