Poultry Feed Calculator: Total Feed, Tonnage and Cost per Bird
Enter flock size, target weight, conversion and delivered feed price to size a cycle in tonnes and in money. Use the same numbers to size the purchase order — the tonnage below is what you actually need to contract.
Inputs
Results
- Effective FCR
- 1.65
- Total feed required
- 115.9 t
- Feed per bird placed
- 3.86 kg
- Live weight produced
- 69.1 t
- Feed cost of the cycle
- 48,698
- Feed cost per kg live weight
- 0.70
115,949 kg
Total poultry feed = number of birds × target live weight (kg) × feed conversion ratio, adjusted for mortality. A 30,000-bird broiler flock grown to 2.4 kg at an FCR of 1.65 eats roughly 119 tonnes of feed, about 3.96 kg per bird placed. Multiply by the delivered feed price per tonne to get the feed cost of the cycle.
The formula
- Surviving birds = birds placed × (1 − mortality %)
- Live weight produced = surviving birds × target weight
- Feed required = live weight produced × FCR + mortality allowance
- Feed cost = (feed required in tonnes) × delivered price per tonne
Worked example — 30,000 broilers to 2.4 kg
- · 30,000 birds placed
- · 2.4 kg target live weight
- · FCR 1.65
- · 4% mortality
- · 420 per tonne delivered
- → 28,800 birds survive and produce 69.1 t of live weight
- → ≈ 118.9 t of feed, or 3.96 kg per bird placed
- → ≈ 49,940 in feed cost, about 0.72 per kg of live weight
Typical poultry conversion and intake benchmarks
| Category | Typical range | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Broiler, 2.0–2.2 kg | FCR 1.50–1.62 | Short cycle, high-density starter and grower. |
| Broiler, 2.4–2.8 kg | FCR 1.60–1.78 | Conversion drifts up as birds get heavier. |
| Layer, per egg | 0.12–0.14 kg feed | Roughly 110–125 g feed per hen per day. |
| Layer pullet to point of lay | 4.2–4.8 kg total | Rearing feed to ~17 weeks. |
| Turkey, heavy tom | FCR 2.4–2.8 | Longer cycle, higher protein feed. |
Indicative commercial ranges — use your own flock records where you have them.
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Once you know the tonnage, the next step is pricing it. Send the volume and the specification and we run it across qualified manufacturers and ingredient suppliers, then return every offer normalised to landed cost per tonne. Supplier-neutral and free for buyers.
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