Above 1200 Sq/FT Out on Quaker Road

[jblnut]

I don’t know if you’ve ever mentioned it but I’m curious. How many man hours are ******* in each flock start to finish?

Not sure I’ve ever figured it out ….

Let’s see …..

Setting it up to preheat - 1hr
Setting it up after preheat 24-48hrs before chick arrival - 8hrs
Place chicks and 1st days chores - 2hrs
Chores days 2-7 - 1hr each day
Chores day 8 - 2hrs
Chores day 9-12 - 1hr
Chores day 13 - 2hrs
Chores day 14-35ish - 1hr
Chores 36-44 - 2hrs up to 5hrs depending on culls and barn condition
Chores day before loadout - 3hrs
Chores loadout day - 1hr
Clean barn day after loadout - 16hrs
2nd cleaning day - 10hrs
Level shavings before new shavings arrive - 4hrs
Level new shavings - 4hrs

I think I got 92-124hrs figuring no time for repairs or other maintenance. It works to around $26/hr plus the manure while I’m paying for the barn. Not horrid actually.

 

[madison069]

Chicken barn manure harvest day !!!

Nice OHSA Approved footwear! I like to wear crocs to cover my toes some.

 

[jblnut]

Nice OHSA Approved footwear! I like to wear crocs to cover my toes some.

OSHA ? Who is that ? Sounds like someone I’d dislike

It was 95f outside and I was overheating already so the safety flips were the most appropriate footwear I could find

 

[Firstram]

Not sure I’ve ever figured it out ….

Let’s see …..

Setting it up to preheat - 1hr
Setting it up after preheat 24-48hrs before chick arrival - 8hrs
Place chicks and 1st days chores - 2hrs
Chores days 2-7 - 1hr each day
Chores day 8 - 2hrs
Chores day 9-12 - 1hr
Chores day 13 - 2hrs
Chores day 14-35ish - 1hr
Chores 36-44 - 2hrs up to 5hrs depending on culls and barn condition
Chores day before loadout - 3hrs
Chores loadout day - 1hr
Clean barn day after loadout - 16hrs
2nd cleaning day - 10hrs
Level shavings before new shavings arrive - 4hrs
Level new shavings - 4hrs

I think I got 92-124hrs figuring no time for repairs or other maintenance. It works to around $26/hr plus the manure while I’m paying for the barn. Not horrid actually.

Thanks!

 

[kj_mustang]

Poultry houses are plentiful in my area. Heard that the income is being squeezed pretty bad by the corporate poultry companies on their new contracts.

 

[Prospecter]

Our chicken houses were mostly empty by 1990. Done in by competition from growers more centrally located near transportation.

 

[Prospecter]

Always an issue in Maine. We are a destination. Not “on the way”

 

[jblnut]

Mama Bear and the little people squad talked into a family trip to the Wisconsin Dells last week. We like to stay at an AirBnB or similar but chose to stay at the Mt Olympus hotel as parking and wristbands were the same price as the hotel room.


The kiddos had a blast on the rides. I apparently like my feet on the ground. I did this swing a times until I saw a simp pump in the base sitting in a puddle of hydraulic fluid. Seemed very sketchy lol.


Up up and around. It was okay but I went with the littles because “daddy please” works every time.


This is did not do. I rode the smallest most mild coaster and got off going “nope nope nope nope nope” so I hung back and took pictures.


This was one of the coolest places I’ve ever eaten. “The Grateful Shed” had a bunch of permanent food trucks inside.


I ordered a giant nacho basket and wasn’t disappointed.


I picked it up to see how heavy it was and there was no bottom !! Made sense but surprised me. It was delicious.


I remember my childhood vacation to the Dells mostly because of the Duck boats so we had to go check them out !!


The kiddos had a blast and said I needed one so now I’m loosely watching for one to pop up on marketplace


While we were gone I got an alert from a camera about a vehicle in the yard. A buddy was dropping some wood off by the boiler. Heck yeah.

 

[madison069]

Mama Bear and the little people squad talked into a family trip to the Wisconsin Dells last week. We like to stay at an AirBnB or similar but chose to stay at the Mt Olympus hotel as parking and wristbands were the same price as the hotel room.


The kiddos had a blast on the rides. I apparently like my feet on the ground. I did this swing a times until I saw a simp pump in the base sitting in a puddle of hydraulic fluid. Seemed very sketchy lol.


Up up and around. It was okay but I went with the littles because “daddy please” works every time.


This is did not do. I rode the smallest most mild coaster and got off going “nope nope nope nope nope” so I hung back and took pictures.


This was one of the coolest places I’ve ever eaten. “The Grateful Shed” had a bunch of permanent food trucks inside.

Our fearless farmer is scared of roller coasters!?!?!?! Who would of thought!

 

[jblnut]

Our fearless farmer is scared of roller coasters!?!?!?! Who would have thought!

A lot of my world exists at 5mph on a comfy air ride seat. Those stupid coasters are neither of those things

I told Mama Bear “I’m not scared, I just didn’t like it”. She laughed and gave me a very sassy “Okay sure hunny”.

 

[madison069]

A lot of my world exists at 5mph on a comfy air ride seat. Those stupid coasters are neither of those things

I live for speed and that's something I miss these days.