The Importance of Recordkeeping in Poultry Farming

A budget is a costed plan of how you want to run your business. When you draw up plans calculate the costs carefully. Use the latest available information. The actual and budget amounts will often be different. Try and work out why there is a difference. In this way,...

Chicken keeping has to be planned very carefully. All the different activities involved in producing eggs and broilers have to be done at specific times. Here is an example of how some of these activities in producing broilers may be planned. The different activities...

The egg production graph indicates the expected average egg production during the various production weeks. Young hens start to lay eggs at the age of 20 to 24 weeks. Their production reaches its peak within four to six weeks. Average weekly production drops...

Example of a broiler record sheet  Broiler record sheet  Batch No:  _______________      Shed No: __________     Breed:  ______________  Hatch date: ...

The simpler the records are, the better. Manual records are often easier and simpler than computerized records. Keep your records up to date. Keep proper financial records from the start. Keeping financial records is as important as keeping Broiler Records Sheets....