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Economic Benefit Analysis of Raising Laying Hens

Release time:

Apr 01,2019


For a long time, the breeding of laying hens, people are mainly concerned about the high and low egg production rate during the peak period of laying hens, and the egg production cycle (average daily egg production55g/The length of the feather above) is often overlooked. In fact, on the premise that the factors such as the variety of laying hens and the price of feed raw materials are consistent, the most important index affecting the breeding efficiency of laying hens is the laying cycle, followed by the feed-egg ratio, followed by the unit price of feed, the laying rate, the egg weight and the dead panning rate. Of course, these indicators are not isolated, but are all related.
Here's some data to help with the analysis: hypothetical corn1.8Yuan/kg,Soybean Meal3.5Yuan/kg,wheat bran1.4Yuan/kg, chick stock2.38Yuan/kg, young chicken pre-feed2.16Yuan/kg, late material2.0Yuan/kg, layer feed2.2Yuan/kg, chick seedling3Yuan/Feather, egg7.0Yuan/kg, eliminate laying hens7Yuan/kg.
For the sake of intuition and analysis, we divide the feeding stage of laying hens into input period (cultivation period), cost recovery period and profit period.3stage.
Input period (cultivation period)-0 165Day of age: rate of laying hens from chick raising to laying65%above (at which point the income from egg production is roughly the same as the feed expenditure) needs about165Days, cumulative consumption of feed about10kg, cost about22Yuan/Feather, chicken seedling+Vaccines+Drugs about6Yuan/Feather, other expenses about1Yuan/Feather, total cost29Yuan/Feather; lay about0.4kg/Feather, count2.8Yuan, eliminated chicken income14.2Yuan (2.2kg*7Yuan/Kg*92% --survival rate during the laying period), total income17Yuan/Feather; the two offset, net expenditure during the incubation period.12Yuan/Feather.
Cost payback period-- 166 -- 293Day age: the average ratio of feed to egg at this stage is as follows2.1:1Calculated, other expenses are calculated on a daily basis.0.02Yuan/Feather calculation, egg production rate94%Above, egg weight58.5g/Megs, average daily egg production55g/More than feather, daily profit0.1109Yuan/Feather (0.055*7-0.1155*2.2-0.02), recycling12meta-cost needs126days; egg production rate from65%rise94%General needs20days, so the cost payback period is293Day age.
Profit period-- 293After days of age: general laying hens in293After the age, the peak egg production has passed, and the egg production rate is generally88-90%, the egg weighs about63-64gThe average daily egg production is about56.7g/Feather, egg ratio average press2.2:1Calculation, Daily Profit0.1026Yuan/Feather (0.0567*7-0.1247*2.2-0.02), average monthly profit3.08Yuan.
It can be seen that the profit of laying hens is after the peak of egg production, if the daily egg production55g/The longer the feather is maintained, the more profit will be made.
 







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