Table 4.
Characteristics of the studied turkey flocks (n = 427) by marketing weight categories, 2013–2019.
| Mean of flocks (Standard error of the mean) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Units |
Broiler turkeys (n = 84) |
Light hens (n = 105) |
Heavy hens (n = 67) |
Light tom (n = 48) |
Heavy tom (n = 123) |
Overall (n = 427) |
| Age sampled | Days | 64 (1) | 78 (1) | 96 (1) | 96 (1) | 107 (1) | 89 (1) |
| Preslaughter live weighta | kg bird | 5 (0.1) | 7 (0.1) | 9 (0.2) | 12 (0.2) | 15 (0.2) | 10 (0.2) |
| Birds at risk | n birds | 8, 624 (478) | 8,215 (453) | 7,596 (562) | 7,131 (464) | 6,171 (279) | 7,488 (198) |
| Total preslaughter live weights | kg, total | 42, 457 (2,552) | 55,122 (3,159) | 68,277 (4,626) | 87,546 (6,009) | 89,773 (4,121) | 68,321 (2,009) |
| Stocking density | birds/m2 | 6 (0.2) | 6 (0.2) | 5 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 5 (0.1) |
| Farm capacity | n birds | 23, 704 (3, 844) | 27,528 (2,190) | 31,259 (2,865) | 26,726 (3,061) | 25,642 (2,095) | 26,924 (1,242) |
| Mortality | % | 4 (0.3) | 5 (0.4) | 6 (0.4) | 6 (0.4) | 8 (0.4) | 6 (0.2) |
a
Used interchangeably with pre-harvest throughout the manuscript (i.e., farm visit and data collection before shipment for slaughter).