Flocks, egg sets, and Lots

A Lot is PoultryDesk's common label for one broiler flock, one layer flock, or one hatchery egg set. It is tracked from placement to closeout. Every daily entry, cost, treatment, and sale is tied to the right flock or egg set through its Lot.

The lots index

Open Lots to see every flock and egg set in one place. Each Lot shows whether it is broiler, layer, or hatchery, the site and house it belongs to, its current count, and its status. This is the fastest way to find a flock or egg set when you are not sure which section it belongs to.

To work with one type, open Broilers, Layers, or Hatchery directly. Each section shows only its own flocks or egg sets.

Lot statuses

A lot moves through a small set of statuses:

• Planned - created ahead of time but not yet stocked with birds or eggs.
• Active - birds or eggs are in place and daily figures are being recorded.
• Closed - the lot has been closed out; all birds are harvested, transferred, or accounted for, and the final numbers are locked in.

You can only close a lot once its birds are fully accounted for. See the vertical guides for exactly what each closeout checks.

Opening a lot

Tap any lot to open its detail view. From there you get:

• The lot's headline numbers - current count, mortality, feed, and the vertical-specific figures (weight and FCR for broilers, hen-day production for layers, hatch rate for hatchery).
• The daily actions for that flock or egg set - record mortality, feed, eggs, weights, harvest, and so on.
• The full timeline of every entry ever made against the lot, in the audit trail.

See also

• Raising broilers
• Raising layers
• Running a hatchery
• Navigation cheat-sheet