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Layer

A hen kept to lay eggs

All termsIntroduced in M12Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
A hen kept to lay eggs
How to use it
Plan layers around daily egg sales and the cost of feeding hens before they lay.
South African benchmark
South African egg production runs alongside broilers, with small-scale layers an entry point (Article 81).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M12-U1, M12-U6, M3-U1, M4-U1
Calculate it
T-M12-03 Layer Flock Calculator
Library sources
LIB-A008, LIB-A009, LIB-A010, LIB-A023, LIB-P-Broiler, LIB-P-Ostrich
See also
Point-of-lay hen
Poultry and Ostrich: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedPoultry and Ostrich: how the business runsSold bybirds per batch, kg per bird1Day-old chicks2Brood3Grow 6 weeks4Catch5Sell or slaughterZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Poultry and Ostrich Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M12 Poultry and Ostrich.