The technician's indicators: daily gain, feed conversion, livability, efficiency index, eggs per hen housed
A farmer says "the flock went well". A technician says "livability 94.3%, average weight 2.1 kg at 42 days, feed conversion ratio 1.75, efficiency index 270". The first sentence allows nothing; the second allows you to compare, correct and improve. This lesson opens the last level of the Technician cycle: it sets the five figures you must be able to calculate in your head, on any flock, in an open-sided house, under the climate of Côte d'Ivoire.
12 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 10 — Technical analysis and management. It opens to registered students who have passed the level 9 exam. Levels 1 to 5 and the tracks remain readable by everyone.
What you will learn
- ✓Calculate the daily weight gain, the feed conversion ratio and the livability of a flock from the record book
- ✓Calculate the European efficiency index and place it against the benchmarks of the open-sided house
- ✓Distinguish eggs per hen housed from eggs per hen present, and know what each one is for
- ✓Present a flock in one line of figures that any technician can read