Poultry

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Poultry
Poultry at home
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contents
contents

• Method
• General care
• The workers
• Introduction
• The workplace
• Financial considerations
• Health and safety
• Marketing
• Sales
• Commercial production
• references

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Introduction

• At home I have about 40 hens I will sell the
  eggs. I also am going to hatch out as many chicks
  as I can and sell the chicks and try to make a
  profit. I have seven different breeds which are
  light Sussex ,Silkies ,Buff Orpington ,Jersey
  Giant, White Crested Polish and Welsummer.

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Sales

• I sell my eggs to people in the village I live
  in, friends and family. I sell my eggs 2.00 a
  dozen and 1.00 for half a dozen. I will sell all
  the chicks I have hatched from home at 5.00 when
  come up to point of lay. if I can not sell them
  all from home I will take them to leek market to
  be sold.

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Method

• For my enterprise I will be selling eggs and
  chicks with I will hatch out by incubating. I
  well sell most of the chicks but I will keep some
  hens for next years layers and some of the
  cockers to fatten them up to sell for meat. The
  rest I will sell privately or take them to Leek
  market to be sold.

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Health and safety

• Wash hands after feeding also wash hands after
  handing the bird.

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The workers

• I did most of the work for my enterprise but I
  did have my brother Phillip Wilson helping me
  with feeding. Also had some help from my dad
  Chris Wilson. my granddad John Wilson also will
  feed and take of they if away on holiday.

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General care

• I feed my hens on layers pellets and mixed corn.
  I feed them in the morning at about 6.45am and at
  same time I will fill up the drinkers. clean out
  the pens ever weekend. Later at about 4.30pm I
  will collect the eggs and shut them up in the
  pens at night.

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Financial considerations

• I buy two bags of layers pellets and two bags of
  mixed corn which will last 3 weeks. which costs
  about 6.00 each for 25kg bag I may spend some
  money buying more poultry and drinkers and
  feeders. But I counted the money for each week
  and counted how much was spent and how much
  profit and over the year I found I spent 216 and
  made 251.58 giving a profit of 35.58

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Marketing

• I found at Tesco they sell there eggs at 1.55
  for half a dozen and Sainsbury's eggs cost 1.55
  as well for the same eggs.

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The workplace

• I have my hens on a 0.25 hectare field which has
  about 15 pens each pen has a pure breeding trio
  in it which I can hatch chicks from.

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Commercial production

• The Battery Hen spends all her laying life in a
  cage crammed in with up to four other birds. Each
  hen stands on a space smaller than an A4 piece of
  paper. Her only way out is to the slaughterhouse
  .But battery hens are being banned in 2012.

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Work related report

• The John Bowler Group

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Contents

• Company Profile
• Introduction from John Bowler
• Free Range Egg Production
• Organic Egg Production
• Technical skills
• Finance
• Qualifications
• Increasing egg production using science knowledge

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Company Profile

• We began egg production on our first farm in
  1980. Now, over 25 years later, we have in excess
  of one hundred contracted Producers with over 1.5
  million birds between them producing over 1
  million eggs every day.

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Introduction from John Bowler

•  Egg production may be a new business to you but
  in reality it is an existing, proven business
  that is extended onto your farm. We are
  replicating a winning formula which, with our
  experience, should substantially reduce any risk
  inherent in setting up a new, unknown business.
  Whenever in the past I have enquired about an
  opportunity to earn an attractive profit, the
  more I investigated the opportunity the more I
  became disillusioned. This is not the case with
  our operation. In fact many of our Producers
  achieve figures well in excess of our own target
  figures.
• We believe that on average our Producer profit
  levels exceed industry standards. Making
  consistent profit, flock after flock, is
  difficult. To achieve this consistent profit it
  is essential that production performance be
  maximised. This is our strength. Its the last
  few eggs produced that are your profit. Our main
  objective is to produce profit for our Producers.
  I would like to thank you for showing an interest
  in our company and we look forward to seeing you
  on one of our open days. John BowlerChairman
  - John Bowler Group

