Pastured Poultry - Appendices
A Heifer Project International Case Study Booklet

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In This Section
  Appendix 1 - Estimated Income/Expense Analysis per 100 Broilers
  Appendix 2 - Average Production Figures
 

Appendix 3 - Summary of 1996 Production Figures
  Appendix 4 - Summary of 1997 Production Figures
  Appendix 5 - Summary of 1998 Production Figures
  Appendix 6 - Resource Section
  Appendix 7 - List of Project Coordinators, University Contacts, Involved Extension agents, Others
Appendix 1 - Estimated Income/Expense Analysis per 100 Broilers

Appendix 1
Estimated Income/Expense Analysis per Batch of 100 Broilers:
(Created by Steve Muntz, HPI's Appalachia Program Manager
Income      
Sell 80 birds @ $7.00 each     
$560.00
Eat 10 birds @ $7.00    
70.00
Assume 10% death loss      
Fertilizer and compost value      
30.00
Total Income    
$660.00
 
Expenses
Cost before Amortization
Amortization factor
Cost after
Amortization
FIXED:  
Brooder
$50.00
10 batches
$5.00
Brooder waterer/feeder
17.00
10 batches
1.70
Pen/feeder/waterer
(lumber, hardware, chicken wire, roofing)
180.00
10 batches
18.00
Heat lamp
10.00
10 batches
1.00
Processing equipment
1000.00
50 batches
20.00
DIRECT:  
Feed 1500 lb @ .12/LB    
180.00
100 chicks @ $.77 (incl. Freight)    
77.00
Wood shavings for brooder    
10.00
Bag and ties @ $.08    
7.20
Marketing/postage    
15.00
Utilities/misc. supplies    
10.00
Total Expenses    
$344.90
NET    
$315.10

Labor Considerations

Initial Labor

  • Brain work
    • Training/reading, gather information on feed supply, hatcheries, processing equipment, make purchases or borrow, order chicks
  • Build pen
  • Build brooder
  • Start building customer base (advertise, talks, telephone)

Ongoing Labor

  • Set up brooder
  • Brood chicks for 2 weeks
  • Mow pasture
  • Move chicks to pastured pens
  • Move pens daily, feed, and water (1/2 hour per day)
  • Send out reminder cards or call customers a few days before processing
  • Preparation for processing (setting up tables, killing cones, water/electrical supply, plucker, scalder, chill tanks, ice, bags, ties, giblet bags, buckets for guts and blood, compost preparation, disinfecting surfaces)
  • Gather chickens from pens
  • Process ( at least 8-10 hours for 3-4 workers processing one bird at a time)
  • Sales
  • Clean up

An estimate is 80 hours to build one pen, brood chicks, raise
chickens on pasture, slaughter, and market.

Appendix 2 - Average Production Figures

Age onto pasture (weeks)
3
Age at slaughter (weeks)
9
Number slaughtered
73
Number sold
44
Number kept for freezer
20
Number given away
7
Number of customers/recipients
15
Number lost during production
31
Price per bird (4-5 lbs)

$5.06
Total feed (lbs)
1056
Feed/chicken (lbs)
13
Feed cost per LB
15¢
Pen costs²
$14.52
Feed costs
$147.14
Chick costs
$69.42
Other
$26.77
Total Costs
$254.92
Income/value³
$317.97
Net
$58.19
Hours of labor
87
Hourly earnings
$1.26

Appendix 3 - Summary of 1996 Production Figures
HPI Pastured Poultry Producers
Producer code
1M
2M
3M
4M
5M
1P
2P¹
1B
3B
No. of chickens in batch
100
100
100
100
50
100
200
100
100
Age onto pasture (wks)
3, 4½
3
3
3½
2
2½
4
3
3
Age at
slaughter (wks)
9,10
8
9,10
10,10½
8
9
10
8
8
Number slaughtered
69
75
88
83
50
61
140
94
85
Number sold
52
35
25
50
35 (5)
47
146
64
0
Number kept
for freezer
17
40
42
15
9
14
25²
16
3
Number given away
0
0
21
16
8
0
0
10
0
Number of customers/recipients
13
2
31
Unknown
15
25
16
21
0
Number lost during prod.
36
25
17
17
0
323
5
6
15
Price per bird
(4-5 lbs)
$5.50
$6.00
$6.00
$5.00
$5.00
$4.50
$4.25
$4.47
$5.00
Total feed (lbs)
1087
790
1244
1230
650
888
1550
900
1050
Feed (pounds
per bird)
16
10
14
15
13
15
8
10
12
Feed cost (cents
per pound)
12¢
15¢
13¢
10¢
16¢
15¢
13¢
18¢
16¢
Pen costs³
$10.57
$26.32
$13.61
$8.35
Unknown
$20.00
$7.40
$12.18
$15.00
Feed costs
$134.47
$129.46
$166.58
$128.7
$102.24
$133.25
$200.44
$161.90
$167.25
Chick costs
$83.00
$73.00
$53.00
$72.00
$32.5
$74.00
$141.50
$48.00
$48.00
Other
$22.05
$50.49
$29.30
$7.12
Unknown
0
0
$47.67
$35.88
Total Costs
$250.09
$279.27
$260.49
$216.17
Unknown
$227.25
$349.34
$269.75
$266.13
Income/value(4)
$379.50
$450.00
$414.00
$325.00
$216.00
$396.00
$834.00
$314.11
$15.00
Net
$129.42
$170.73
$153.51
$108.83
Unknown
$168.75
$484.66
$44.36
-$251.13
Hours of labor
65.5
126.5
84.5
57
55
45
65
115.5
131.75
Hourly earnings
$1.98
$1.35
$1.82
$1.91
Unknown
$3.75
$7.46
$0.38
Negative

