Incubation & hatchery business is a lucrative business opportunity in Tanzania and the ROI is quick. Incubation & hatchery business doesn’t require specialized knowledge and almost all suppliers of incubators provide all the necessary training and info in order to have a successful business operation. Visit surehatch.co.za to see indicative costs of egg incubators.
What is a hatchery
A hatchery is a facility where eggs are hatched under an artificial condition. A chicken hatchery aims at producing chicks.
Overview of the chicks market in Tanzania
Poultry hatcheries produce a majority of the birds consumed in the world. This is totally opposite in Tanzania where around 70 per cent of chicken production comes from traditional breeds (kuku wa kienyeji).
Local chickens are prefered by Tanzanians for chicken soup and houseld chicken meat. Availability of local chickens doesn’t meat the demand resulting in very high prices of local chickens.
On the other hand, Tanzania recently banned the importation of broiler chicks to protect local industries and poultry farmers.
More Tanzanians are shifting from red meat consumption to white meat consumtion for health reasons. With increased visits to ENT doctors and increased recommendations by GI doctors that people should try to reduce consumption of red meat to improve their gastro-intestinal, esophageal and pharyngeal health, more families prefer chicken and fish.
Given the three factors, i.e. shortage of local chickens, import ban of broiler chicks and , chicks hatchery is a lucrative business that will not let anyone down.
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Overview of the supply side of chicks from the incubation & hatchery business
Most hatcheries and poultry breeding farms operate within residential areas without standard operating procedures. Unregistered themselves, they rarely avail of the services of registered veterinarians hence facing high mortality rates among chicks.
Tanzania livestock master plan proposes two strategies to mitigate this challenge. The strategies are:
- Promotion of the registration of hatcheries and poultry breeder farms and establishment of operational guidelines and standard operating procedures for these enterprises; and
- Institutionalization of mandatory biosafety and HACCP procedures for poultry meat, eggs and feeds.
 Kessy Juma is the founder of Miamia Trading Company (miamiatz). He is a Techpreneur with roots in accountancy. He believes that any business is good as long it caters the right market using the right strategy. 
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