Those are actually the egg tables up in the air above the head of my husband...who is hard at work! NO, he's not a munchkin...the table is up really high in the air....the reason for that is because the belts are all hooked up to the nests, which are high up in the air until it's time for the girls to get down to business and lay some eggs!!
This cool looking thing is the computer system that will get us up in the middle of the night if the environment isn't perfect for our little devils...I mean angels...the chickens! Seriously, this is one extremely well organized system....the birds lay better under certain environmental conditions, and this computer is set up to tell us (via a telephone call to our home number, cell numbers, etc.) if the conditions are not optimal. Eggs=money, we're all for excellent laying conditions!
And...this is the house all ready for the chickens....those red things in the air are actually rooster feeders. The hens (girls) arrive first....and 1 week later, we get the roosters. The hens will start laying eggs in a few weeks after that. Once the roosters have arrived, down come the rooster feeders to keep the guys happy and hearty!!
This is one impressive chicken house...and it ought to be for what it costs! OUCH! At the end of the house are tunnel fans and a big garage door opener to get in and out of the house with forklifts for delivery of chickens....and tractors after the chickens are done and we need to clean out the place. Yes, for you yankee gals, that is RED DIRT!! :) LOL....it was new to me, too, growing up in northern Illinois where the dirt is black...it's not black here!! :)
And this is another closeup pic of the nice clean bedding on the floor of the chicken house.....you can see the nests high up in the air right now. The nests will be brought down for laying time in a few weeks, and will go right on the white flooring you can see....pretty cool, huh!
That's one long chicken house...and it's less than 1/2 of it!! SERIOUSLY!!
Here's a nice shot from the end.....it attempts to show just how long this is....840 feet x 40 feet....
And from a distance....you can see almost 1/2 of the chicken house with the feeders in place....
This is the generator shed with the diesel tank next to it....along with the entrace to the chicken house....welcome to farmland U.S.A.!The houses are done.....and soon the birds will be arriving......(okay, they're already here, but I have to build up the excitement....you'll have to wait for the next blog!! Which is coming right up....
Until we chat again (in a few minutes!)....
Quiltingcheri
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