Eggs
£20,300 96.4M UGX
The backbone. At full lay (80%) the flock gives 373 boxes a week — 11,200 eggs — at 10,000 UGX a box.
Breakdown- Boxes per week373
- Weeks per period26
- Price per box10,000 UGX
The numbers
What a cycle earns. What it costs.
Every figure here comes straight from the farm’s operating model — a week-by-week sheet for the 2,000-bird flock. Shown in British pounds, with the Ugandan shilling alongside (rate used: £1 ≈ 4,750 UGX). These are planned-model numbers, not yet booked actuals.
Operating margin
35%
income clears costs by a third
Income per cycle
£29,800
141.6M UGX · per 6-month period
Running costs
£19,400
92.3M UGX · per 6-month period
Operating profit
£10,400
49.3M UGX · per 6-month period
Net, full model
£26,700
126.9M UGX · Apr 2025–Dec 2026
Income vs running costs
From startup loss to profit.
Each bar pair is a production period from the model. The first cycle runs at a loss while the birds grow to lay and the first maize stock is bought; from the second cycle on, income clears costs. The final window is a shorter 3-month period (it also banks the cycle-end fertilizer and spent-hen sales).
The bottom line
Revenue, costs, and what’s left.
The whole modeled run, Apr 2025–Dec 2026. Tap revenue or costs to open the breakdown.
Maize flour
£9,500 45.2M UGX
The farm mills its own maize on-site — 18,000–24,000 kg shelled a season, milled at ~60% to flour and sold.
Breakdown- Maize per season18,000–24,000 kg
- Milled to flour~60%
- VarietyLonge 10H
Solid fertilizer
£2,840 13.5M UGX
Each clean-out yields 40–50 tonnes of windrow-composted fertilizer, bagged in 50 kg sacks at 18,000–25,000 UGX each.
Breakdown- After windrows~30,000 kg
- Price per kg450 UGX
- Per 50 kg sack~22,500 UGX
Liquid fertilizer
£2,530 12.0M UGX
The leachate off the windrows — 7,000–9,000 litres a cycle of concentrate, diluted and sold or used on the farm’s own crops.
Breakdown- Collected~2,000 litres
- Made per cycle7,000–9,000 L
- Price per litre6,000 UGX
Spent hens
£5,870 27.9M UGX
At the end of the laying cycle the birds are sold on — ~1,640 hens (82% survival) at 17,000 UGX each.
Breakdown- Birds sold~1,640
- Survival82%
- Price each17,000 UGX
Feed
£15,645 74.3M UGX
The big one — ~80% of all costs. Concentrate, broken maize and bran, plus limestone for shell quality.
Breakdown- Concentrate (Intraco)£7,357 · 34.9M UGX
- Broken maize & bran£7,982 · 37.9M UGX
- Limestone£307 · 1.5M UGX
Wages
£1,895 9.0M UGX
Three full-time staff running the flock, the mill and the windrows across the period.
Breakdown- Staff3 full-time
- Per worker / week~115,000 UGX
- Weeks per period26
Overheads
£1,895 9.0M UGX
Land, power and animal health — the fixed costs of keeping the place running.
Breakdown- Land management£632 · 3.0M UGX
- Electricity£632 · 3.0M UGX
- Vet£632 · 3.0M UGX
Net profit
£26,700 126.9M UGX
The assumptions
What the model runs on.
The inputs behind every figure above — the same ones in the planning sheet.
| Flock size | 2,000 laying hens |
| Peak lay rate | 80% — 11,200 eggs (373 boxes) a week |
| Egg price | 10,000 UGX per box (≈ £2.11) |
| Maize | 18,000–24,000 kg shelled a season · hybrid Longe 10H · ~60% milled to flour |
| Fertilizer | 40–50 tonnes solid + 7,000–9,000 litres liquid per clean-out cycle |
| Staff | 3 full-time workers |
| Exchange rate | £1 ≈ 4,750 UGX |
These are operating-model projections drawn from the farm’s planning sheet — the basis for decisions, not booked accounts. Daily takings will be logged here as the farm reports them.