Here are the quotes on bulk retail prices from the local feed mill.

Bulk, retail Quotes from Feed Mill
soybean	519	/ton
cornmeal	194	/ton
wheat mids	184	/ton
ground limestone	110	/ton
alfalfa meal	484	/ton
trace vitamins	60.35	/50 lb	use at 5 lb/ton
salt	6.15	/50 lb	use at 5 lb/ton
locally roasted soybeans	508	/ton	30% Protein and 20% Fat
probiotic
kelp from acadia	59.75	/50 lb	10-20/ton

By linking the percentage make up of desired ration (from Polyface Farms ration), I can get a estimate of the costs per 50 pound bag

My desired Ration
Ration	Percentage		Price per mixed ton	Price per mixed 50 lb bag	Substitutions	Notes
Corn	52%		100.88	2.522
Roasted Soybean	29%		147.32	3.683	Soybean meal, cottonseed meal
Crimped oats	11%		20.24	0.506	Whole oats	using wheat midds for now
Limestone	1%		1.1	0.0275
Fishmeal	3.50%				not mentioned by feedmill	Protein booster, not availible from rockingham
Kelp	0.50%		11.95	0.29875		Probably Topdress, unless increases to replace nutrient
Probiotic	0.10%					Probably Topdress (fast track)
Nutrient booster	3%		72.42	1.8105	Maybe salt + Kelp + trace vitamin?	See PDFs
	100%	Total	353.91	8.84775

Seeing it will cost me around $9 per 50 bag at retail prices, I can use the chart provided in my previous post to estimate the cost to feed an individual broiler chicken in its lifetime.

Age	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Total # of Bags
One Bird	4.2 oz.	9.2 oz.	3.7 oz.	18.8 oz.	26.1 oz.	34.5 oz.	38.5 oz.	42.6 oz.	46.5 oz.	14.63 lbs.
25 Birds	6.56 lbs.	14.38 lbs.	21.41 lbs.	29.28 lbs.	40.78 lbs.	53.91 lbs.	60.16 lbs.	66.56 lbs.	72.66 lbs.	7.32 bags
50 Birds	13.13 lbs.	28.75 lbs.	42.81 lbs.	58.75 lbs.	81.56 lbs.	107.81 lbs.	120.31 lbs.	133.13 lbs.	145.31 lbs.	14.63 bags
100 Birds	26.25 lbs.	57.5 lbs.	85.63 lbs.	117.5 lbs.	163.13 lbs.	215.63 lbs.	240.63 lbs.	266.25 lbs.	290.63 lbs.	29.26 bags

The above chart from The Organic Feed Store shows that I will need a maximum of 14.63 pounds of feed per chicken in its lifetime.

Next in raising my broilers is moving a pen and refilling feed/water. A total of a half hour per day spread across the 75 birds per pen. Processing a 75 bird batch will take around 4 hours assuming my scalder/plucker builds are successful.

Hours	Labor description
0.5	Labor for moving/feeding per day per 75 birds
0.006666667	^ Per day single bird
60	Days birds are alive
0.4	Labor per bird over its lifetime
4	Processing labor for 75 birds
0.053333333	Processing labor for 1 bird
0.453333333	Total Labor per bird

From brooding to processing, the birds will need to be feed a maximum of 60 days in their lifetime so each bird will take .45 hours of labor to raise.

Adding up the feed and sourcing costs, I can figure my bottom line.

Bottom Line
2.23	Cost of chick at 50 Per order
0.5348	Cost of shipping per chick
5.35365165	Total cost of Chick in lifetime
90%	10% Loss Factor Constant
3.5	Average Dressed Weight
3.5	Price charged per pound
6.206713515	Profit
13.69127981	Hourly Wage

NOTE: I EDITED THIS CALCULATION TO CHANGE MORTALITY RATE TO 10% AFTER MORE RESEARCH

Manually inputting various pricing per pound, I found that $3.50 will provide an hourly wage of almost $15. Keep in mind that all estimated cost are done conservatively and the birds should source 20-30% of their feed directly from the pasture. Any increase in efficiency, decrease in feed costs, minimizing of losses etc. will give me a raise. As a centerpiece of my farm operation, seasonal pastured broiler production will support my desired lifestyle while I explore additional avenues for income.

 Here is a link to Google docs for my spreadsheet if you wish to download it.