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. 2022 Sep 21;101(12):102194. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.102194

Table 7.

Cost of building the facility and purchasing the land.

Item Unit CC8 CC12 EC8 EC12 AV BR
Item / Hen house cost Hen house equipment 103 yen/ house 141,424 144,502 237,974 243,446 202,278 13,884
Hen house peripheral equipment*1 103 yen/ house 19,451 19,430 24,169 23,819 28,951 7,873
Freight, installation of the equipment, electrical wiring and water piping 103 yen/ house 53,567 54,045 67,185 68,827 141,442 12,073
Hen house building construction 103 yen/ house 126,600 109,700 206,800 175,700 295,000 63,881
Total hen house cost per house 103 yen/ house 341,042 327,677 536,128 511,792 667,670 97,712
Total hen house cost per farm 103 yen/ farm 341,042 327,677 536,128 511,792 667,670 1,563,393
Total hen house cost per birds per farm yen/ birds/ farm 3,036 2,917 4,681 4,496 5,990 13,565
Land area cost Land cost 103 yen/ farm 19,252 17,617 21,392 20,133 22,812 104,356
Land development costs 103 yen/ farm 88,857 81,309 98,730 92,922 105,285 417,423
Primary electricity and drainage work 103 yen/ farm 78,624 78,624 80,178 79,682 111,472 414,893
Total land purchase cost 103 yen/ farm 186,733 177,550 200,300 192,738 239,569 936,672
Total cost for poultry farm construction 103 yen/ farm 527,776 505,227 736,428 704,530 907,239 2,500,065
Total cost for poultry farm construction per birds per farm yen/ birds/ farm 4,699 4,498 6,429 6,189 8,139 21,693

Abbreviations: AV, aviary; BR, barn; CC8, conventional cage 8-tier; CC12, conventional cage 12-tier; EC8, enriched cage 8-tier; EC12, enriched cage 12-tier.

*1

Hen house peripheral equipment were ventilation fans etc. One house per one farm based on this theoretical comparison study. When by BR, one farm consists of 16 houses.