Guides
Practical notes on running a commercial layer operation: the figures worth measuring, how they are actually built up, and where they mislead. Written from the same material as the EggFactory Help Center.
How to calculate hen-day production (and what it actually tells you)
The formula, why hen-day and hen-housed are different claims, what a normal curve looks like, and what a sudden drop usually means.
What it costs to rear a pullet to point of lay
How a rearing cost per bird is actually built up, and why the survivors carry the cost of the birds that died.
Feed conversion ratio for layers: the number and its traps
Feed per dozen and feed per kg of egg mass, what drives them, and the traps in the measurement.
IAS 41 for poultry farms: how a laying flock is accounted for
Why laying hens are biological assets rather than stock, and how a flock is written down over its laying life.