Chicken Feed Calculator
Feed is most of the cost of keeping hens. Enter your flock and bag details, and this shows how much feed a period uses, what it costs, and what that works out to per dozen eggs.
- Free
- Works offline after your first visit
- Saves on this device
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- Updated
How it works
Feed used is the number of birds times the days times the feed each bird eats a day. The cost is that weight divided by the bag size, times the bag price.
Eggs laid are the birds times the days times the share laying. The cost per dozen is the feed cost divided by the dozens laid. Scraps, bedding and the cost of the hens are not included.
Worked example
12 hens over 30 days eat 90 lb of feed, costing $39.60, or $1.65 per dozen eggs at the laying share you set.
Questions
How much does a hen eat a day?
A laying hen eats roughly a quarter pound of feed a day, but it changes with weather, age and what else she finds. Weigh a week of feed to check your own flock.
Do scraps lower the cost?
They can cut what you buy, but they do not replace a complete feed. Count any savings separately from this figure.
Why is my egg count lower than the share?
Laying slows in winter, during molting and as hens age. Set the share to what you see in your own nest boxes.
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