Ever heard of the egg machines in the Philippines? This is not necessarily a machine that produces eggs. Instead, it is a backyard farming starter kit comprising of a cage of ready-to-lay pullets.
The poultry egg machines are distributed by Pilmico which is a subsidiary of Aboitiz Equity Ventures, a company that specializes in livestock feed milling. And, many farmers across the Philippines receive the kit so that they can boost their poultry income and get a commercially viable small-scale poultry farming venture started.
Every egg machine that is distributed to the farmer comes with 48 layers. Besides that, it includes a laying cage for optimal management and performance, as well as one-month’s supply of poultry feeds.
All recipients of the Pilmico egg machines get advance training.
The training covers poultry management and husbandry so that the recipients can take better care of the birds, maximize their yields, and minimize the mortality of the pullets as when introduced into a new environment on their premises.
The poultry rearing training above is provided by professional Pilmico poultry trainers and specialists.
These are point of lay pullets, so, within only a few days, the chicken should start laying eggs and the production levels should be maintained if the provided instructions are followed carefully, and the right poultry husbandry measures are applied.
In no time, with the Pilmico egg machine, you should have enough eggs not only for your home consumption, but also extras that you can sell.
For extra learning materials, make sure to check out our original guides about native chicken farming in the Philippines and layer management.
Going back to the kit, with the right management measures, you can have a laying efficiency of 70%. That means at least 70% of the layers will lay eggs on a daily basis. This will give you a massive egg supply that you can sell for profit.
And, of course, you can save the money you earn for future investments into your poultry venture.
You can use the money to buy feeds for the chicken, as well as to meet any veterinary costs that might arise from your venture.
If raised well, you can expect these birds to continue laying eggs for at least one year. If you keep enough of the profits from that year, you should have enough money to spend on buying pullets for the next growing cycle.
The Goal of the Pilmico “Egg Machines”
Furthermore, with good business acumen, you can even expand the stock from the initial egg machine, and grow your poultry egg production enterprise into a larger business that is producing thousands of eggs per month for the Philippines market.
In fact, that is what Pilmico is trying to achieve with the egg machine project – it is trying to empower the underprivileged farmers in the Philippines to become more efficient, productive, and self-sufficient by empowering them with knowledge and entrepreneurial thinking as applicable to poultry production.
Pilmico is trying to make backyard poultry farming not only more efficient, but also profitable and sustainable.
The project was started over 2 years ago, and to date, it has distributed more than 252 egg machines to hundreds of farmers across the Philippines.
The poultry egg machines are distributed as part of a program called “Mahalin Pagkaing Atin”. And, the aim of Pilmico’s campaign is to promote sustainable agriculture and entrepreneurship by promoting local produce. It aims to give farmers as well as local consumers “pride of product, pride of place” thinking so that they can produce locally and consume locally to boost the local economy.
Apart from the egg machine kits that it distributes to farmers, Pilmico also offers various training and knowledge exchange programs through lectures on animal husbandry as well as animal nutrition in order to help boost farmers’ capacity. There are also branding and micro-financing seminars aimed at helping farmers improve their business skills.