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Spend a second per flock or handling birds, freeing caught birds, removing dead birds or improving ventilation, en vironment, caring for heat, feed or water and grit Let’s look at cost and returns of spending one second of time per bird per day in the flock, says Penn State Poultry Specialist Herbert Jordan If you pay a person $4 per hour to manage a flock of birds, then this payment of 6 6 cents a minute, managers cost, and .11 cent per second of time spent So if you spend one second a day for 365 days for one layer-type bird you then spend 365 seconds per year at a cost of 41 cents per year per layer just to observe and manage the flock. Last year poorly managed layer flocks earned 20 cents per layer per year net in come to labor and management, while well managed flocks earned $1 00 per layer per year, net in come to labor and management We therefore see an 80 cent per bird im provement in income bet ween poor flocks and profitable flocks So the question is, will you spend 41 V* * i U" f { 1 ' ~ i bird with cents per layer per year with the risk of earning 80 cents more per layer per year 9 Let’s look at pullets which grow for 20 weeks or 140 days at one second for flock ob servation per bird per day or 140 seconds at 11 cent per second cost of manager or a total of 15 cents per pullet in the flock as management cost to look at birds, free caught birds, pull dead birds, care for needs of the bird in environment and nutrition and disease prevention or control Net income to labor inH management per pullet can be 25 cents per pullet so the question is, can you spend 15 cents to earn 25 cents per pullet per batch 9 Jordan asks Let’s look at meat birds like roasters which grow to 10 weeks of age or 70 days at one second per day or 70 seconds per roaster as ob servation time of the flock manager This means if you observe each and every bird for one second per day during the growing period this costs you Pick up your Guide to Preference Checking at any Farmers First office. 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' >t-. ju ** 4 v , The People Bank FARMERS T i p /* £ % K r > ( 1 -* y< 4 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 13,1980—011 your flock eight cents per roaster to observe the birds, examine them for health, disease or parasites Pick up dead birds, weigh live birds, post dead birds so that you keep in touch with disease or health disorders The real question is, can you afford to spend eight cents per bird to receive a better income when birds are sold 9 If you hire it done, this one second per bird pier day will cost eight cents per roaster sold at 10 weeks of age if you pay $4 00 per hour for a person to manage this flock If the manager does this himself or herself, then the cost is not eight cents per bird, it is a question of where else can you place your time to earn more or less 9 In looking at turkeys, the profit goes up Let’s say you are growing turkeys to 20 weeks or age or 140 days at one second to observe every bird for a Dutchman. 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