Day old chick supplier in Bangladesh

Tell Roptan, your day old chick supplier in Bangladesh, the kind, the count and the day your shed is ready. We source from verified hatcheries, check the batch papers and the boxes, and time delivery to your farm.

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Buying day old chicks in Bangladesh

Day old chicks are chicks sold within a day of hatching, packed in ventilated boxes and placed straight into a heated shed. Broiler, layer and Sonali farms in Bangladesh buy them by the batch, and breeder farms buy parent stock. The first days decide the batch: a 2024 heatwave killed a quarter of one Savar farm's new chicks while its power was cut.

Most farmers buy chicks on credit through middlemen, with little to go on but the hatchery's word. As a day old chick supplier in Bangladesh, Roptan sources from verified hatcheries, asks for the batch's vaccination record and the breeder flock, checks the boxes and the travel time, and delivers when your shed is warm.

Kinds of day old chick

Broiler chicks

The bulk of the chick trade, grown for meat on a cycle of usually 30 to 35 days. Choose them for commercial meat farms that sell live birds by weight.

Layer chicks

Day-old layers from layer parent stock, reared for table eggs. Choose them for a layer farm, and state the breeder line you want.

Sonali chicks

A Rhode Island Red and Fayoumi cross that looks like a local chicken. Reared mainly around Bogra, Joypurhat, Natore and Rajshahi. Choose them where your buyers want a local look.

Parent-stock chicks

Bought only by breeder farms to lay hatching eggs. Imported parent stock reaches the country through a DLS breeder-farm route, so Roptan does not offer to import it.

How to specify a day old chick order

Kind and line: Broiler, layer, Sonali or parent stock, and the breeder line. Deshi chickens are hatched naturally on the farm, so they are not a hatchery product.
Count and boxes: The number of chicks and the chicks per box. Box sizes vary between hatcheries, so agree it in the quote.
Hatch date and delivery hour: The day your shed is ready and an early hour in hot weather. Chicks need heat in their first days.
Vaccination at the hatchery: Ask whether chicks were vaccinated against Marek's disease at the hatchery and with which vaccine type, not just 'vaccinated'. Most poultry vaccines are imported, so ask how they were stored.
Breeder flock: The parent flock and its vaccination record. Chicks carry maternal antibodies from it for a few weeks.
Loss on arrival: How many dead or weak chicks you accept on arrival and how a shortfall is made good.

Papers and rules for day old chicks

WOAH Terrestrial Code, chapter 7.3: On transport by land: poultry travel in crates that let air through, day old chicks need head room, and journey time is kept to the minimum.
Import of commercial chicks: For FY2024-25 the NBR hub listed a DLS import licence, 15 days' notice to the Animal Quarantine Officer and a veterinary health certificate. Check the current rules with DLS.
Bird flu status: Bangladesh reported a farm outbreak to WOAH from Jessore district in March 2025, its first since 2018. Ask the hatchery for its current status in writing.

What moves the price of day old chicks

Season: broiler demand drops before Eid-ul-Azha, and in 2024 chick prices fell from early May.
Production cost at the hatchery, including feed for the breeder flock and heating.
Payment terms, since most farmers buy chicks on credit.
Distance and travel time, and an early or cooled delivery in hot weather.
The kind and line, and vaccinations given at the hatchery.

Lead times and delivery

A chicken egg takes about 21 days to hatch, so chicks for your placement day are set about three weeks before. Book early enough for the hatchery to set eggs for you, and earlier around Eid-ul-Azha, when broiler demand drops and then returns. Heat and disease can change a hatch at short notice. Roptan confirms the hatch date and any minimum in the quote.

We deliver to your farm inside Bangladesh in ventilated boxes with room for the chicks' heads, by the shortest route and at an agreed early hour in hot months. Have the shed warm before the chicks arrive. The count, dead and weak chicks are recorded on arrival and raised with the hatchery that day. You receive the batch vaccination record, a delivery note and a VAT invoice (Mushak 6.3).

What we check for this order

Hatchery and breeder flockWe see the hatchery before the first order and ask for the breeder flock behind the batch.
Batch vaccination recordWe ask for the Marek's vaccination record of the batch and how the vaccine was stored.
Boxes and journeyWe check that boxes are ventilated and not overfilled, and agree the route and travel time before loading.
Count on arrivalWe count chicks against the order and record any dead or weak on arrival for the hatchery to make good.

Questions buyers ask

Can Roptan import parent stock chicks for me?

No. Parent-stock chicks are a breeder farm's channel: for FY2024-25 the NBR hub listed a DLS no-objection certificate for having a breeder farm before the letter of credit, a bird-flu-free exporting country and 21 days of quarantine. We source chicks from hatcheries in Bangladesh. If you run a breeder farm, ask DLS about the current route.

What should be ready on my farm before chicks arrive?

A clean, heated shed, feed and water in place, and someone to receive and count the boxes. The 2020 sector study links high losses to farm management, including how chicks are received, and says heat is needed in the first days. In hot months ask for an early delivery and plan for power cuts.

How far ahead should I book day old chicks?

At least three weeks, since eggs are set about 21 days before they hatch, and longer for a large batch or a specific line. Around Eid-ul-Azha demand swings, so book early for the weeks after it. Roptan confirms the hatch date in the quote.

Can I buy Deshi chicks?

Deshi chickens are free-ranging birds hatched naturally on village farms, so hatcheries do not sell them as day old chicks. If you want a bird with a local look, Sonali chicks are the hatchery choice: a Rhode Island Red and Fayoumi cross, reared mainly in the north-west around Bogra.

How soon will I hear back about eggs and poultry?

Within 48 hours of a complete requirement, with a price and a delivery date. A requirement is complete when it has the quantity, where it is needed and by when.

Who do I deal with?

With Roptan, when Roptan manages the order: we buy from the verified seller and deliver to you. With the supplier directly, when you post on the requirement board and choose a quote yourself.