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D-day-old-chick Dictionary

Day-old chick

A chick sold by a hatchery on its first day

All termsIntroduced in M12Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
A chick sold by a hatchery on its first day
How to use it
Book chicks weeks ahead from a reputable hatchery.
South African benchmark
South Africa's broiler industry depends on a concentrated hatchery and breeding-stock base (Article 91).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M12-U4, M12-U5, M12-U6, C5 Lesson 5.1
Calculate it
T-M12-02 Broiler Batch Calculator
Library sources
LIB-A016, LIB-A091, LIB-A135, LIB-P-Broiler, LIB-P-Ostrich
See also
Hatchery, Broiler
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.