Feed

Feed consumption — total kg per cycle.

Compute total feed intake for a broiler cycle from bird count, target live weight and FCR, or for a layer flock over a defined production period.

Inputs

Results

Effective FCR
1.65

Buyer input adjusted by scenario. A strain guide FCR is a target under guide conditions, not a guaranteed result.

Survivors
28,800
Total feed
115.9 t

115,949 kg, including feed eaten by mortality at 40% of a full cycle's intake (deaths cluster early).

Per-bird feed
3.86 kg

Per bird placed, not per bird sold.

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In short

This feed consumption calculator is a free browser tool for commercial poultry projects. Enter your own figures and it returns a class-4 planning estimate (about ±30%) under conservative, expected and optimistic scenarios. Use it to size an investment and to brief manufacturers — a firm supplier quote always overrides the estimate.

How to use this calculator

  1. Enter your project figures. Replace the default values in the feed consumption calculator with your own flock size, targets and local costs. Defaults are commercial-sector averages, not a recommendation.
  2. Compare the three scenarios. Switch between conservative, expected and optimistic to see how sensitive the result is to your assumptions before committing capital.
  3. Read the assumptions. Check the assumptions panel so you know what the model excludes — typically taxes, import duties, special civil works and land.
  4. Turn the output into a quote request. Send the resulting figures in a single request to receive comparable offers from qualified third-party manufacturers.
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