¹Two farmers pooled to raise their batches together
²50 additional birds were kept for layers
³Pen costs were amortized for 10 batches
4-"Value" refers to the value of birds kept for home use. The value of the free samples is not included.
5 - Two birds were sold live

Appendix 4 - Summary of 1997 Production Figures
HPI Pastured Poultry Producers
Producer code
6M
7M
8M
9M
10M
No. of chickens in batch
300
100
100
100
100
Age onto pasture (weeks)
5
2½
2
3
2½
Age at slaughter (weeks)
12
14
8
8½
7 ½ -9½
Number slaughtered
190
Unknown
36
50
75
Number sold
190¹
50
0
60
60
Number kept for freezer
20
30
27
20
15
Number given away
10
0
9
0
0
Number of customers/recipients
Unknown
22
Unknown
20
8
Number lost during production
57
20
65
In Shipping
25
25
Price per bird (4-5 lbs)
$6.25/4.50
$3-3.50
$5.00
$5.00
$5.00
Total feed (lbs)
3050
1000
400
900
2000
Feed (pounds per bird)
14
12.5
11
11
27
Feed cost (cents per pound)
15¢
9¢
20¢
21¢
8¢
Pen costs²
$35.00
$11.50
Unknown
$9.89
$4.00
Feed costs
$448.00
$99.69
$81.75
$188.07
$169.50
Chick costs
$245.29
$87.00
$52.65
$56.00
$65.00
Other
$50.00
$25.00
$9.20
$4.50
$4.20
Total Costs
$778.29
$223.19
Unknown
$258.46
$242.70
Income/value³
$1225.00
$255.00
$135.00
$400.00
$300.00
Net
$446.71
$31.81
Unknown
$141.54
$57.30
Hours of labor
Unknown
70.5
86.75
95.25
79.5
Hourly earnings
Unknown
$0.45
Unknown
$1.49
$0.72
¹30 birds were sold live
²Pen costs were amortized for 10 batches
³"Value" refers to the value of birds kept for home use. The value of the free samples is not included
Appendix 5 - Summary of 1998 Production Figures
HPI Pastured Poultry Producers
Producer code
1K
2K
11M
12M
13M
No. of chickens in batch
50
29
100
100
50
Age onto pasture (weeks)
1
2
3
Unknown
Unknown
Age at slaughter (weeks)
8
Sold live at
6, 7, 8, 11 weeks
9
N/A
Unknown
Number slaughtered
50
0
86
N/A
4
Number sold
43
22 live
43
N/A
0
Number kept for freezer
2
4
4
N/A
4
Number given away
5
0
25
N/A
0
Number of customers/recipients
9
11
9
N/A
0
Number lost during production
2
3
15
100
46
Price per bird (4-5 lbs)
$5.00
$3-4.00
$6.00
N/A
N/A
Total feed (lbs)
Unknown
250
1183
N/A
Unknown
Feed (pounds per bird)
Unknown
9.6
13
N/A
Unknown
Feed cost (cents per pound)
Unknown
14¢
17¢
Unknown
Unknown
Pen costs¹
Unknown
$7.60
$34.30
$8.48
Unknown
Feed costs
$127.80
$34.92
$205.05
Unknown
Unknown
Chick costs
Unknown
Unknown
$94.85
$95.95
Unknown
Other
Unknown
Unknown
$87.79
Unknown
Unknown
Total Costs
Unknown
Unknown
$421.99
Unknown
Unknown
Income/value²
$250.00
$110.50
$432.00
N/A
$20.00
Net
Unknown
Unknown
$10.01
N/A
Unknown
Hours of labor
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
N/A
Unknown
Hourly earnings
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
N/A
Unknown
¹Pen costs were amortized for 10 batches

