This works by creating a cooperative of 9 people. Each investing £450. 

It takes 8 weeks to mature day old chicks ready for sale.

One of the nine cooperative members is solely responsible for selling the mature chickens every week. The other eight people each rear a number of chicks on an eight-week cycle, with each person’s cycle one week behind the other. Thus, every week, one of the eight has mature chicks ready for sale.

The salesperson takes a pre-agreed percentage of sales, and the individual cooperative member takes the remainder of that week’s sales. That money is then divided into salary/profit, a small repayment of the start-up £450, and reinvestment into more day-old chicks and the feed needed to rear them to maturity in 8 weeks. And so the cycle continues.

Thus, after 12 months, the individual receives back their initial capital of £450 (or repays any loan or grant); they have been receiving income every two months throughout the year, and they have an ongoing and sustainable business going forward.