Khanya Eggs Business Plan — Capital Expenditure

The R13.53m capital programme across five stages: housing, cages, equipment, packing and vehicles, phased against the flock build.

Capital Expenditure

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Capital deployed by stage
Figure 12. Capital deployed by stage.

R’000

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Fixed assets

482

711

1 544

3 780

5 745

Working capital

168

142

216

320

425

Capital deployed

650

853

1 760

4 100

6 170

Cumulative

650

1 503

3 263

7 363

13 533

Of the R13.53 million deployed, R12.26 million is fixed assets, houses, cages, equipment, vehicles, solar, grading and the feed mill, and R1.27 million is working capital, principally the opening flock and feed stock at each stage. The full stage-by-stage schedules are in Appendix B.

15.1 Stage 1 capital in detail

Item

R’000

Share

Site preparation, water connection and fencing

96

14.8%

Layer house, 500 birds

128

19.7%

Cages, feeders, drinkers and nest equipment

104

16.0%

Egg store, grading table and cold-safe area

62

9.5%

Water tanks, pump and reticulation

58

8.9%

Registration, permits and initial training

34

5.2%

Opening flock and feed working capital

168

25.8%

Total Stage 1

650

100.0%

Only R128 000 of the R650 000 spent in Stage 1 is the layer house itself. The remainder is the site, water, fencing, egg store, tanks, registration, plus R168 000 of opening flock and feed. Those site costs are one-time and the second and subsequent houses do not repeat them, which is why house two at Stage 2 costs R268 000 for three times the birds and why capital cost per bird falls sharply after the first stage.

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