Are you weighing up a poultry farm for sale in Centre-Val de Loire? This central French region is known above all for its arable plains, yet it also carries broiler and laying units run alongside cereals, together with smaller farmhouse flocks built around direct selling. The listings brought together here are placed by farmers preparing a handover, by specialist rural agencies and by notaries, and they set out the building area, the production system, the equipment included and the nature of the outlet. This regional selection extends our national catalogue of poultry farms for sale.
Beyond the listings themselves, this page gathers the benchmarks buyers usually lack: farmland prices in the region, the departments where supply keeps turning over, the state of the buildings to inspect and the sector-specific checks. If you are preparing to set up as a farmer, our white paper « Créer une exploitation agricole » (in French) sets out the route, from the agricultural qualification to the funding plan.
Land remains the largest item when buying a poultry farm. According to sales recorded by the French tax administration (DVF, vineyards excluded), the median price of agricultural land in Centre-Val de Loire stood at €5,480/ha in 2025, with an average of €5,892/ha across 1,195 sales; 80% of transactions fall between €3,003 and €9,349/ha, against a national median of €5,307/ha.
The SAFER benchmark of land values (2025 figures) puts vacant land and pasture at €6,260/ha (-6.1% year on year, +8.3% over ten years), against a national average of €6,460/ha; land already let sells around 17% lower.
Beyond the hectares, the worth of a poultry holding lies mainly in its production tool: usable length of the house, ventilation, heating, feed silos, collection area and biosecurity entry room, along with handling equipment and sometimes an egg-packing or cutting room. The outlet matters just as much: an integration contract in force, membership of a producer group, or a local customer base built through short supply chains. To place an asking price, compare the references in our land price observatory and test your figures with our financial calculators.
The regional stock mixes standard houses built for successive batches of chickens, a few label rouge buildings with a planted outdoor range, and laying-hen units kept on the floor or in aviaries. On a visit, note the year of construction, the condition of the frame and insulation, the ventilation system, the heating, the silo capacity and whether the biosecurity entry room complies. The floor, the water and electricity supply, the washing area and access for collection lorries count as much as the floor area quoted. A broiler farm whose houses were recently brought up to standard trades well above an older unit needing structural work before it can take birds again.
The worth of an egg farm is read just as much in its outlet: a contract in force with a production organisation, or conversely a local customer base where the holding slaughters and sells on site. Where a property is offered with a dwelling house and land, ask for the asking price to be broken down: the production tool, the house and the land are not valued against the same references, and lending rules differ from one item to the next.
Eure-et-Loir and Loiret, set on the cereal plains of the Beauce and the Gâtinais, mostly carry indoor units attached to arable holdings, with feed grown close by. Loir-et-Cher and Indre-et-Loire, in Touraine and towards the Sologne, hold more farmhouse flocks, sometimes tied to local breeds such as the géline de Touraine, and smaller operations geared to markets and farm-gate sales. Cher and Indre, between the Champagne berrichonne, the Boischaut and the Brenne, offer the most affordable land in the region, with holdings that combine poultry, crops and grassland.
Supply on the market follows the age profile of farmers: handovers are multiplying in the south of the Berry and in areas away from the main towns, while the surroundings of Orléans, Tours and Chartres stay tight, as pressure on land reduces the areas available. Units with laying hens turn up more often in the cereal departments, where the cost of feed weighs less heavily on the result.
Depending on flock size, a unit falls under declaration, registration or authorisation as a classified installation, and any change of operator must be notified to the prefecture. Read the operating order before committing: older requirements can block an extension. Check the manure spreading plan, the storage capacity and whether the communes are classed as nitrate vulnerable zones under the European directive, which is widespread on the region's cereal plains. The distance to dwellings and third parties governs any plan to enlarge or add a building.
On the health side, ask for the biosecurity plan, the arrangements for downtime between batches and the record of avian influenza episodes locally, which may have forced birds indoors. Part of the land is often rented: the rural lease continues with the new farmer, subject to the landlord's agreement, and the deal goes through the structures control, the French authorisation regime for taking over farmland, as well as SAFER's pre-emption right, both of which need to be built into the timetable.
Behind each listing stands a private seller, a rural estate agency or a Loire-valley notary's office. Filter by department, building area or budget, set up an e-mail alert to follow each new listing, then widen your search to all farms for sale in Centre-Val de Loire, where you will also find mixed holdings combining poultry, crops and storage buildings.
