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You have to factor in waste, but it is hard to know what that is. For the average backyarder, it is in the range of a startling 20%. It can be more or less, depending on the keeper. If the feeders are over bedding, it does not hurt to let them run out once per week. The will scratch through and dig some of it out. It is not a fix all, but it helps.
Until you are settled, do not worry about it. You can simply count the 50lb bags they consume, and consider the dressed weight of the birds you process. multiply that by the quantity of birds you grew out, and you have what you need. It is only an average, but that is all you need. It is for information only.
That is all any of it is, informing. Once you have that picture in your mind, you start having a more informed view. We base a lot of what we know on perception, and it is not helpful. It is misleading. Until we formally go through the process, we do not know. We think we know, but we do not know. It is kind of like when the teacher asks us if we studied, but she knows by the answer we answered confidently.
Speaking of waste...my capons are situated where they can get in with the dairy goats and glean the dropped/slopped feed from them. Few farm animals are more trifling and wasteful than a darned goat!!
