I put together this chart for my meat birds I plan to sell this summer. It is based on buying 50 lbs. bags of starter for three weeks at $14.99 and 50 lbs, bags of finisher at $13.99. The cost column is based on the number of bags for 150 birds. I used Welp's conversion table and averaged their male female numbers.
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Feed Conversion Chart
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Age Daily Intake .lb Cum Intake .lbs Daily Intake .lb Cum Intake .lbs Weekly Intake .lb #50 .lbs Bags #50 .lbs Bags #50 .lbs Bags cost
1 Bird 1 Bird 50 Birds 50 Birds 50 Birds 50 Birds 100 Birds 150 Birds
1 week 0.077 0.539 3.85 26.95 26.95 0.54 1.08 1.62 $24.24
2 weeks 0.1355 1.4875 6.775 74.375 47.425 0.95 1.90 2.85 $42.65
3 weeks 0.2195 3.024 10.975 151.2 76.825 1.54 3.07 4.61 $69.10
4 weeks 0.3065 5.1695 15.325 258.475 107.275 2.15 4.29 6.44 $90.05
5 weeks 0.3845 7.861 19.225 393.05 134.575 2.69 5.38 8.07 $112.96
6 weeks 0.443 10.962 22.15 548.1 155.05 3.10 6.20 9.30 $130.15
7 weeks 0.483 14.343 24.15 717.15 169.05 3.38 6.76 10.14 $141.90
8 weeks 0.5025 17.8605 25.125 893.025 175.875 3.52 7.04 10.55 $147.63
8 week Total 17.86 35.72 53.58 $758.68
Okay maybe this will explain it better. Basically what I did is use an average of Welp's grow out chart in the first 2 columns. Column 3 is the amount of daily intake for 50 birds, so I plan on feeding 3.85 lbs. a day on average per 50 chicks. Column 4 is the cumulative amount for 50 birds from week one to week eight. Column 5 is the cumulative amount of food to be given from week 1 to week 8. Columns 6, 7, and 8 is the weekly amount of feed needed and the number of 50 lbs. bags needed for 50, 100 and 150 chicks. Column 9 is the cost of each bag multiplied by the number of bags needed to give a weekly cost of feeding 150 birds. If a person would be feeding 100 birds for instance you could multiply the numbers in Column 7 by the cost of feed in your area to get your local numbers. The bag cost for 100 birds is
$16.16
$28.44
$46.06
$64.32
$80.69
$92.97
$101.36
$105.45
$535.46
I tried to put them into the chart but it really screwed it up.
If this chart wraps (i.e. column numbers 8 & 9 are on the left side of your screen), you must make your browser window larger.
Feed Conversion Chart
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Age Daily Intake .lb Cum Intake .lbs Daily Intake .lb Cum Intake .lbs Weekly Intake .lb #50 .lbs Bags #50 .lbs Bags #50 .lbs Bags cost
1 Bird 1 Bird 50 Birds 50 Birds 50 Birds 50 Birds 100 Birds 150 Birds
1 week 0.077 0.539 3.85 26.95 26.95 0.54 1.08 1.62 $24.24
2 weeks 0.1355 1.4875 6.775 74.375 47.425 0.95 1.90 2.85 $42.65
3 weeks 0.2195 3.024 10.975 151.2 76.825 1.54 3.07 4.61 $69.10
4 weeks 0.3065 5.1695 15.325 258.475 107.275 2.15 4.29 6.44 $90.05
5 weeks 0.3845 7.861 19.225 393.05 134.575 2.69 5.38 8.07 $112.96
6 weeks 0.443 10.962 22.15 548.1 155.05 3.10 6.20 9.30 $130.15
7 weeks 0.483 14.343 24.15 717.15 169.05 3.38 6.76 10.14 $141.90
8 weeks 0.5025 17.8605 25.125 893.025 175.875 3.52 7.04 10.55 $147.63
8 week Total 17.86 35.72 53.58 $758.68
Okay maybe this will explain it better. Basically what I did is use an average of Welp's grow out chart in the first 2 columns. Column 3 is the amount of daily intake for 50 birds, so I plan on feeding 3.85 lbs. a day on average per 50 chicks. Column 4 is the cumulative amount for 50 birds from week one to week eight. Column 5 is the cumulative amount of food to be given from week 1 to week 8. Columns 6, 7, and 8 is the weekly amount of feed needed and the number of 50 lbs. bags needed for 50, 100 and 150 chicks. Column 9 is the cost of each bag multiplied by the number of bags needed to give a weekly cost of feeding 150 birds. If a person would be feeding 100 birds for instance you could multiply the numbers in Column 7 by the cost of feed in your area to get your local numbers. The bag cost for 100 birds is
$16.16
$28.44
$46.06
$64.32
$80.69
$92.97
$101.36
$105.45
$535.46
I tried to put them into the chart but it really screwed it up.
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