| Typical Broiler Body Weights and Feed Requirements | ||||||||
| Male | Female | |||||||
| Age weeks | Body Weight (lb) | Avg Daily gain/week | Daily Intake (lb) | Cum. Intake (lbs) | Body Weight (lb) | Avg Daily gain/week | Daily Intake (lb) | Cum. Intake (lbs) |
| 1 | 0.40 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.33 |
| 2 | 1.00 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 1.10 | 0.90 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 1.03 |
| 3 | 1.90 | 0.13 | 0.23 | 2.50 | 1.70 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 2.24 |
| 4 | 3.10 | 0.18 | 0.32 | 4.40 | 2.70 | 0.15 | 0.29 | 4.02 |
| 5 | 4.50 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 7.00 | 3.90 | 0.17 | 0.37 | 6.36 |
| 6 | 6.00 | 0.21 | 0.46 | 10.10 | 5.10 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 9.15 |
| 7 | 7.50 | 0.21 | 0.50 | 13.50 | 6.30 | 0.17 | 0.47 | 12.29 |
| 8 | 8.80 | 0.19 | 0.52 | 17.10 | 7.40 | 0.16 | 0.49 | 15.64 |
| 9 | 10.00 | 0.17 | 0.52 | 20.70 | 8.40 | 0.14 | 0.50 | 19.10 |
Chart courtesy of Purely Poultry.
I am a broiler grower in Barbados. Your chart shows that I should get an average of 5.5 lbs overall on my broilers in 6 weeks. I have been trying to reach that weight but fall short by about 1.3 lbs. Do you have any suggestions on how I can improve my weight? Someone suggest turkey starter for about 2 and 1/2 weeks. What do you think?
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