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Free Range Egg Production

• Free Range Egg Production Income from Egg Sales
  20.94 (per bird per flock)Expenditure on
  Feed Pullets 13.71 (per bird per flock)
  Margin Per Bird 7.24 over 2895 per acre (400
  birds per acre) from Egg Sales 20.94 (per bird
  per flock)Expenditure on Feed Pullets
  13.71 (per bird per flock) Margin Per Bird
  7.24 over 2895 per acre (400 birds per acre)

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Organic Egg Production

• Organic Egg Production Income from Egg Sales
  34.68 (per bird per flock)Expenditure on Feed
  Pullets 21.88 (per bird per flock) Margin
  Per Bird 12.80 over 5100 per acre (400 birds
  per acre)

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Work Involved

• Daily Routine Open pop holes Check feed
  store Check birds feed and water Collect
  eggs at least twice daily Check time clocks
  Check ventilation systems, temperatures etc
  Keep house clean and tidy
• Other Routines Alternate access to paddocks
  every month Grass in paddocks should be kept
  short by cutting or grazing Prevent electric
  fence from shorting on long grass Check
  perimeter fence for damage Lay bait to prevent
  vermin infestation (This is a contractual
  obligation) Clean drinkers weekly Check for
  red mite

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Qualifications

• A quotes for the John Bowler of one employ
• Andrea Plant BSc (Hons) ACCA Group Financial
  Controller - Andrea joined the company in early
  1999 as an Accounts Junior. During her first
  summer she studied for, and attained, the
  Intermediate Stage of the Association of
  Accounting Technicians qualification. With the
  increase in the accounts requirement Andrea soon
  took on the production of the Management Accounts
  in conjunction with the auditors. Over the coming
  years Andrea worked to automate many of our
  Accounting systems and she began studying for
  ACCA. In 2000 Andrea became Office manager as
  well as looking after the accounts department and
  was promoted to Group Financial Controller in
  2003. In Jan 2005 Andrea left the company to
  pursue a new life in Canada, however due to
  personal circumstances she returned to England in
  2006. Andrea rejoined the company in May 2006 and
  was successful in passing the ACCA and being
  accepted for membership in August 2007. This is a
  fantastic achievement and is a classic example of
  how Bowler's strive to support members of staff
  if they wish to improve their career.

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Qualifications

• To get a first diploma in Agriculture at
• Reaseheath collage need 4cs GCSE have to have c
  or above in English , science and maths.

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Technical skills

• Daily Routine Open pop holes Check feed
  store Check birds feed and water Collect
  eggs at least twice daily Check time clocks
  Check ventilation systems, temperatures etc
  Keep house clean and tidy
• Other Routines Alternate access to paddocks
  every month Grass in paddocks should be kept
  short by cutting or grazing Prevent electric
  fence from shorting on long grass Check
  perimeter fence for damage Lay bait to prevent
  vermin infestation (This is a contractual
  obligation) Clean drinkers weekly Check for
  red mite

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Finance

• We can assist you in this task by forecasting, on
  a monthly basis, the number of eggs laid, egg
  size and grades, mortality and food consumption.
  From this information it is relatively simple to
  produce a cash flow forecast predicting egg
  income, feed costs, required borrowings and
  profit margin for the whole life cycle of the
  flock.
• Do not budget for this venture on the highest
  income and the lowest setting up costs to survive
  - build in a safety net. This makes sure that
  your business has the best possible start and a
  favourable future. Many farm consultants and
  accountants are aware of our organisation,
  however, we encourage questions from professional
  advisors and will always be pleased to welcome
  them with you, at one of our Open Days.

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Finance
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Increasing egg production using science knowledge

• From a text book called GCSE Rural science 2 said
  increasing day length acts on a birds brain
  causes the release of hormones and these
  stimulate egg laying. Or put large amount of
  birds in sheds put this gives animal welfare
  questions on the cruelty and safety of the
  animals. I talked to Mr Barker who is farm manger
  at Thomas Alleynes high school told me to
  increase egg production should use lighting and
  heating in winter to get a good egg rate all year
  round .

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references

• www.aact.org.au/.../Pitts20Farm.JPGwww.aact.org.
  au/factory_farming.htm

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