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D-broiler Dictionary

Broiler

A chicken raised for meat

All termsIntroduced in M12Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
A chicken raised for meat
How to use it
Run broilers in batches and sell each batch on a schedule agreed with buyers.
South African benchmark
Broilers are South Africa's largest single source of animal protein and its biggest livestock employer (Article 77).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M12-U1, M12-U2, M12-U6, C4 Lesson 4.4
Calculate it
T-M12-02 Broiler Batch Calculator
Library sources
LIB-A077, LIB-A080, LIB-A082, LIB-A083, LIB-P-Broiler, LIB-P-Ostrich
See also
Day-old chick, Feed conversion ratio
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.