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.