1. ECONOMICS OF BROILER FARMING
1000 broilers per cycle @ 6 cycles/ year in deep litter system
A FIXED CAPITAL
a BUILDINGS
Broiler house for 1000 birds @ 1 sq feet per bird and Rs 200/sqfeet 200000
Office cum feed store room of 400 sq feet @Rs 300/ sqfeet 120000
Total 320000
b Equipments
1 Cost of equipments like brooders, feeders, waterers@Rs40/ bird 40000
2 Cost of electric installation 5000
Total 45000
TOTAL FIXED COST 365000
B OVERHEAD COST
a Depreciation on buildings @ 10% 32000
b Depreciation onequipments @ 20% 9000
TOTAL OVERHEAD COSTS 41000
C RECURRING EXPENDITURE /WORKING CAPITAL
a Cost of 1050 day old chicks @ Rs 30/ bird ( 2% extra
provided to cover mortality) 31500
b Cost of feed for 1000 broilers @4kg/ bird @ Rs 20/kg 80000
c Cost of electricity, litter & medicines @ 4/ chick 4000
d Cost of one labour/1 1/2 months @ 2000/ month 3000
TOTAL COST OF REARING BROILERS/CYCLE 118500
D OPERATIONAL COST FOR 6 CYCLES / YEAR
a TOTAL COST OF REARING BROILERS / 6CYCLEs 711000
b OPERATIONAL FIXED COST /YEAR 41000
TOTAL 752000
E INCOME
a Sale of 6000 broilers @ 70/kg @ 2kg/ bird 840000
b sale of gunny bags @Rs5/bag 2400
c Sale of poultry manure @Rs 500/ tonne 12000
Gross return/ year 854400
Gross profit (Income- recurrent expenses) 143400
Net profit ( gross profit- operational fixed cost) 102400
Profit / year 102400
Profit per broiler 17.07
Cost of production of 6000 broilers 737600
Cost of production of 1 broiler 122.93
Cost per kilo of chicken 61.47

2. 1050
Birds 1000
cost of 1 chick 30
feed/ bird 4
cost of 1 kg feed 20
Cost of electricity, litter & medicines 4
Labour 1.5
labour cost 2000
cycles 6
no of birds 1000
wt of bird 2
cost of chicken (live) 70
gunny bags = 480
cost of g bag 5
manure 24
cost of manure 500
cost of building 200
feed store 300
equipments 40