Table 1.
Technical inputs, costs, and profits per delivered broiler.
| Item | Unit | Production System | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFS 3 | NCS 3 | HCS 3 | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Technical variables | |||||||
| Length of growth period | day | 43.5 a | 2.93 | 44.8 b | 0.83 | 44.8 b | 0.65 |
| Daily growth | g | 58.3 a | 3.74 | 64.1 b | 3.39 | 64.5 b | 2.62 |
| Delivery weight | kg | 2.53 a | 0.13 | 2.87 b | 0.15 | 2.89 b | 0.12 |
| Density | kg/m2 | 26.5 a | 4.8 | 53.5 b | 5.99 | 51.4 b | 5.05 |
| FCR 1 | 1.69 a | 0.13 | 1.68 a | 0.032 | 1.65 a | 0.03 | |
| Mortality | % | 6.92 a | 2.65 | 3.79 b | 1.24 | 3.26 b | 1.03 |
| Rounds | #/year | 4.61 a | 0.74 | 5.9 b | 0.31 | 6 b | 0.16 |
| EPI 2 | # | 323.69 a | 47.93 | 368.41 b | 25.19 | 377.77 b | 19.63 |
| mean | % | mean | % | mean | % | ||
| Variable costs | 23.68 a | 89.30% | 24.95 a | 6.70% | 26.12 b | 93.90% | |
| 1-d chick 4 | CNY/bird | 4.58 a | 17.30% | 4.83 b | 18.10% | 5.05 c | 18.20% |
| Feed | CNY/bird | 16.49 a | 62.20% | 17.61 a | 65.90% | 18.56 b | 66.70% |
| Health care | CNY/bird | 1.52 a | 5.70% | 1.1 b | 4.10% | 0.96 c | 3.50% |
| Heating | CNY/bird | 0.38 a | 1.40% | 0.48 b | 1.80% | 0.48 b | 1.70% |
| Electricity | CNY/bird | 0.18 a | 0.70% | 0.18 a | 0.70% | 0.18 a | 0.60% |
| Transport (chicks) | CNY/bird | 0.37 a | 1.40% | 0.49 a | 1.80% | 0.40 b | 1.40% |
| General cost | CNY/bird | 0.198 a | 0.70% | 0.212 a | 0.80% | 0.214 a | 0.80% |
| Transport (feed) | CNY/bird | 0.20 a | 0.80% | 0.25 a | 0.90% | 0.21 a | 0.80% |
| Labor (hire) | CNY/bird | 0.000 a | 0.00% | 0.13 a | 0.50% | 0.305 b | 1.10% |
| Fixed costs | CNY/bird | 2.83 a | 10.70% | 1.78 b | 6.70% | 1.70 b | 6.10% |
| Labor (own) | CNY/bird | 1.12 a | 4.20% | 0.47 b | 1.80% | 0.05 c | 0.20% |
| Build | CNY/bird | 0.70 a | 2.60% | 0.36 b | 1.30% | 0.50 b | 1.80% |
| Inventory | CNY/bird | 1.01 a | 3.80% | 0.96 b | 3.6% | 1.15 b | 4.10% |
| Total cost | CNY/bird | 26.51 a | 100.00% | 26.74 a | 100.0% | 27.81 b | 100.00% |
| Return | CNY/bird | 24.04 a | 90.70% | 27.75 b | 103.80% | 29.19 c | 104.90% |
| Profit | CNY/bird | −2.47 a | −9.30% | 1.01 b | 3.80% | 1.37 b | 4.90% |
a–c One-way test: values with different superscripts indicate significant differences between systems. (p < 0.05). 1 FCR = feed conversion ratio, 2 EPI = Europe Production Index, EPI = delivery weight × (1-mortality) × 10000/(FCR × length growth period), 3 NFS = normal floor system, NCS = normal cage system, and HCS = high standard cage system, 4 1-d chick = The price of one-day-old chicks.