Questionnaire

Comparative analysis of layer production and profitability under three types

of housing systems
Demography

1. Name of the farm: ___________________________________

2. Name of the farmer: ___________________________________

3. Contact no: ___________________________________

4. Age (years): 1. 20-30 2. 31-40 3. 41 and

above

5. Occupation: 1. Self-business 2.Agri. 3. Livestock

6. Education (years): 1.0-5 2. 6-10 3.11 and above

7. Farming experience: 1.0-5 2.6-10 3.11 and

above

8. Farm size: ___________________________________

1.General information of farm

1. Name and address of farm:_________________________________________
2. House type: 1. Open side 2. Semi control floor 3. Semi control cage
3. Maximum capacity of farm: ________________________________________
4. Dimension of farm: __________________________________________
5. Number of the birds: __________________________________________
6. Space per bird: __________________________________________
7. Chicks Company : 1. LSL 2. Hi-sex 3. Other
8. Type of feed used : 1. Mesh 2.Palate 3. Crumble
9. Feed company : __________________________________________
10. Brown or white shelled eggs:________________________________________
 1.1. Expenses
Expenses Rupees (Rs.)
Total expenditure on building
Total expenditure on equipment’s
Total expense of labor
Expenses on lighting
Total expenditures on flock
Total expenditure on medicine& consultancy
Total expenditure on vaccines
General overheads ( Miscellaneous )
Total expenditure on disinfectant
Total output (Profit\Loss)
1.2.Equipment
Name of Equipment Quantity Cost (Rs.) Remarks
Cages
Brooder
Lighting source (Energy
Saver)
Feeding lines (feeder pans?)
Watering lines (nipples etc.?)
Side wall fans
Exhaust fans
Inlets
Generator
Cooling system
2.Biosecurity:1- Yes 2- No
I. Boundary wall 1 2
II. Tyre dip 1 2
III. Vehicle disinfected 1 2
 IV. Bath 1 2
V. Change the clothes 1 2
VI. Foot dip 1 2
VII. Contact with wild birds and animals 1 2
3. Brooding Source:
I. Coal brooder 1 2
II. Gas brooder 1 2
III. Diesel brooder 1 2

4. Vaccination: 1. YES 2. NO
Age of Name of vaccine Route Dose Company Remarks
birds

5. Disease Problem:
Date Age of Disease Cause of out Duration Mortality Treatment
bird break
6. Medicines:
Date Age Medicine Company Disease Dose Duration Purpose

7.Feeding Methods: 1= automatic, 2= manual

I. Method 1 2

II. Plan

8.Brooding Management:
I. Flushing at start 1 2
II. Source of flushing
III. Brooding paper 1 2
IV. Ground maize feeding at start 1 2
V. Use of antibiotics at first week 1 2
9.Records:1- Yes 2- No
I. No of eggs produced 1 2
II. Mortality 1 2
III. Egg production % 1 2
IV. Average feed consumption per layer per day 1 2
V. Average water consumption per layer per day 1 2
VI. Hen age 1 2
VII. No. or %age of cracked or malformed eggs 1 2

10.Mortality:
Date Age Cause of Mortality Mortality Date and Treatment Diagnosed
Time by

11.Problems in Poultry Farming:

Questions What issues?
What are temperature measurements issues? Yes No

What are air quality and ventilation issues? Yes No

What are litter quality issues? Yes No

What are nutrition/feed cost issues? Yes No

What are biosecurity issues? Yes No

12. Information required for performance parameters:

No of eggs laid in whole period: __________________

Average no of eggs laid per week: __________________

Age of hen at time of calculating of production: __________________

Net farm income (Sale of eggs/cull in rupees): __________________

Sale price of eggs at time of calculation: __________________

Total revenue in rupees: __________________

Price of eggs
Price of culls
Price of litter
Gunny bags
Total

Total variable cost in rupees: __________________

(a) Total variable cost
Price of day old chick
Cost of feed
Cost of electricity
Cost of gas
Cost of medicine
Cost of litter
Cost of disinfectants
Cost of water
Brooding and heating
Cost of vaccination
Miscellaneous expenses
Telephone
Total

Total fixed cost in rupees: ___________________

(b) Total fixed cost
Cost Of Permanent Labor
 Rent Of Poultry House
Equipment Depreciation
Building Depreciation
Total

Total (A+B) = _____________

13.Determinants of inefficiency in layer production:

QNo.1 Which lab you select for the diagnosis of disease?
Ans _______________________________________________________________

Q No.2 Which type of sample you send to the lab?

Ans _______________________________________________________________

Q No.3 How to sale your birds?

Ans _______________________________________________________________

Q No.4 How to sale eggs?

Ans _______________________________________________________________

Q No.5 Which month/season is better for sale?

Ans _______________________________________________________________

Q No.6 Are you recording all the data of your flock?

Ans _______________________________________________________________

Q No.7 Which type of data you recoded at daily basis?

Ans _______________________________________________________________
Q No.8 Which type of data you recorded at weekly basis?
Ans _______________________________________________________________

Q No.9 How much light (lux) is given during production?

Ans _______________________________________________________________

Any other problems faced by farmers

_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________

Farmer’s opinion to conduct research on a specific topic/problem

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
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 Record during production cycle
No of birds started (Day1st):_____________ Age at 1st egg: ___________ No of birds at 1st egg production:______________
Weeks 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th
No of birds
Egg production
Egg weight in grams
Mortality
Rejected eggs
Egg price per dozen
Feed offered
Light duration
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Weeks 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th
No of birds
Egg production
Egg weight in grams
Mortality
Rejected eggs
Egg price per dozen
Feed offered
Light duration
Record during production cycle
Weeks 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33th 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th
No of birds
Egg production
Egg weight in grams
Mortality
Rejected eggs
Egg price per dozen
Feed offered
Light duration
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Weeks 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd
No of birds
Egg production
Egg weight in grams
Mortality
Rejected eggs
Egg price per dozen
Feed offered
Light duration