ive always wondering where all the hatcheries keep there adult birds?

[lcw1995]

i wonder what it looks like there for the adult birds. wonder what their living conditions are. anybody else ever wondered this as well?

 

[Fred's Hens]

TownLine and others have photo "tours" on their websites. Pretty standard, floor raised, HUGE flocks.

 

[rentmecheap]

I think meyer keeps their breeders on local amish farms. The amish care for and breed the flocks then bring the fertile eggs to the hatchery for incubation.

They do have a dairy cattle operation on the hatchery grounds.

 

[Illia]

Pretty sure Murray McMurray uses the same "warehouse" type method that the egg industry does. . . If you look at aerial videos/photos of their place, they've got enough long warehouse-like buildings to suit for it.

 

[ghulst]

Townline raises all there own chicken hatching eggs. All birds are on floor raised.