FCR, EPEF and livability calculate themselves — from your daily entries
In the morning you enter mortality, weighing and feed. Before you leave the house, DlaFerm.pl has already worked out FCR, EPEF, livability, stocking density and deviation from the breed norm. No spreadsheet, no formulas, no waiting for the end of the cycle.
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You learn the cycle result when nothing can be fixed any more
Indicators calculated once, after pick-up, tell you what went wrong. Calculated daily, they tell you what you can still change.
Spreadsheets after hours
In the evening you copy notes into a spreadsheet, and one shifted cell spoils the FCR of the whole cycle.
FCR only after pick-up
You learn how much feed went into each kilo of gain from the slaughterhouse settlement. Too late to react.
Weight by eye
You weigh the birds but have no breed norm for that day at hand. Is 1.2 kg on day 21 fine or already a warning?
Houses you cannot compare
Every house in a separate notebook. Which one drags the result down shows up only in the annual summary.
Start calculating FCR and EPEF daily, not once per cycle.
Create an accountPoultry production indicators from the flock record
Everything comes from data you already enter into the digital flock record.
FCR for the whole cycle
We add up the feed from all entries and divide it by the weight gain of the whole flock — gain per bird times live birds, for males and females separately.
EPEF without a calculator
Livability, average weight, flock age and FCR combine into EPEF (European Production Efficiency Factor), updated after every entry.
Livability and mortality
Current bird count, daily and cumulative deaths, mortality in percent and livability since placement — no manual subtraction.
Weight vs breed norm
Male and female weights are compared with the curve of the chosen strain for that day of age. You see the deviation in percent straight away.
Water and feed per bird
Water and feed intake are converted to a single bird and set against the norm for the flock’s age. Deviations are highlighted.
Density birds/m² and kg/m²
From house area, bird count and weight we calculate stocking density. You know when you are approaching the limit.
House by house
Indicators are calculated for the whole flock and separately for each room holding part of the birds.
Flock comparison
A table puts flocks side by side: bird count, livability, mortality, weight and FCR. The best value in each column is highlighted.
Expected pick-up date
From the placement date and the strain curve we work out an indicative slaughter date, so you can book catching and transport earlier.
From an entry in the house to a ready FCR in three steps
You create a flock
Enter the placement date, bird count and strain. From then on the system knows the weight, feed and water norms for every day of the cycle.
You make a daily entry
Mortality, weight, feed, water meter reading — from your phone or the web panel. It takes a minute.
You check the indicators
FCR, EPEF, livability and deviations from the norm are recalculated after every entry, for the flock and for each room.
See your flock’s FCR today, not in the slaughterhouse settlement.
Create an accountQuestions about FCR, EPEF and production indicators
How does DlaFerm.pl calculate FCR?add
We add up the feed from all daily entries and divide it by the flock’s weight gain. Gain is the weight difference between consecutive weighings multiplied by the number of live birds — for males and females separately. The method is explained step by step in our guide how to calculate broiler FCR.
How is EPEF calculated?add
EPEF = livability (%) × average weight (kg) ÷ (age in days × FCR) × 100. It is recalculated after every entry. How to read the result is covered in EPEF for broilers.
I just want a quick FCR or EPEF figure. Do I need an account?add
No. For a one-off calculation use the free FCR calculator and EPEF calculator. An account pays off when you want the indicators calculated daily from the flock record.
Where do the weight and feed norms come from?add
From the curve of the chosen strain: for every day of age there is a weight, feed and water norm. You pick the strain when creating the flock, and the comparison works from the first entry.
Do the indicators work for pigs too?add
FCR does — as feed used per kilogram of gain. EPEF is a poultry indicator, so we only calculate it for poultry flocks.
Where do I enter daily data?add
In the digital flock record, from your phone or the browser panel. What an entry looks like and what else the record gives you is shown on the digital broiler flock record page.
How can I try DlaFerm.pl?add
Click “Try the demo” — you get your own demonstration farm with sample data. The session lasts 24 hours, then the test data is deleted. Once you create an account, the first 60 days are free and no card is needed.
Let’s look at your flock
Tell us how many houses you have and how you keep the flock record today. We will show you how to move your data and when you will see FCR and EPEF daily.
Phone
+48 796 258 151