120,000-bird poultry farm project.
A reference engineering package for a 120,000-bird industrial poultry farm scoped for tunnel-ventilated broiler production or high-density layer operations. Use it to align stakeholders, benchmark supplier quotes and structure financing before committing to a single manufacturer.
Project assumptions
Engineering scope
- Master-plan layout with prevailing-wind orientation
- Structural steel frame with insulated sandwich-panel envelope
- Reinforced concrete slab with epoxy sealing
- Tunnel ventilation with per-house static-pressure control
- Biosecurity zoning: dirty / clean corridor separation
- Feed silo cluster with shared truck loop and weighbridge
- Central control room with SCADA-ready monitoring
Equipment & indicative CAPEX bands
Vendor-neutral bands from published market references. FeedMatch Group does not invent supplier quotations — final pricing comes from manufacturers via the RFQ.
Steel structure, insulated panels, service rooms, biosecurity fence.
Pan-feeder lines, bulk silos (2–3 × 15–20 t), augers, weighing.
Nipple lines, regulators, medication dosing, water treatment.
Tunnel fans, cooling pads, air inlets, controllers.
Radiant or forced-air brooders, LPG/diesel/biomass.
Environmental controllers, sensors, alarms, remote monitoring.
Diesel generator (200–300 kVA) with ATS, optional solar-hybrid.
Fencing, shower-in, vehicle wash, FAT/SAT, commissioning.
Utilities & climate control
- Grid + generator hybrid with ATS and load-shedding logic
- Borehole or municipal water with 3-day storage
- LPG or biomass for brooding heat
- Manure removal, composting or biogas digester option
- Fibre connectivity for SCADA and remote alarms
- Tunnel ventilation sized for 6–8 m/s wind speed at max load
- Evaporative cooling pads in hot climates (min. 15 cm pad depth)
- Minimum-ventilation logic for cold-start brooding
- Insulated envelope (U-value ≤ 0.5 W/m²K)
- Per-house environmental controllers with cross-alarms
Power & water requirements
- Estimated peak load: 220–320 kW at full ventilation
- Grid connection: 400–500 kVA transformer
- Backup diesel genset: 250–300 kVA with 24-hour fuel tank
- Optional solar-hybrid layer for daytime ventilation loads
- Estimated peak demand: 28–40 m³/day
- Storage tank: 80–120 m³ (3-day autonomy)
- Chlorination + sediment filtration + UV polish
- Pressure regulation per drinker line
- Independent washdown circuit
Budget bands
Bands exclude land, working capital and financing fees. Add country-specific duties. Subject to final RFQ pricing.
ROI framing
Illustrative ranges only. Actual ROI depends on local feed / egg / meat prices, offtake contracts and financing structure. Model your own case with the calculators below.
- Bird capacity
- Cost per bird (USD)
- Country cost factor
- Directional Class-4 estimate — expected scenario only. Open the full tool for conservative and optimistic ranges.
- Prices, feed costs and FCR use vendor-neutral defaults; override with your local market data.
- Excludes financing costs, taxes, land purchase and one-off site development.
Quick Project CAPEX
Expected scenarioClass-4 CAPEX range from bird capacity and location. Open the full tool for regional breakdown and assumptions.
Results
- Base CAPEX
- $1.80M
- Per bird (effective)
- $18.0
- Range (±30%)
- $1.26M – $2.34M
Class-4 directional estimate for scoping. Bankable modelling needs local input prices and supplier quotes — use the RFQ Builder.
Calculators for this project
Model the specific engineering and financial questions this project needs to answer, using existing FeedMatch calculators. No duplicate pages — each link opens the tool already built for this scope.
- Bird capacity or hens placed
- Target live weight or HDP (layer)
- FCR and feed cost (USD/kg)
- Farm-gate price (meat) or egg price
- Total investment (CAPEX) and country factor
- Cycle length and cycles per year
- Vendor-neutral engineering references — not supplier quotations.
- Class-4 accuracy (±30%) suitable for feasibility and RFQ scoping, not final financing.
- USD-denominated; excludes local taxes, duties and financing costs unless the specific tool models them.
- Climate, biosecurity and grid assumptions default to a typical commercial site — adjust for your country.
Main cost drivers
- Climate zone — hot climates need larger cooling & ventilation
- Level of automation — SCADA, weighing, alarms
- Structural type — insulated panels vs curtain-sided
- Origin of equipment — European, American, Turkish or Chinese lines
- Logistics — inland distance, port charges and Incoterms
- Civil works — soil conditions and local labour rates
Construction timeline
Supplier matching
FeedMatch Group matches your project brief against a curated network of vetted poultry equipment manufacturers — European, American, Turkish and Chinese lines — and returns comparative RFQ responses on matched specifications.
Financing
Qualified commercial projects can be introduced to an independent third-party financing provider — equipment leasing, ECA-backed export finance and DFI structures. Any financing is subject to third-party approval and is not guaranteed.
Explore financing pathsTurn this plan into a real RFQ
Use the RFQ Builder to receive comparative quotes from vetted manufacturers, plus a 5-year TCO model and — if you qualify — a financing introduction.
FAQ
What is the total CAPEX for a 120,000-bird poultry farm?
How many houses are needed for 120,000 birds?
Can this project be financed?
How long from contract to first flock?
Do you recommend specific manufacturers?
Common planning mistakes
Recurring pitfalls we see in commercial poultry projects worldwide. Address them at the design stage — not after equipment is on site.
- Sizing equipment to peak flock only, ignoring downtime, cleanout and future expansion.
- Under-specifying ventilation for local climate extremes — heat stress destroys FCR faster than any feed decision.
- Treating biosecurity as fencing and footbaths instead of an integrated zoning, water and personnel plan.
- Choosing suppliers on unit price rather than 5-year TCO (spares, energy, service response, warranty).
- No backup power sizing for climate control — a single grid outage in hot weather can wipe out a flock.
- Skipping a formal RFQ and comparative bid analysis — leads to non-comparable quotes and disputed change orders.
- Underestimating civil works, land preparation, water treatment and access roads in the CAPEX budget.
- Overlooking waste and wastewater compliance until commissioning — a common cause of permit delays.
Part of the Global B2B Group ecosystem
FeedMatch Group is the poultry vertical of Global B2B Group — an independent procurement ecosystem covering adjacent industrial food-chain projects. Cold-chain, aquaculture and grain / seed programmes frequently share buyer, financing and logistics structures with poultry.