ECONOMICS OF BROILER FARMING1000 broilers per cycle @ 6 cycles/ year in deep litter system

A FIXED CAPITALa BUILDINGS

Broiler house for 1000 birds @ 1 sq feet per bird and Rs 200/sqfeet 200000Office cum feed store room of 400 sq feet @Rs 300/ sqfeet 120000Total 320000

b Equipments1 Cost of equipments like brooders, feeders, waterers@Rs40/ bird 400002 Cost of electric installation 5000

Total 45000TOTAL FIXED COST 365000

B OVERHEAD COSTa Depreciation on buildings @ 10% 32000b Depreciation onequipments @ 20% 9000

TOTAL OVERHEAD COSTS 41000

C RECURRING EXPENDITURE /WORKING CAPITAL

a31500

b Cost of feed for 1000 broilers @4kg/ bird @ Rs 20/kg 80000c Cost of electricity, litter & medicines @ 4/ chick 4000d Cost of one labour/1 1/2 months @ 2000/ month 3000

TOTAL COST OF REARING BROILERS/CYCLE 118500D OPERATIONAL COST FOR 6 CYCLES / YEARa TOTAL COST OF REARING BROILERS / 6CYCLEs 711000b OPERATIONAL FIXED COST /YEAR 41000

TOTAL 752000

E INCOMEa Sale of 6000 broilers @ 70/kg @ 2kg/ bird 840000b sale of gunny bags @Rs5/bag 2400c 12000

Gross return/ year 854400Gross profit (Income- recurrent expenses) 143400Net profit ( gross profit- operational fixed cost) 102400Profit / year 102400Profit per broiler 17.07Cost of production of 6000 broilers 737600Cost of production of 1 broiler 122.93Cost per kilo of chicken 61.47

Cost of 1050 day old chicks @ Rs 30/ bird ( 2% extra provided to cover mortality)

Sale of poultry manure @Rs 500/ tonne

1050Birds 1000cost of 1 chick 30feed/ bird 4cost of 1 kg feed 20Cost of electricity, litter & medicines 4Labour 1.5labour cost 2000cycles 6no of birds 1000

wt of bird 2cost of chicken (live) 70

gunny bags = 480cost of g bag 5manure 24cost of manure 500cost of building 200feed store 300equipments 40