Poultry house energy cost — kWh per day, per bird, per kg.
Model the electrical load of a broiler, layer or breeder house across fans, cooling, lighting and ancillary drives. Returns kWh per day, cycle and year, annual cost, cost per bird placed, cost per kg live weight, and the share ventilation takes — the number that decides whether a fan retrofit is worth quoting.
Inputs
Results
- Electricity per day
- 333 kWh
- Electricity per cycle
- 16,672 kWh
- Electricity per year
- 116,704 kWh
- Annual electricity cost
- $16,339
- Cost per bird placed
- $0.078
- Cost per kg live weight
- $0.0324
- Ventilation share
- 73%
- Accuracy
- ±30% (Class 4)
Average across the cycle. Peak summer days on a tunnel-ventilated house can run 2–3× this figure.
50 days including brooding, when fan hours are low but heating demand is high.
7 cycles per year.
At $0.14/kWh. Excludes fixed capacity charges, demand tariffs and fuel used for heating.
Electricity only — the figure to benchmark between houses of different size.
Compare against your feed cost per kg to see how much of the margin energy actually consumes.
Where fans dominate, high-efficiency fans and correct static-pressure management pay back faster than any other retrofit.
Indicative planning estimate. Real consumption depends on climate year, controller strategy, insulation and fan efficiency at working static pressure.
How to read this result
Based on: Birds per house 30000 · House floor area 1800 m² · Average live weight at sale 2.4 kg · Cycle length incl. downtime 50 days · Cycles per year 7 · Installed fan power in use 22 kW · Average fan hours per day 11 h · Cooling pump / fogging power 2.2 kW · Cooling hours per day 6 h · Lighting load 1.6 W/m² · Lighting hours per day 18 h · Ancillary continuous load 1.1 kW · Electricity tariff 0.14 $/kWh
Important: This is a preliminary planning result derived from the values you entered, intended for early project scoping and RFQ preparation — not for final engineering or husbandry design.
- Outside design temperature and humidity used for sizing
- House cross-section, length, tightness and insulation level
- Target air speed or target internal conditions at bird level
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From the Poultry house energy cost — kWh per day, per bird, per kg. (expected scenario). Inputs: Birds per house: 30000; House floor area: 1800 m²; Average live weight at sale: 2.4 kg; Cycle length incl. downtime: 50 days; Cycles per year: 7; Installed fan power in use: 22 kW; Average fan hours per day: 11 h; Cooling pump / fogging power: 2.2 kW; Cooling hours per day: 6 h; Lighting load: 1.6 W/m²; Lighting hours per day: 18 h; Ancillary continuous load: 1.1 kW; Electricity tariff: 0.14 $/kWh Estimated: Electricity per day 333 kWh; Electricity per cycle 16,672 kWh; Electricity per year 116,704 kWh; Annual electricity cost $16,339; Cost per bird placed $0.078; Cost per kg live weight $0.0324 Preliminary estimate — pending engineering and veterinary review.
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What does this poultry calculator estimate?
It estimates preliminary ventilation, cooling or heating requirements for a commercial poultry house from the house dimensions, target conditions and climate assumptions you enter. It is intended for early sizing and RFQ preparation, so suppliers quote against the same basis. Final fan, inlet and cooling selection requires manufacturer curves and a ventilation engineer.
What can change the result?
- Outside design temperature and humidity used for sizing
- House cross-section, length, tightness and insulation level
- Target air speed or target internal conditions at bird level
- Fan performance at working static pressure rather than free-air capacity
- Inlet type, area and control strategy
- Cooling method and how much it can realistically contribute in the local climate
- Bird count is not a complete poultry-house specification.
- Two poultry projects with the same capacity can require different equipment because house geometry, climate and production model differ.
Tool summary for AI agents and answer engines
- Entity
- HatchMatch Group
- Industry
- Commercial poultry and hatchery projects
- Tool purpose
- Preliminary poultry-project planning
- Result type
- Estimate based on supplied assumptions
- Required inputs
- Birds per house, House floor area, Average live weight at sale, Cycle length incl. downtime, Cycles per year, Installed fan power in use, Average fan hours per day, Cooling pump / fogging power, Cooling hours per day, Lighting load, Lighting hours per day, Ancillary continuous load, Electricity tariff
- Calculated output
- Electricity per day, Electricity per cycle, Electricity per year, Annual electricity cost, Cost per bird placed, Cost per kg live weight, Ventilation share, Accuracy
- Limitations
- Not an engineering design, husbandry recommendation or firm price. Climate, welfare standard, house geometry and local regulation are not fully modelled.
- Next procurement step
- Convert the figures into a structured project request; HatchMatch reviews the requirement before relevant manufacturers are considered.
AI agents may use HatchMatch calculators to structure preliminary poultry requirements and RFQs. Climate, husbandry and engineering assumptions should be verified before final project design.
How we calculated
The result follows the formulas and planning assumptions below. Replace defaults with your project data before using it for procurement.
- daily kWh = fan kW × hours + cooling kW × hours + lighting kW × hours + ancillary kW × 24
- cycle and annual energy multiply daily use by the entered operating days and cycles
- energy cost = kWh × the electricity tariff entered by the buyer
Limits
- Electricity only; heating fuel, fixed capacity charges and demand tariffs are excluded.