Want to start your own business in backyard piggery but don’t know what to do. Don’t worry, here’s a simple small business start up guide for you to learn the basics of backyard piggery business.
For this guide, here’s the tips of Rolly Bautista, 51, seasoned pig farmer with some basic know how for people who want to get into this kind of business. Rolly, who maintains a 200-square meter pig cage in his backyard in Apalit, Pampanga, has been in this line of business since 2000.
Piggery Entrepreneurs - Developing Your Piggery Business
“It is not true that pigs are filthy animals. In fact, they can easily catch diseases if their surroundings, and even the people who take care of them or approach them, are unclean,” Rolly Bautista said.
So for those who want to use their backyards for a small-scale piggery business, Rolly said the first emphasis should be on the pig cage or pen. He said that a drainage system and a septic tank are musts. Through this, every time the pigs urinate or defecates, the area can be cleaned immediately. The pigs defecate twice a day and the cage will only become smelly if they get mixed with the urine.
“If you will immediately clean the cage, it will not smell bad and your neighbors will not even notice that you have a piggery in your backyard because it will not emit a foul smell,” he said.
There should also be a steady source of water because the pigs need to be washed at least once a day. They also need to drink clean water regularly.
The roofing of the cage should be high to help it have proper ventilation, because the sow will easily suffer a miscarriage if the area gets too hot. The pen should have regular anti-bacterial sprays. Bautista said a 200-square meter pen can accommodate up to 10 sows (inahin) and 50 fattener piglets.
Piggery Business Plan – Two Options To Consider
For those interested in starting a piggery, there are two options to choose from:
1. Grow so-called ‘fatteners’ and sell them when they have reached at least 90 kilos in weight.
A fattener, Bautista says, is a pig with an age ranging from one month to 45 days. They can be bought at an average of P1,600 to P1, 800 each, depending on the prevailing market price. They consume an average of one sack of feeds per month at P1200 each sack. They are ready to be sold after three months.
As a sample estimate, if the prevailing price is P100 per kilo for live pigs, then a 100-kilo pig will sell P10,000.
Slaughtering the pig and selling it to neighbors might net you an additional 30-percent mark-up.
2. Pig breeding
Another option is breeding and selling pigs wholesale. Bautista says a 120-day-old sow (Dumalaga) can be bought for a minimum of P12,000 each. It will then take an average of four to six months for the sow to give birth.
“Make sure that you keep the sow thin so it will not have more piglets and will not have a hard time giving birth. It is best to limit to one kilo the feeds that it will eat for one day,” he said.
In doing this, Rolly said the sow can give birth to more than 20 piglets. A fatter sow, on the other hand, can only have up to eight piglets.
After taking care of the piglets for one month, he said they can be sold already for at least P1,000.
In receiving buyers, Rolly said you must make sure that they will not get too close to the pigs. This is because there is a possibility that they have been to other piggeries and they may have brought some diseases with them.
While in the business, Rolly said the seminars usually given by the suppliers and manufacturers of feeds are a must. The feeds producers also dispatch their veterinarians once a week to the piggery owners.
“You should be well-informed especially with the new kinds of diseases that are coming out,” he said.
Rolly said the business will continue to be profitable as long as cleanliness will emanate from the owners themselves.
Entrep Tip: Pigs usually cost higher after the Holiday season because the supplies have run out by that time. Rolly said you can adjust your mating schedules according to this.
Hog raising business in the Philippines is a profitable business. And these simple tips will greatly help you in your hog raising business success.
Source: Entrepreneur
Hi. Could I inquire for manuals, market quotations and opportunities for piggeries? I’m not well versed on how things are handled and run but i’m really interested on having one. Any tips?
I find your tips on swine raising very helpful educational.As i’m planning to venture into hog raising like raising 100 fattening piglets in the near future in my wife place in Quezon province, for a start, I find your website encouraging and helpful. Thank you.
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may i ask for a contact number of mr. rolly bautista? i want to learn more about piggery and i want to visit his pen. thank you
can i hav ethe contact no of Rolly Bautista, 51, seasoned pig farmer in Apalit, Pampanga.
Gd pm. Pls send me mr. Rolly’s cntact #. I want to learn more from him. Thank you very much and more power to rolly and to all of u guys!
me & my brother have had just started a small backyard piggery, in this line since we are not yet well verse in backyard piggery business we started,I would appreciate so much if you can give me the Contact Number, Complete Adress of Mr Rolly Bautista in Apalit, Pampanga if we’re allow to visit his pig pen for us to get more knowledge and ideas for continuing this kind of farm business.
Thank You. God Bless
a big thanks to you for this eyes opening write up,i’m a Nigerian, i don’t know anything about pigs but i want to learn more about its rearing and also its economic importance, apart from its sales, what other proceed can be gotten from pigs?
Would like to start with 40 piglets.
Provide basic info. Am an Agronomist. Zim
Hello,would you please,findn me a manual book for piggery.
Hi,
Could you please send me Mr. Rolly Bautista’s contact info for possible training about piggery or some suppliers or manufacturers willing to give seminars/trainings in this kind of business.
Thanks,
Bernard Miranda
Wonderful article. I’m very much interested in piggery in Sta. Cruz, Laguna but since I’ve been here in the States practically all my life I was wondering if you can share more information in establishing business license and permit.
kindly please add some simple plan to built a small piggery since i’m not familiar yet with this business. also, can we built a piggery house when your lot is a residential. i hope you can give some advice regarding this. thank you.
I need your expert advice on piggery farm start-up.
Please indicate if I need to get some materials on tutorials.
You may also states the cost of tutorials.
Thanks.
