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We keep track of everything, mainly to make sure that we are doing things the most efficient way and that something is not getting out of control by not paying close enough attention. There are people that keep detailed records and there are people that buy a bag of feed because they just ran...

Where we reside: Corn today is $6.58 per bushel 56 lbs. Wheat today is $5.97 per bushel 60 lbs Concentrate 12.00 per 50 lb bag Mixing costs $10.00. A 500 lb batch of 18.55% protein mix can be made for 83.65 where we are using 3 bushels wheat, 3 bushels corn, 3 50lb bags concentrate. Thats...

I agree with your costing calculations -- very similar to ours... Wasn't disagreeing with your post. In fact, I was trying show some evidence of how right you calculations really are. When I was referring to some posters: It was other posts, even in different threads, saying that cost didn't...

Quote: I only included my direct expenses and didn't include the cost of equipment, barn, farm insurance, property taxes, etc that were fixed assets or expenses that I would have paid anyway had I not raised broilers. I had expenses directly related to the broilers beyond chicks and feed...

Mac is figuring the numbers the right way for a variable cost analysis. Depreciation and other fixed cost are there irregardless once you've decided to raise the chickens, goats, etc. The fixed costs also remain the same whether you raise 150 or 300 chicks For tax purposes, of course you want...

Here's a good place to start calculating. Enter you own numbers: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=442602