A client chatted me up today, and showed me how his broilers were already weighing 1.5 kg at 3 weeks and 5 days. So, I decided to share something on that hoping to help as many people that will read this to the end. I will be showing you broiler weight per week in my broiler chicken weight chart and how to attain the remarkable weight in this article. You will also find out how much feed per broiler chicken in my broiler feed consumption table.
Broiler weight per week is a very important parameter to check if you are into broiler farming. After all, it all ends with the amount of meat your broiler chickens are able to generate from the feed you give them. So, you may ask, is there a standard weight for broilers per week? In this article, I have provided a broiler chicken weight chart showing you what you should get if you are doing it right. This chart should help you monitor your results and know if you are on track.
What To Expect
I have seen people who ask me, “how much feed per broiler chicken?” If that is your question, then the following broiler chicken weight chart should answer that up to the 9th week of rearing.
In case your own question is how much to feed chickens per day, or you want to know the weight of broiler chickens by age, then you will get your answer too.
Because Male and Female broilers don’t have the same weight, I will be wrong not to separate the sex parameter in the chart. So I have created two different charts to represent male and female sexes.
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Broiler Weight Per Week (Male)
| Age (Week) | Body Weight (kg) | Average Daily Weight Gain (kg) | Average Daily Feed Intake (Kg) | Cumulative Feed Intake (Kg) |
| Week 1 | 0.175 | 0.019 | 0.036 | 0.152 |
| Week 2 | 0.443 | 0.038 | 0.065 | 0.503 |
| Week 3 | 0.866 | 0.060 | 0.105 | 1.115 |
| Week 4 | 1.421 | 0.080 | 0.147 | 2.018 |
| Week 5 | 2.062 | 0.092 | 0.182 | 3.193 |
| Week 6 | 2.735 | 0.096 | 0.210 | 4.587 |
| Week 7 | 3.394 | 0.094 | 0.227 | 6.128 |
| Week 8 | 4.008 | 0.088 | 0.234 | 7.741 |
| Week 9 | 4.557 | 0.079 | 0.235 | 9.397 |
From the above chart, the following facts (and more) about male broiler chickens can be deduced:
- A male broiler should attain the average weight of 1.421 kg in 4 weeks
- Male broiler chickens will need 2.018 kg of feed to achieve this weight in 4 weeks
- A male broiler chicken should be around 2.735 kg in 6 weeks and should have eaten 4.587 kg of feed
- Daily feed consumption of your broiler chicken will start to reduce after 6 weeks
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Broiler Weight Per Week (Female)
| Age (Week) | Body Weight (Kg) | Average Daily Weight Gain (Kg) | Average Daily Feed Intake (Kg) | Cumulative Feed Intake (Kg) |
| Week 1 | 0.171 | 0.019 | 0.034 | 0.149 |
| Week 2 | 0.414 | 0.035 | 0.058 | 0.467 |
| Week 3 | 0.779 | 0.052 | 0.094 | 1.015 |
| Week 4 | 1.246 | 0.067 | 0.131 | 1.824 |
| Week 5 | 1.775 | 0.076 | 0.166 | 2.884 |
| Week 6 | 2.325 | 0.078 | 0.192 | 4.152 |
| Week 7 | 2.864 | 0.077 | 0.211 | 5.574 |
| Week 8 | 3.366 | 0.072 | 0.222 | 7.094 |
| Week 9 | 3.819 | 0.065 | 0.226 | 8.664 |
From the above chart, the following facts about female broiler chickens can be deduced:
- An average female broiler should be around 1.246 kg at 4 weeks
- And average female broiler chicken will need 1.824 kg of feed to reach the said weight in 4 weeks
- A female broiler will convert 4.152 kg of feed to 2.325 kg of meat in 6 weeks, and a total of approximately 8.664 kg of feed to almost 4 kg of meat in 9 weeks.
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How Much Feed Per Broiler Chicken
The question of how much feed per broiler chicken is a very interesting one that newbies often ask. And it is pretty wise to ask this question. To know how much feed per broiler chicken is to know what it takes to raise the number of birds you anticipate. This requires a sort of broiler chicken feed calculator. As a rule or guide, a broiler will eat about twice the target weight in kg. Usually, it is a little over 2X the body weight. That is, if you are looking to get 2 kg in body weight, you should be ready to use a little over 4 kg of feed.
How To Make Your Broiler Chicken Grow Faster
– Quality Feed and Broiler Weight Per Week
What I am about to share with you is the secret that will help you achieve the weight shown in the broiler chicken weight chart or even more. But only if you treat it as secret. To start with, the only thing that broiler chickens are genetically engineered to do is convert feed to meat. Hence, the importance of giving them quality feed that will help them grow fast. Your broiler weight per week will hit the top limit when you give them quality feed.
Even though I am not going to promote a particular feed, I would recommend that you stick to one of the best around you. It may be more expensive than the rest but you will get what you pay for. Moreover, I have found that most of the inferior feeds are sold for the same price with the high-quality ones. You can also contact me to purchase my Ultimate Feed Formula which I have been using to get at least 3.7 KG in 8 weeks. I won’t charge you much.
