What are the costs and profits of sika deer farming?
Raising sika deer has become a new path for farmers in mountainous areas and forestry farm workers to get rich quickly. Raising 30 sika deer basically recovers the farm construction investment in 2 years, and the income in the third, fourth, and fifth years is 35,300 yuan, 48,400 yuan, and 94,200 yuan respectively. Below, let us take a look at the costs and profits of sika deer farming!
Sika deer farming conditions
1. Site selection: Choose a sandy or slightly stony site with relatively dry terrain, facing south or slightly southeast, with a 5-degree slope. In mountainous areas, choose a place that is not threatened by mountain floods, sheltered from wind, and well drained.
2. Feed conditions: It is best to choose a place where forage grass grows abundantly all year round, the environment is well protected, pollution is low, and noise is low. A fully confined sika deer requires an average of 350-400 kg of concentrate feed and 1,750-2,000 kg of roughage per year.
3. Water source conditions: Before building a deer farm, necessary surveys and investigations must be conducted on the groundwater level, natural water sources, water volume, and water quality within the site, and attention should be paid to the inorganic salt content in the water. Avoid using natural surface water sources such as rivers or polluted water sources near the site.
4. Feeding principles: Give priority to green and roughage, with concentrate feed as a supplement. Make full use of various local feed resources that are low in price, abundant in quantity, wide in source, and stable in supply. Each feeding amount should be appropriate. If the feeding amount is insufficient, the deer are prone to hunger, and they will not only be unable to rest quietly but also have their digestive function affected. If too much is fed each time, it will not only cause feed waste but also affect the sika deer's appetite at the next feeding. The feeding amount should be kept uniform day by day, not suddenly more or suddenly less.
Sika deer farming costs
1. One deer shed (including 1 living room), 90 sq m in total, 60 yuan per sq m, totaling 5,400 yuan.
2. Living room walls, doors, and windows total 600 yuan.
3. Activity area fencing 1,200 yuan.
4. Hay racks and feed troughs, 6 each, 30 yuan each, totaling 360 yuan.
5. Purchasing breeding deer: A small deer farm raising 30 breeding deer only needs to introduce 12 (6 males and 6 females) reserve breeding deer, 2,500 yuan each, totaling 30,000 yuan.
6. Feed working capital (calculated at 10 months) totaling 4,000 yuan.
7. Veterinary drugs and additives totaling 500 yuan.
8. Water and electricity totaling 600 yuan.
9. Unforeseen expenses (the sum of items 1-8 above × 15%) totaling 6,399 yuan. Items 1-9 above total 49,060 yuan, and the investment estimate is taken as 49,000 yuan.
Sika deer farming profits
1. First and second years
① Income: In the first year, 6 kg of newborn velvet antler is sold, at 2,500 yuan per kg, for an income of 15,000 yuan. In the second year, 15 kg of velvet antler is sold, at 2,500 yuan per kg, for an income of 37,500 yuan. After the farm has been running for 2 full years, there are 6 weaned reserve breeding deer; 4 are kept for breeding (2 males and 2 females), and 2 are sold, at 2,500 yuan each, for an income of 5,000 yuan. Total income over 2 years is 57,500 yuan.
② Expenditure: In the first year, feed costs are calculated at 0.85 yuan per deer per day, with 12 deer totaling 3,723 yuan for the year, and other expenses (electricity, veterinary drugs, additives, equipment, deer farm maintenance, etc.) are 1,700 yuan. Total expenditure in the first year is 5,423 yuan. In the second year, feed costs and nursing nutrition costs for fawns total 4,023 yuan, and other expenses are 1,700 yuan, for a total expenditure of 5,723 yuan in the second year. Total expenditure over 2 years is 11,150 yuan.
③ Profit: With income and expenditure offset, the profit is 46,350 yuan. After 2 years of running the farm, the investment is basically recovered, and there is also a breeding deer farm with 16 deer on hand.
2. Third year
① Income: That year, 6 deer are bred (3 males and 3 females), all kept for breeding, and only velvet antler is sold. The 6 adult male deer each produce 2.5 kg of antler, totaling 15 kg, at 2,500 yuan per kg, for an income of 37,500 yuan. The 2 young deer produce 2 kg of newborn velvet antler, at 2,500 yuan per kg, for an income of 5,000 yuan. The two items total 42,500 yuan in income.
② Expenditure: Feed costs are 4,964 yuan, plus nursing nutrition costs for fawns at 50 yuan each, 300 yuan for 6 deer, for a total feed cost of 5,264 yuan. Other expenses (water and electricity, veterinary drugs, additives, equipment, maintenance, etc.) are 1,900 yuan. Total expenditure is 7,164 yuan.
③ Profit: With income and expenditure offset, the profit is 35,340 yuan.
3. Fourth year:
① Income: That year, 8 deer are bred (4 males and 4 females), all kept for breeding, and only velvet antler is sold. The 8 adult male deer produce 20 kg of antler, at 2,500 yuan per kg, for an income of 50,000 yuan; the 3 young deer produce 3 kg of newborn velvet antler, at 2,500 yuan per kg, for an income of 7,500 yuan. The two items total 57,500 yuan in income.
② Expenditure: Feed costs for 22 deer are 6,825.5 yuan, plus 400 yuan in nursing nutrition costs for 8 fawns, for a total feed cost of 7,225.5 yuan; other expenses (water and electricity, veterinary drugs, additives, equipment, maintenance, etc.) are 1,900 yuan. Total expenditure is 9,125.5 yuan.
③ Profit: With income and expenditure offset, the profit is 48,370 yuan.
4. Fifth year
① Income: That year, 8 deer are bred (4 males and 4 females), all kept for breeding, and only velvet antler is sold. The 11 adult male deer produce 27.5 kg of antler, at 2,500 yuan per kg, for an income of 68,750 yuan; the 4 young deer produce 4 kg of newborn velvet antler, at 2,500 yuan per kg, for an income of 10,000 yuan; and 11 reserve breeding deer are sold for an income of 27,500 yuan. Total income is 106,250 yuan.
② Expenditure: Feed costs for 30 deer are 9,307.5 yuan, plus 550 yuan in nursing nutrition costs for 11 fawns, for a feed cost of 9,857.5 yuan; other expenses (water and electricity, veterinary drugs, additives, equipment, maintenance, etc.) are 2,200 yuan. Total expenditure is 12,060 yuan.
③ Profit: With income and expenditure offset, the profit is 94,190 yuan.