1. ECONOMICS OF LAYER FARMING
1000 layers in deep litter system
A FIXED CAPITAL
a BUILDINGS
Brooder cum grower house for 1000 birds @ 1.5 sq feet per bird and rs 200/sqfeet 300000
Layer house for 1000 @ 2 sq ft * Rs 200/sq feet 400000
Office cum feed store room of 400 sq feet @Rs 300/ sqfeet 120000
Total 820000
b Equipments
1 Cost of equipments like brooders, feeders, waterers@Rs40/ bird 42000
2 Cost of electric installation 5000
Total 47000
TOTAL FIXED COST 867000
B OVERHEAD COST
a Depreciation on buildings @ 10% 82000
b Depreciation onequipments @ 20% 9400
TOTAL OVERHEAD COSTS 91400
C RECURRING EXPENDITURE /WORKING CAPITAL
a 17600
Cost of 1100 day old chicks @ Rs 16/ bird
b Cost of feed for 1100 chicks @1.5kg/ bird @ rs 16/kg chick mash 26400
c Cost of feed for 1050 chicks @6kg/ bird @ rs 14/kg grower ration 88200
d Cost of one labour for 5 months @ 2000/ month 10000
e Cost of medicine, litter, transportation & electricity 4/ bird 4200
COST OF REARING PULLETS TILL POINT OF LAY (20 weeks) 128800
D COST OF EGG PRODUCTION (20-72 weeks)
a Cost of feed for 1000 birds @40kg/ bird @ Rs 15/kg 600000
Cost of one labour for 12 months @ 2000/ month 24000
Cost of medicine, litter, transportation & electricity 2/ bird 2000
COST OF EGG PRODUCTION 626000
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 846200
E INCOME
a Sale of eggs @290/ bird @ Rs 2.5/ egg 1% breakage , 99 % marketing 717750
b sale of gunny bags @ Rs 5/kg 950 bags 4800
c Sale of poultry manure @ Rs 500/ tonne 24000
d Sale of culled birds @Rs 80 / bird (12% mortality) 70400
Gross return/ year 816950
Gross profit (Income- recurrent expenses) 62150
Net profit ( gross profit- operational fixed cost) -29250
Profit / year 10750
Profit per bird -29.25
Cost of production of 1 egg 2.58
Cost of production of 1 ready to lay pullet 118.17

2. 1050
Birds 1100
Birds 1000 space 1.5
cost of 1 chick 16 cost 1 200
feed/ bird 47.5 space 2
cost of 1 kg feed 17 cost 2 200
Cost of electricity, litter & medicines 4 space 400
Labour 6 cost 300
labour cost 2000 equipment 40
cycles 7 chick mash 16
no of birds 1000 chick mash 1.5
wt of bird 2 grower mash 14
cost of chicken (live) 60 grower mash 6
layer 15
gunny bags = 950 feed 40
cost of g bag 5
manure 332.5
cost of manure 500
eggs no 290
cost of egg 2.5
1100 1.5 1650
1050 6 6300
1000 40 40000
47950
48
48
1575
6300
7875 3937.5
157.5

3. ECONOMICS OF LAYER FARMING
10000 layers in deep litter system
A FIXED CAPITAL
a BUILDINGS
Brooder cum grower house for 10000 birds @ 1.5 sq feet per bird and rs 200/sqfeet 3000000
Layer house for 10000 @ 2 sq ft 4000000
Office cum feed store room of 400 sq feet @Rs 300/ sqfeet 120000
Total 7120000
b Equipments
1 Cost of equipments like brooders, feeders, waterers@Rs20/ bird 200000
2 Cost of electric installation 10000
Total 210000
TOTAL FIXED COST 7330000
B OVERHEAD COST
a Depreciation on buildings @ 10% 712000
b Depreciation onequipments @ 20% 42000
TOTAL OVERHEAD COSTS 754000
C RECURRING EXPENDITURE /WORKING CAPITAL
a 176000
Cost of 11000 day old chicks @ Rs 16/ bird
b Cost of feed for 11000 chicks @1.5kg/ bird @ rs 16/kg chick mash 255750
c Cost of feed for 10500 chicks @6kg/ bird @ rs 14/kg grower ration 882000
d Cost of 2 labours for 5 months @ 2000/ month 20000
e Cost of medicine, litter, transportation & electricity 2 / bird 22000
COST OF REARING PULLETS TILL POINT OF LAY (20 weeks) 1355750
D COST OF EGG PRODUCTION (20-72 weeks)
a Cost of feed for 10000 birds @40kg/ bird @ Rs 14/kg 6000000
Cost of 2 labourers for 12 months @ 2000/ month 48000
Cost of medicine, litter, transportation & electricity 1/ bird 10000
COST OF EGG PRODUCTION 6058000
TOTAL COST OF EGG PRODUCTION 8167750
E INCOME
a Sale of eggs @290/ bird @ Rs 2.5/ egg 1% breakage , 99 % marketing 7177500
b sale of gunny bags @ Rs 5/kg 9500 bags 49950
c Sale of poultry manure @ Rs 500/ tonne 500 250000
d Sale of culled birds @Rs 80 / bird (12% mortality) 704000
Gross return/ year 8181450
Gross profit (Income- recurrent expenses) 767700
Net profit ( gross profit- operational fixed cost) 13700
Profit / year 13700
Profit per bird 1.37
Cost of production of 1 egg 2.47
Cost of production of 1 ready to lay pullet 124.58

4. 10500
Birds 11000
Birds 10000 space 1.5
cost of 1 chick 16 cost 1 200
feed/ bird 4 space 2
cost of 1 kg feed 16 cost 2 200
Cost of electricity, litter & medicines 4 space 400
Labour 2 cost 300
labour cost 2000 equipment 20
cycles 7 chick mash 15.5
no of birds 10000 chick mash 1.5
wt of bird 2 grower mash 14
cost of chicken (live) 60 grower mash 6
layer 15
gunny bags = 950 feed 40
cost of g bag 5 2000
manure 28 12
cost of manure 500
eggs no 290
cost of egg 2.5
11000 1.5 16500
10500 6 63000
10500 40 420000
499500
49.95 10000 499500
49.95 499.5
1575
6300
7875
79.5 500 39750
7950
135.58