The hens are assets, the feed bill is the business. Between the flock's appetite, cartons by the hundred, and lay rates that sag in winter, most small flocks have no idea what a dozen truly costs — only that $6 at the honor box "feels fair." MadeKeeper divides the feed by the dozens and hands you the number.
The app is live. Free during the pilot. Founding rate $19/mo, locked for life.
No card to start. Use it free through the pilot, and lock the $19/mo founding rate for as long as you stay.
Say your 12-hen flock lays about 4.9 dozen a week:
At $6 in the honor box you keep $2.41 a dozen — and when winter drops the lay rate to 3.5 dozen a week, the same math shows your cost climbing to $4.86, before you find out the hard way.
Selling eggs usually involves an egg-handler registration and carton labeling in most states — MadeKeeper keeps the sales and flock records that paperwork asks about, in the app instead of a coop-door notebook.
Materials and true cost per piece, products (in bulk or one-of-a-kind), sales that drain stock, the was-this-fair-worth-it event math, mileage, expenses, and the year-end tax packet — all in the app today. Etsy and Square sync, your own storefront, a booth card reader, and shipping labels are building, shaped with founding makers. Nothing above describes a feature that doesn't exist without saying so. See the full live-vs-building list →
The feed bill is the cost. MadeKeeper spreads it across your actual dozens, so lay rate swings show up as cost swings — the honest arithmetic of a small flock.
Yes — box sales log as their own channel, cash counted at collection. Shortages log as the shrink they are, and you'll finally know whether the box out-earns the market table.
New birds log as flock additions with their costs; losses log out. Your per-dozen number always reflects the flock you're actually feeding.
The app is live and free during the pilot. Lock the $19/mo founding rate for as long as you stay.