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Glossary

Farm and accounting terms used in PoultryDesk.

Last updated 2026-10-23

Glossary

Birds and buildings

  • Lot - a broiler flock, layer flock or hatchery egg set tracked together.
  • Vertical - broilers, layers or hatchery.
  • Site - a farm or premises.
  • House - a poultry building within a Site; floor area can split shared costs.
  • Placement - starting a Lot with its date and bird count.

Daily entries and data

  • Capture - recording a farm activity.
  • Offline-first - save on the device now; upload when connected.
  • Queued - saved on this device, awaiting upload. Do not resubmit.
  • Correction - a new entry fixing an earlier one while keeping its history.

Health and compliance

  • Treatment - medicine or another intervention for a Lot.
  • Withdrawal period - time after treatment when sale or harvest is blocked for food safety.
  • Audit trail - permanent history of who did what and when.

Money

  • Sale / Expense - your farm's money in / money out.
  • Allocation - splitting revenue or costs across Lots.
  • Profitability - revenue, costs and margin for the operation.

Subscription and access

  • Organization - your farm business and workspace.
  • Subdomain (slug) - the permanent farm name in your web address.
  • Role - what someone may see and do.
  • Plan / tier - subscription level controlling available features.
  • Billing - what you pay PoultryDesk; Finance is your farm's money.