Item | Infertile eggs (Rs.) | Fertile eggs (Rs.) | |||
Costs: | |||||
Ducklings | (a) 100 females | 400.00 | |||
(b) 100 females and 20 males | 480.00 | ||||
Feed 1 | (a) 100 females | 17 527.50 | |||
(b) 100 females and 20 males | 21 033.00 | ||||
Labour | 540.00 | 648.00 | |||
Electricity | 72.00 | 86.40 | |||
Medecine 2 | 338.55 | 444.95 | |||
Miscellaneous 3 | 896.38 | 1 112.37 | |||
Total: | 19 794.43 | 23 804.72 | |||
Returns: | |||||
Meat-duck sales 4 | 2 250.00 | 2 700.00 | |||
Value of eggs 5 | 17 544.43 | 21 104.72 | |||
Total: | 19 794.43 | 23 804.72 | |||
Value of egg per piece | 1.62 | 1.95 |
2 2% of costs of ducklings and feed
3 5% of costs of ducklings and feed
5 Average egg production per layer is 120
(Interest on capital investment, depreciation and sale of manure are excluded).