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<blockquote data-quote="mdmdogs3" data-source="post: 205798" data-attributes="member: 2745"><p>we have broiler houses - 8 </p><p>now the difference from breeder houses is we have shorter turnaround on flocks - birds stay here 6-7 weeks</p><p>this is more work than the breeder houses as we are cleaning out and setting up every 2 months - but we get new birds each time - so if a flock is sickly they are soon gone.</p><p></p><p><strong>first </strong>- don't believe what the other guys are telling you on the amount of time spent in the houses - we always tell people it is about 1/2 hour a house per day - but that is only if everything is perfect - broken equipment, human error, sick birds - add more and more time</p><p><strong>second </strong>- plan for everything to cost more than the estimate</p><p><strong>third </strong>- if they want 20 feet for the trucks give them 30 and put up some sort of barrier so they don't take 60 - I swear new feedtruck drivers are here every week learning to turn around and I've been told that our farm is the easiest farm to access (probably why they send the new drivers :roll: )</p><p><strong>fourth </strong>- look around at your neighbors - chicken houses smell and that smell travels not to mention the heavy truck traffic - is your town growing - will there be a subdivision just down the road that soon causes you problems?</p><p><strong>fifth </strong>- know that 5 to 10 years from now you will be asked by the company to "upgrade" your houses with their new required equipment - so don't plan for your debt to be gone in 15 - 20 years.</p><p></p><p>now don't get me wrong - there is good money to be made with chickens - we were among the top 10 growers for our company last year (woo hoo - got a jacket) but it is lots of hard work and you don't control your calendar the company you grow for does :roll: </p><p></p><p>I don't know if I were in the position that my parents were 15 years ago - if I now would put up houses - </p><p>but now we have much higher heat charges - biosecurity issues - etc etc etc. - and if bird flu hits here before they have a vaccine for the birds - it will get very very ugly for the poultry industry not to mention the human toll</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mdmdogs3, post: 205798, member: 2745"] we have broiler houses - 8 now the difference from breeder houses is we have shorter turnaround on flocks - birds stay here 6-7 weeks this is more work than the breeder houses as we are cleaning out and setting up every 2 months - but we get new birds each time - so if a flock is sickly they are soon gone. [b]first [/b]- don't believe what the other guys are telling you on the amount of time spent in the houses - we always tell people it is about 1/2 hour a house per day - but that is only if everything is perfect - broken equipment, human error, sick birds - add more and more time [b]second [/b]- plan for everything to cost more than the estimate [b]third [/b]- if they want 20 feet for the trucks give them 30 and put up some sort of barrier so they don't take 60 - I swear new feedtruck drivers are here every week learning to turn around and I've been told that our farm is the easiest farm to access (probably why they send the new drivers :roll: ) [b]fourth [/b]- look around at your neighbors - chicken houses smell and that smell travels not to mention the heavy truck traffic - is your town growing - will there be a subdivision just down the road that soon causes you problems? [b]fifth [/b]- know that 5 to 10 years from now you will be asked by the company to "upgrade" your houses with their new required equipment - so don't plan for your debt to be gone in 15 - 20 years. now don't get me wrong - there is good money to be made with chickens - we were among the top 10 growers for our company last year (woo hoo - got a jacket) but it is lots of hard work and you don't control your calendar the company you grow for does :roll: I don't know if I were in the position that my parents were 15 years ago - if I now would put up houses - but now we have much higher heat charges - biosecurity issues - etc etc etc. - and if bird flu hits here before they have a vaccine for the birds - it will get very very ugly for the poultry industry not to mention the human toll [/QUOTE]
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