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The total gross cost per 100 birds housed was $208.84. Feed, day-old 

 chicks, and labor are the largest items of cost and together make up 

 86% of the total. The cost of chicks was estimated at 20^ each, — an 

 arbitrary assumption where men produced their own chicks. 



For every 100 pullets saved, 107 birds were sold from the flock as 

 broilers, cull pullets, roasters, etc. As shown in Table 28, about 76% of 

 those sold were taken out at an age between 10 and 15 weeks. Over 

 12' \ were sold before 10 weeks of age. This age at which the excess 

 cockerels and cull pullets are sold has a bearing on the cost of pro- 

 ducing pullets inasmuch as the amount of feed consumed will be larger 

 if the broilers are held longer. 



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Table 28 — Average age at which broilers, roasters, etc., were sold prom J s flocks 

 heavy breeds (culls and broilers inventoried at time of cut-off 

 regarded as sold <it cue when inventoried). 



The credits from sale of the 107 birds amounted to $77.61; the esti- 

 mated net cost per 100 pullets at an average age of 21.8 weeks was 

 $131.23. (Table 27.) 



Since the age at which pullets were removed from range to houses 

 varied on individual farms, accurate comparisons of costs between in- 

 dividual farms were not attempted. 



