Calculating: expected intake, safety stock, cost per kilo of chicken and per egg, with your own figures
A farmer who does not calculate discovers his result on the day of sale. A technician who calculates knows it three weeks earlier, and can still act. This lesson gives four simple calculations: how much the flock will eat, how many bags to keep as a safety margin, what feed costs per kilo of live chicken and per egg. The methods are fixed; the figures are yours: your price per bag, your actual intake, your weighings.
13 min read · 5-question quiz at the end
By Abdul Hussein ChoumanFounder of NEXTEKCI · Agnibilékrou hatchery since 2006Lesson reserved for students following the steps
This lesson is part of Level 7 — Feed and nutrition. It opens to registered students who have passed the level 6 exam. Levels 1 to 5 and the tracks remain readable by everyone.
What you will learn
- ✓Forecast a flock's feed intake per week and per phase from a table and the number of birds
- ✓Calculate a safety stock from daily intake and delivery lead time
- ✓Calculate the feed cost per kilo of live chicken from the feed conversion ratio and your price per kilo of feed
- ✓Calculate the grams of feed per egg and the feed cost per egg with your figures