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Live birds for sale

Live broilers, point-of-lay pullets, layers and local chickens from farms on Poultrix Hub. Buying grown birds skips the brooding risk and shortens the wait for income, and it moves the biosecurity risk from your brooder to your gate.

Point-of-lay pullets are the usual shortcut into egg production: you pay more per bird than for a chick, but you avoid the rearing period and its mortality. Ask the age in weeks and what vaccinations the birds have already had, and get the vaccination record in writing.

Every bird arriving on your farm carries whatever it was exposed to on the last one. Quarantine new birds away from your existing flock before mixing them, however healthy they look on the day.

What to check before you buy

  • Ask for the vaccination record

    Without it you are starting a programme blind and may repeat or miss doses. A seller keeping proper records will have this ready.

  • See the birds before they are loaded where you can

    Look at alertness, feathering, eyes and droppings. Buy from a house you would be willing to walk into.

  • Quarantine before mixing

    Keep new birds separate and observe them before they meet your flock. This is the cheapest disease control there is.

  • Agree weight or age at delivery, not just the count

    For broilers, price follows weight. Agree how and when the birds will be weighed so it is not a discussion at the gate.

Common questions

Is it better to buy point-of-lay pullets or day-old chicks?

Pullets cost more per bird but skip the rearing period, its feed and its mortality risk, and start earning sooner. Chicks are cheaper and let you control rearing and vaccination yourself. Which wins depends on whether your constraint is cash or brooding capacity.

How should live birds be transported?

In ventilated crates, not overcrowded, and out of the midday heat. Long journeys in hot conditions cost weight and can cost birds.

How long should new birds be quarantined?

Keep them separate and watch them before mixing. Your vet can set a period appropriate to local disease pressure, but skipping it entirely is the risk that keeps repeating on farms.

How do I pay for live birds?

Cash on delivery is the default, and Mobile Money is available on Ugandan shilling listings. You see the total, delivery included, before you confirm.