A matter of fine-tuning
Making money from an egg unit depends on many factors, and each has to be fine-tuned to optimise profits, as this article revealed.
It is often said that egg yield (the number of eggs per bird) is the leading factor determining the profit in egg production.
That is not the complete answer, otherwise ducks would rule the roost, with their far more prolific output.
Questions of public taste, egg size, feed consumption and even publicity all play a role in profitability.
