The Flock Plan: Birds Housed, Weekly Mortality and Birds Alive
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You follow one fictional laying flock from housing to week 80: birds alive with a weekly mortality rate, birds lost, cumulative mortality, and how many pullets to house so enough hens are left at the end.
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Lessons in this course
- The Flock Plan: Birds Housed, Weekly Mortality and Birds Alive Locked
- The Laying Curve: Hen-Day Laying %, Eggs per Day and Eggs per Hen Housed Locked
- Egg Grading: Weight Bands, the Grade Mix by Flock Age and Saleable Eggs Locked
- Feed: Grams per Bird, Feed per Egg, per Dozen and Feed Cost Locked
- Other Costs: Pullets, Labour, Boxes, Bedding and Energy per Dozen Locked
- Sales Channels: Farm Shop, Wholesale and Box Scheme Margins Locked
- Flock Replacement: Falling Margins and the Best Week to Replace Locked
- The Farm P&L: Profit, Margin per Bird and Feed-Price Sensitivity Locked