Mfonabasi etuk
Nigeria
It’s very interesting article.would u like send me the techniques on how to manage backyard piggery in profitable way.
sir Rolly kindly send me a copy of your own journal.thank you very much
your article on piggery is really a master piece. bravo. pls can u furnish me with all the necessary information on starting apiggery business at my backyard. also information on how to take care and manage the business. thanks. leonard
Hi Mr.Rolly Bautista,
can i ask you some tip about this kind of business?coz i wanna know more about this and i would like to start piggery as soon as possible for now i need your help and information about this. can u please send me your tips how can i start this business
Thank you so much.
Mary Joy
help me with information on how to make piggery houses and how to keep piggeries.am a small enterprenuer who want to start piggery business on a small scale in Zambia.please advise.my email is mutelogerald@yahoo.com
good day!
may i know the contact number of mr. bautista? i want to buy piglets 45days old. thanks, ezer
Hi Mr. Rolly, your article is great..More advise i’ve plan to start small backyard piggery. How much for starting capital all in all? and is there any business permit do i need?
Appreciate your feedback,,tks!!
Hi! I found the above-stated tips very helpful. Do you have a complete guide on this business in written or CD form? Kindly let me know how i may have one. Thank you so much!
The most helpful tips that I can share in this tread is that even you started in a small piggery, better to contact a feed supplier to supply all your needs in advance and pay them later when you sold your fattener or piglets. So you can invest more and more in fattener instead of paying in advance your supplies.
tanung ko lang po kung ilang inahin at fatteners ang allowed sa backyard as per the law
Your page is well understandable with best information. I’m starting a piggery project with twenty piglets in Botswana thirty five kilometres from the main city Gaborone. As a starter it is difficult to raise piglets without proper information. Thanks to you guys and please bring more.(Capitalists, vet information, markets, etc…)
THanks for this site, now i’m sure that i’m going to be rich….
sir rolly,can you pls,gve me your procedure to how to start a small business like piggery..
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Hi Rolly,
kasisimula klang ng aking piggery mga 50 heads fattener, gmagamit ako ng kusot ng kahoy galing sa sawmill pra ma absorb ang dumi at ihi ng baboy.malinis ang baboy kahit walang ligo, walang amoy ang banlat. Wala ba effect ang kusot sa health ng baboy?
FROM: DELFIN VELASCO
HELLO,
MR. ROLLY, PLEASE KINDLY SEND ME A JOURNAL FOR STARTING A PIGGERY BUSINESS AT FACEBOOK JUST TYPE DELFIN VELASCO AND SEND ME YOUR JOURNAL THANK YOU VERY MOCH!!!! GOD BLESS!!
SINCERELY,
DELFIN VELASCO
Please help me with information on how to start up a small business on piggery .am a student who want to start piggery business on a small scale in in my own here in Papua New Guinea.please advise.my email address is wmalye@student.dwu.ac.pg.
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This is very helpful Mr Rolly, please furnish me with some CD or journal. Include the costs too.
Kind regards
Webster
Hi Rolly,
I am interested to have this business soon in my home town in Negros. Thanks for the information & ideas you have shared to us.
Best Reards,
Ronnie Trinidad
Riyadh KSA
hello po good afternoon, gusto kopo sanang mag start ng small piggery business, mga 10 pigs po.magkano po kailanga kung profit. di po ba kayu nagpapaseminar dito sa angeles?, taga balibago lang po kasi ako and gusto kopo kasing mag attend.
Hello,
Thank you so much for the informative post regarding piggery bussiness. I am planning to start this kind of farm bussiness too with my brother. Wish I could get more tips here in raising pigs. Could I please get Mr. Rolly’s email?
More power,
Hazel
I am a Nigerian ,i so much appreciate your efforts so far on piggery presently i’m into fishery but intend starting piggery soonest .It would be appreciated if the detailed e-mail address could be sent to me for more discussion
Im from Bulacan and planning to start a backyard farm, how much capital will i need to provide if i started at least 5 sow?
can i ask a brochure of hog fatening
thank you, i got a good idea,, after i finish my contract i hope i can start a small piggery but i need a brochure or manual..
Hello… I don’t have much information on hog raising… I want to start one with around 50 heads. Please send me more data on start up cost, number of sow? feed formulation and other relevant info on this topic…books/ manual on hog raising if available. Many thanks….
Hi, I am interested in backyard piggery business, could you please send it to me and any other usefull tips and material.
Thanks so much
Good day!!! gus2 ko lang itanong sa lahat kung saan makakabili ng BROCHURE, CD, GUIDE BOOK for hog raising. or kung may website na pwedeng puntahan… thanks!!! GOD BLESS TO ALL FOLLOWERS
Good day.anybody to teach me or give me idea about backyard pigery.i plan to make a small business in my province after my contract in ksa. pls send me in my email or brochure. cd or any guide about that business.how much my capital to start mu own business. asap pleas reply
thanks
bernard handugan
This indeed is an eye opener for beginners. am also planning to start a pig farming, i would like to have an idea of the kind of environment and cage systems for rearing pigs for faster growth. am strictly going into piggery for it a profitable farming business. i kindly need some guidelines.
gud pm sir roly,..kindly send me a manual procedure the technique how to handle the backyard piggery..pls?
sir rolly,do i need permit for 20 to 30 pigs?
Hi!
i need some more notes on backyard piggery
interested
ryan
haie mai i knw the contact number of that business man coz i want to learn the basic business plan about how to do the right business
i want to learn also there needs so that they can grow quikly
thank u and god bless
Im interested in backyard piggery, give more information how to start it properly, pens, food , supplier , everything to make it successful, may mga reading materials, guidelines po ba how to start up to selling . how to avoid smelly odor. Ok lang ba sa residential area ito? nagbibigay ba ng free seminar si mr. rolly . paano po ba a tamang kulungan ng pig. tnx