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 | 16 627.50 | |||
(b) 100 females and 20 males | 19 953.00 | ||||
Labour | 576.00 | 691.20 | |||
Electricity | 76.00 | 91.20 | |||
Medicine 2 | 340.55 | 408.66 | |||
Miscellaneous 3 | 851.38 | 1 021.65 | |||
Total: | 18 871.43 | 22 645.71 | |||
Returns: | |||||
Meat-duck sales 4 | 1 620.00 | 1 944.00 | |||
Value of eggs 5 | 17 251.43 | 20 701.71 | |||
Total: | 18 871.43 | 22 645.71 | |||
Value of egg per piece | 0.77 | 0.92 |
2 2% of costs of duckling and feed
3 5% of costs of duckling and feed
5 Average egg production per layer 250
(Interest on capital investment, depreciation and sale of manure are excluded)