How many chickens have you had total and how many lost?

[Lacy Duckwing]

In my lifetime I've had millions of chickens and have lost only God knows how many. I grew up on a commercial broiler farm and we would get 125,000 chicks every 10 weeks or so. One big loss i recall was the day before Thanksgiving in 2004 we had an glitch in the computer system that regulated temperature which caused the heaters to turn on and just keep going and going in 2 tunnel houses, we lost over 70,000 chickens that day, just days before they were to be sent to slaughter. It was a long 2 days of picking up and counting dead chickens

I live a different life now and have like 15 chickens? Lost one just yesterday to a raccoon

Oh! That's terrible! So sorry about that computer glitch! That had to hit hard!

 

[1cock2hens]

Oh! That's terrible! So sorry about that computer glitch! That had to hit hard!

ty, The right Farm insurance helps lol we actually found a buyer for the dead, we made very little but they supplied giant trucks for us to make it easy. (Dogfood factory o.o )

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

ty, The right Farm insurance helps lol we actually found a buyer for the dead, we made very little but they supplied giant trucks for us to make it easy. (Dogfood factory o.o )

Oh that's good you had insurance. I didn't realize you could get insurance for something like that. At least you found a buyer and didn't have to dispose of them yourself.

 

[1cock2hens]

Oh that's good you had insurance. I didn't realize you could get insurance for something like that. At least you found a buyer and didn't have to dispose of them yourself.

All kinds of insurance options for big agriculture, it's a business after all. farmers don't utilize them nearly enough.

We had a gigantic compost building on site but we couldn't have handled that number, it was definitely a blessing. Alot of family came out on Thanksgiving and helped, we had about 15 people picking up and counting chickens(for the insurance). It's funny what you think back on as a good memory lol the death sucked but the family aspect all working together was great, grandpa got a pitchfork in his foot and made some interesting sounds.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Lol, I bet grandpa did make some interesting sounds, with a pitchfork through his foot!