You are raising 500 Cornish Cross straight-run broilers. The birds arrived on April 15 and will go to the processor on June 15. You sell ready-to-use whole chickens to area restaurants – they pay $15 per bird. You purchase your feed from a local cooperative – you get a 21% starter for $385.00/1-ton tote. (For simplicity this is your only feed). There is no mortality! The performance on the birds is as follows:

Age	Average Body Weight/bird	Feed Intake per week/Bird
1 week	0.35 lb	0.3 lb
2 week	0.85 lb	0.62
3 week	1.54 lb	1.02 lb
4 week	2.38 lb	1.44 lb
5 week	3.34 lb	1.9 lb
6 week	4.37 lb	2.32 lb
7 week	5.4 lb	2.73 lb
8 week	6.42 lb	3.10 lb

Answer the following:

How much grain will be required to feed the birds over the 8 weeks to grow out?

What will that grain cost?

What is the average daily gain for the birds?

What is the FCR for the birds?

What is the cost per lb of gain?

Are you charging the restaurants enough for the chicken?

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