·       Record Keeping Helps Keep Track Of Both Physical Performance And Expenses. It Can Aid In Monitoring The Progress Of Your Flock. Records Are Important To The Financial And Also Physical Health Of A Business Or Operation. Efficient And Profitable Poultry Operations Are Not Guaranteed By Good Record Keeping, But Success Is Unlikely Without Them. Records Are Essential Tools For Management To Maintain A Successful Flock. Record Keeping Involves Keeping, Filing, Maintaining And Categorizing Inventory, Financial, Production And Health Information For One’s Flock. This Can Be Accomplished By Hand Recording Or By Using Computer Software. Record Keeping Is Important. Records Tell An Owner Or Manager Where The Business/Operation Has Been And The Direction In Which It Is Going. Records Show The Strength And Weaknesses Of The Poultry Operation. They Provide Useful Insight To Financial And Physical Stability For One’s Flock. If There Are Any Shortcomings, Records Will Show Where Adjustments Can Be Made

Standard Registers To Be Kept In Breeding Farms

Basic Registers

·       Attendance And Daily Wages Register This Register Will Cover The Details Of The Employees, Their Attendance And Wages Paid To Contract Labour.

·       Building Register This Register Will Contain Details Of All The Civil Structures, Its Maintenance Expenditure, And Annual Depreciation.

·       Equipment Register Various Farm Equipment And Machineries Like Feed Mill, Vehicles, Cages, Incubators, Feeders, Waterers Etc. Would Be Recorded In This Register. The Details Of Purchase Of The Equipment, Repairs Carried Out Would Be Recorded. The Annual Depreciation And Actual Post Depreciation Value For Equipment Would Be Taken To The Next Year’s Record.

·       Feed And Feed Ingredient Register Few Pages May Be Allotted For Each Feed Ingredient. For Each Feed Ingredient The Details Such As Opening Balance, Receipts, Issues, Storage Loss And Closing Balance Would Be Entered. The Source Of Purchase, Invoice Number And Date And Cost Per Unit May Also Be Recorded. Remark On The Quality Of The Raw Material May Also Be Indicated.