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Farmers who use lenses to debeak birds rather than physical debeaking experience annual savings. The savings include $0.096911 per bird from reduced mortality rates from 9% to 4.5%, $0.112457 from needing half as much feed depth in feeders, and $0.044167 from fewer damaged eggs. The total annual savings amount to $0.253534 per bird from using lenses. Additional savings are expected from increased egg production among lower-ranked birds and from removing fewer dead birds.

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Farmers who use lenses to debeak birds rather than physical debeaking experience annual savings. The savings include $0.096911 per bird from reduced mortality rates from 9% to 4.5%, $0.112457 from needing half as much feed depth in feeders, and $0.044167 from fewer damaged eggs. The total annual savings amount to $0.253534 per bird from using lenses. Additional savings are expected from increased egg production among lower-ranked birds and from removing fewer dead birds.

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Annual Benefits to farmers: Lenses Versus Debeaking

Savings on Bird Mortality Savings/bird/year


Present Cost/Surviving Bird (incl. Mortality 2.61 Mortalilty Reduced from 9% to 4.5%(page 5) and Exb
Less New Cost $2.40/(100-4.5) 2.513089
Savings 0.096911

Savings on Feed
Assumption: Feed depth is reduced by 1/2

(156/2)*(1/20000)*(158/2000)*365 0.112457

Savings on egg laying truma


1 egg*(1/12) * $0.53 0.044167

Total 0.253534

Other Savings
Incerased egg production among lower pecking order
birds NA
Less Dead Birds to remove/less truma for surviors NA
rom 9% to 4.5%(page 5) and Exb. 5

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