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So please tell me, who's getting rich on the cow?
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1742448" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>One of the problems with the poultry houses is not the getting in... but the staying in.... most of the dairy farmers in this area put up one or 2 to diversify and have the available litter for fertilizer or to sell. BUT.... it is all good until you have several bad groups of chicks/poults that don't do good... then they start coming down on you even if that batch of chicks/poults were problems for every one... Also... once you get the houses close to being paid off... they want you to do this upgrade or that and you are looking at thousands of dollars to change the systems or whatever... Then they decide they need more layer houses instead of broilers, so want you to do a major overhaul... and the equipment wears out. </p><p>With the turkeys, I have one farmer that grew hens for years... then the house was about paid off and they needed more light toms... then they went to heavy toms... the toms beat the he// out of the feeders and all... You are at the mercy of the poultry company. Another farmer did not want to do the upgrades and so when his contract ran out, they refused to renew it so now he has 2 houses sitting... empty... and the different companies will not "cross the line" and take him on from the other company... </p><p>They have good and bad points... you do make money at it... One dairy farmer I test for put up 2 turkey houses and said it is the easiest money he has ever made farming..... I wonder what he will think when the houses are 15-20 years old instead of 5 years old...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1742448, member: 25884"] One of the problems with the poultry houses is not the getting in... but the staying in.... most of the dairy farmers in this area put up one or 2 to diversify and have the available litter for fertilizer or to sell. BUT.... it is all good until you have several bad groups of chicks/poults that don't do good... then they start coming down on you even if that batch of chicks/poults were problems for every one... Also... once you get the houses close to being paid off... they want you to do this upgrade or that and you are looking at thousands of dollars to change the systems or whatever... Then they decide they need more layer houses instead of broilers, so want you to do a major overhaul... and the equipment wears out. With the turkeys, I have one farmer that grew hens for years... then the house was about paid off and they needed more light toms... then they went to heavy toms... the toms beat the he// out of the feeders and all... You are at the mercy of the poultry company. Another farmer did not want to do the upgrades and so when his contract ran out, they refused to renew it so now he has 2 houses sitting... empty... and the different companies will not "cross the line" and take him on from the other company... They have good and bad points... you do make money at it... One dairy farmer I test for put up 2 turkey houses and said it is the easiest money he has ever made farming..... I wonder what he will think when the houses are 15-20 years old instead of 5 years old... [/QUOTE]
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