subject: Duck Farming - Importance of Keeping Farm Records If You Want A Profitable Duck Business [print this page] Duck Farming - Importance of Keeping Farm Records If You Want A Profitable Duck Business
It is worth keeping a record of what happens on your farm. Not every one finds keeping records easy or useful. It seems a hassle, but it is fun. Normally for a short term and for a small flock you can remember the most important information. But if you are planning to keep ducks for a longer time and if you want to make a business you need to keep track of what happens.
Depending on your type of business you can keep track of:
- how many eggs are laid every day
- how much food you give every day
- the costs you make on feeding and health care
- the investment you have made to build a shed
- which ducks are good breeders and which are not
- how many eggs you incubate and the date you have put them to incubate
- how many eggs hatch
- how many of the hatched ducklings survive and how many die
This is not a complete list, neither a compulsory list. You decide yourself of which information you keep a record, depending on the type of your business.
The information you gather can help you to make management decisions or help you to find a solution to a problem. For example:
- When you know when you put eggs to incubate, you can calculate the date that they will hatch. You can then prepare for caring for the ducklings in time..
- You can estimate when you will need to replace ducks as they reach the end of their productive period.
