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The Acton Free Press Wed November Push button hen house for chicken farmer By Jennifer WHen you collect eggs a day you certainly need an efficient method of handling them George an Eramosa chicken rancher has just moved thirty thousand hens into his new superdeluxe super modern egg production house The egg production business is no new venture for George has spent the past years building his farm into one of the largest in the area The former director of the Ontario Marketing Board has had as man as hens laying it one time Faced with a need lo update his facilities and a of birds George gated the alternatives coming up vith a system tried and tested extensively in England The enormous building housing hens was built b Brothers of Entirely system is the epitome of if fiueniy 16 man hours in collection done per week The cost per bird has been significantly reduced in this high densit hying oper featuring four tiers of cages our hybrid Leghorn birds occupy each pen laying eggs tint roll from the floor onto belt in front of When the buttons are pushed for tgj collection the belt moves the eggs to a special egg placed it the end of each tier Finely synchronized the transport the eggs to cross conveyor operator flow of A special I manually opt t up eggs at a I f in special t 1 1 pi 1 trays Ci p holding eggs are fill d ay d arc trundled t room pickup by truck cart is handled minimizing age reeding is automated with special feed carts operated Heated time clocks ptnsing two types of scicntifi designed food George describes this as the latest type of technology adaptions Formerly stortd in liquid manure pits requiring frequent he hen wastes art now collected stored in the completely cement lined of the building Under extreme conditions the ventilated storage area is capable of hold ny three to four years worth of manure However George explains his manure is recycled more frequently as required This method eliminates ground pollution and Illation reduces odors The dry fertilizer is more easily spread on the corn fields at a time when odor and pollution tan be kept to minimum and the nutritive qualities ire at their peak This way we control the manure the manure t dictate to us George referring lo the frequent mad rush to pump out full rcser in earlier years Low pressure nickel ensure constant water while limecontrolled lighting provides 18 hours a day of daylight A ventilation system utilising variable speed fans maintain the inside temperature to within one degree of degrees at all times in any part of the building The old hen houses will be used grow I he thousands of replacement pullets needed The hens lay for 12 to 14 months before going to a soup plant so hens are required half One old building is still in production housing the remaining five thousand birds needed lo make up George quot tor I feels the egg marketing board by his yven egg production business men eonfidence to invest in sound business there fore expect i fair return for their doll ir The egg industry is now a respective says George who states that a decent return on investment was not possible until national marketing came Into being Many egg farmers used to let their buildings run down according lo George because Ihere was no opportunity to allow for even depreciation on the buildings Now the marketing system is worthy of the application of sound business judgment bays who continues Supply management has given the industry respect and stability to warrant investment of this nature The potential efficiencies for the application of the latest technologies have made us Canada com with S egg pro duction George explains When asked if the human being doesn feel superfluous in this push button plant George wife grins Yen it marvellous Looking at the rows of gleaming machinery con and switches on the farm one cannot help but wonder why we still need the hen Marketing board saviour CARPET CORNER 11 MAIN ST NORTH ACTON 8533620 Your Headquarters in Halton Hills for 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