²"Value" refers to the value of birds kept for home use. The value of the free samples is not included

Appendix 6 - Resource Section

Salatin, Joel. 1999. Pastured Poultry Profits: Net $25,000 in 6 Months on 20 Acres. Polyface, Inc., Swoope, VA. Order from:

Stockman Grass Farmer
P.O. Box 2300
Ridgeland, MS 39158
1-800-748-9808
Book ($30 plus shipping & handling)
Video ($50)
American Pastured Poultry Producers Association (APPPA)
5207 70th Street
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
715-723-2293
APPPA_Grit@yahoo.com
Contact: Diane Kaufmann
Membership: $20 per year

ATTRA materials…Dial 1-800-346-9140:
· Sustainable Chicken Production Overview
· Range Poultry Housing
· List of Organic Livestock Feed Suppliers
· Legal Issues for Small Farm Pastured Poultry Producers
· Pastured Poultry Experiences: The Results of a Survey
· HPI Pastured Poultry Record Book (also includes the two preceding materials)

 

Internet Resources

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/poultrylist.html

PasturePoultry listserver at www.onelist.com

Dom_Bird listserver at www.eGroups.com


Final Project Report from HPI for SARE grant #LS96-76. Order from:

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Appendix 7- List of Project Coordinators, University Cooperators; involved Extension agents, others
Heifer Project International Contacts
  Skip Polson
HPI Program Consultant
3224 Alani Drive
Honolulu, HI 96822-1403
808-988-2729
skip.polson@heifer.org 		Kathy Colverson
HPI Southeast Program Manager
1810 NW 6th Street
Gainesville, FL 32609
352-371-1170
kcolverson@aol.com
  Steve Muntz
HPI Appalachia Program Manager
110 N. Maysville Street #100
Mt. Sterling, KY 40353
606-497-0603
smuntz@compuserve.com		 Roger Jones
HPI South Central Program Manager
2601 Hwy. 98 East
New Augusta, MS 39462
601-964-3371
JonesRoget@cs.com
  Sue Bertrand
HPI USA/Canada
Program Director
1015 Louisiana Street
Little Rock, AR 72202-3815
501-907-2600
sue.bertrand@heifer.org		  
University Contacts
  Southern University:
James McNitt
College of Agriculture
Southern University &
A&M College
PO Box 11170
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
504-771-5134
jmcnitt@subr.edu		 Arlen Guillory
Southern University
PO Box 10030
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
504-771-3510
  Kentucky State University:
Mac Stone
Farm Manager
Kentucky State University
1525 Mills Lane
Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-5871		  
Involved Extension Agents
  James Berry
Associate Area Agent
South Carolina State University
PO Box 1033
Bennettsville, SC 29117
803-479-6991
(No longer with SCSU)		 James Hill
Program Coordinator/Agriculture
and Natural Resources
1890 Cooperative Extension
PO Box 7336
Orangeburg, SC 29117
803-536-8941
HHill@scsu.edu
  Edoe Agbodjan
PO Box 246
Greenwood, SC 29648
864-229-668
Edoea@hotmail.com		 Anthony Parsons
108 Academy St.
Kingstree, SC 29556
843-354-3289
  Ishmel Washington
1890 Extension Hampton Office
PO Box 536
Hampton, SC 29924
803-943-3538		 University of Kentucky:
Kelly Hall
University of Kentucky
Extension Service
201 Scovell Hall
Lexington, KY 40546
606-257-1727
(No longer with Univ. of KY)
  James Morgan
1890 Extension Bowman Office
PO Box 466
Bowman, SC 29018-0466
803-829-2367		  
Others
  Anne Fanatico
NCAT/ATTRA
PO Box 3657
Fayetteville, AR 72702
800-346-9140
annef@ncatark.uark.edu		 Diane Kaufman
APPPA
5207 70th St.
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
715-723-2293
APPPA_Grit@yahoo.com
  Janie Hipp
National Center for Agricultural Law Research and Information
University of Arkansas School of Law
Mailstop WATR-147B
Fayetteville, AR 72701
501-575-8602
jhipp@mercury.uark.edu		 Joel, Teresa, Daniel, and
Rachel Salatin
Polyface Farm
Rt. 1, Box 281
Swoope, VA 24479
540-885-3590
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