MEASURING THE PROFITABILITY OF SMALL SCALE BROILER PRODUCTION FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Measuring the Profitability of Small scale Broiler Production for entrepreneurial skill development was carried out in the department of agricultural education, federal college of Education Kontagora. One hundred day old Broiler chicks were brooded for four weeks and reared for another four weeks; at eight weeks the experimental birds were sold. The data for the study was collected through primary source with the use of farm record.Net farm income and gross margin analysis were used to determine the costs and returns of broiler production for the study, using budgetary technique. The research findings revealed total variable cost of ₦97,400 was incurred during the experiment and fixed cost was ₦2,100 with gross income of ₦162,000 which resulted to net farm income ₦64,600.00 and return to capital of ₦0.40, this indicates that the small scale broiler production was profitable. It was therefore recommended that broiler farmers should increase their flock size, develop the skills of record keeping and self-formulation of quality poultry feed.