– Feed Ad-Libitum
The word ad-libitum simply means giving broilers feed round the clock, and allowing them to eat as much as they can. This can only be possible when their is supplementary lighting at night, so you should provide your chickens with a dim light at night to get impressive broiler weight per week as seen in the broiler chicken weight chart.
– Use Organic Boosters
See how broilers are drinking bitter leaf juice
A client chatted me up today, and showed me how his broilers were already 1.5 kg at 3 weeks and 5 days. As you can see, this result is above what I have shown you in the broiler chicken weight chart. He told me how he has followed my DiY Agric Organic Poultry eBook religiously, and how he is so happy about the results in terms of broiler weight per week. One of the benefits of this eBook is that Natural Organic Boosters are embedded.
Because I do not buy the idea of using antibiotics and synthetic growth promoters, I have found an alternative that is safer and works better. There are natural growth promoters that you can use for your broiler chickens, to help you get amazing broiler weight per week.
With this article, you should be able to monitor the results you are getting on your farm and compare with what you should get. You can also plan ahead and know how many bags of feed you will need for a given number of chickens and for a specific period of time.
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If this article has helped, kindly share to help others, and together we can feed the nation.
Abiola hamed
Please,how can I get your e book and your number
Dr. A Okorodudu
Nice, it’s a good thing you included the ‘terms and conditions’ – night light, ad-lib feeding… Those are things the average farmer does not do except those who produce for offtakers.
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Emmanuel
Thanks for this. Please, how can I contact you?
Opeyemi
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Nasir
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Fagbayi Olufemi
i need exactly how many quantity of feed i should give my broiler per day at various week
Fagbayi Olufemi
i need the exact qtty of feed i can give my brioler per day at each week
Opeyemi
All that can be deduced from the chart in the post. No one can tell you exactly how many KG of feed to give your birds without knowing their number and present age. You can work with someone who understands the chart better to help you do the maths.
I hope this helps. Thank you
Mapotlo Mavis
I am very impressed about the information you shared with us.
Opeyemi
Thank you very much, Mavis. I am happy to hear this
Nwose Roseline Nwuguru
Thanks for your interesting information. Please, kindly link me up.
Opeyemi
Thank you, Roseline
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Joel Owolabi
Great article, very informative and insightful. I’m a little confused by the average daily intake (in kg) of the birds. By the chart, does it mean you increase the quantity of feed every week? Also, to achieve 4kg of weight, they require to have eaten aprox. 8-9 kg of feed/bird. To raise 30 birds means they’d consume 240-270kg of feed(aprox 10 bags) of feed. As a profit-making business, this really offsets the cost-profit ratio and seems discouraging, or am i interpreting the chart wrong?
Please a response would be much appreciated, thanks. Once again, great article
Opeyemi
Thank you, Joel.
To answer your questions,
Of course, feed intake increases every week, if not everyday. As the birds grow, they eat more.
For feed conversation, what you have there is a conservative record. And even if 8kg of feed will yield 4kg of meat (liveweight), 8KG of feed cannot be more than 1200. And you know how much a 4kg chicken would go for. Even if you add the cost of purchasing the chick and medication which cannot exceed 800 Naira, you still have a cost price of #2000 on a 4kg chicken.
Victor
Pls, How do you calculate your fcr
Mohammed
Please can I give my broilers bitter leaves water to drink..? And what are the benefits that my birds will get from it??
Opeyemi
Yes you can. It cures coccidiosis (bloody poop) among other things
Kal
Great sir
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Opeyemi
Thanks, Kal
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Ekemini peters
God bless you with this info. It’s really helpful. You have regain my hope. I almost stopped the poultry thing as am new in the biz and have lost slot of chicken as I didn’t start rearing from day old. I bought 30pieces at six weeks and one week later I bought 16 pieces at 6weeks from another farm and mixed. Few days later complication every where… Red poo that killed three chickens immediately yesterday morning and two more died before night. 4 more today but the red poo as stopped now after giving embercoc for coccidiocis but some are still week. I was confused and destabilized. Cos I intended putting 200 day old broilers in January after the Christmas sales
Opeyemi
Thank you, Ekemini.
Oluwaseun
That was really an eye opener. Am a starter in this business and will like to do more. Please can you help me with your feed formulation. Cos
Opeyemi
Feed Formula is for sale. Call 07064953738 or WhatsApp https://wa.me/message/TWGG2ICVTSIHL1
Nicholas A. Makinde
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Opeyemi
Thank you, Makinde
Younus Chohan
Hi please send me your book on growi g broilers and the special feed I can give thank you
Opeyemi
It’s for sale please
Frederick Bukenya
It’s wonderful, I only need to prove it thru a practical test.
Thanks
Opeyemi
Thank you, Frederick. It’s achievable!
Taiwo
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