Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[vehve]

The one I was using was one you can borrow at the hardware store... cheap model without breaks, and bad suspension. It was pretty interesting on the freeway

 

[bamachicks8]

Yay! Egg's I'll be so glad to get more eggs. I don't have any right now.Although mine are only for eating. I couldn't even imagine 68.5k babies.

 

[perchie.girl]

Always scary to drive with overweight loads on a trailer. I was feeling lazy and didn't want to do several runs when I picked up some soil a few years ago. Loaded about 1000kg of soil, sand and bricks on a trailer meant for maybe 500kg max. That was an interesting drive...

Scary when the trailer drives YOU....

Feed store used to deliver one ton of hay on a half ton truck.... He put blocks of wood between the leaf springs and axle so the wheels wouldn't rub the body.... Consequentially he had to drive slow.

 

[ozexpat]

The one I was using was one you can borrow at the hardware store... cheap model without breaks, and bad suspension. It was pretty interesting on the freeway

ours does not have brakes but thats why we limit it to 1200kg on a flat run and 800kg over the mountain

 

[ocap]

Oz,
is it possible for you to imagine 68,000 chicks every three weeks?

 

[ozexpat]

Oz,
is it possible for you to imagine 68,000 chicks every three weeks?

thats 22666 egs a week

4.5 eggs per bird ..is 5036 birds

5036 birds with 6 sq feet per bird is 0.7 acres of coops

suddenly it becomes work

 

[ocap]

one employee can handle the production of 1000 hens
you will need 22,666 eggs per week
40,000 hens needed
40 employees
probably one employee leaving every week
requires 15 hours per week in interviews of prospective employees
Oz will need to hire one person just for personnel interviews to support a 68,000 egg incubator

 

[ozexpat]

one employee can handle the production of 1000 hens
you will need 22,666 eggs per week
40,000 hens needed
40 employees
probably one employee leaving every week
requires 15 hours per week in interviews of prospective employees
Oz will need to hire one person just for personnel interviews to support a 68,000 egg incubator

and we forgot about the roosters needed.

 

[ocap]

and we forgot about the roosters needed.

we forgot what we forgot

 

[Tomtommom]

I still say we could have fit 10 more feed sacks on