Broiler slaughterings

[Fogg]

I've seen it happen time and time again, someone in an office ends up shaving off 2 days from the turnround to max out productivity and finds themselves losing three days in weight for age.

It doesn't pay, not when you have catchers, muckers out and washers working on top of each other, and bedding spread in still-wet sheds.

 

[chickens and wheat]

Weve had catchers finishing at one end of shed, mucking out gang in middle and washers starting front,
only a couple of hundred birds i seem to remember, but i remember the shed was washed by end of that day.

As said, nothing good comes of it, its not a sustainable way of operating

 

[Chickcatcher]

That’s still fairly long, ours is usually 7 days and on some occasions it may be 8. I’d love a 10 day turn around!

Morning @UKcakeman What size are you? do you work on a p/SqMtr/Wk after cost of feed and chicks have been taken off? If you do what sort of figure is it? If you or any others work on this i would love to know what yours is? private message if you like.
I am "Robert Wornham" total of 204K birds been in the game for 54 years farm been doing it for 62. based in North Herts.

 

[chickens and wheat]

Day 12 450g

 

[Fogg]

You routinely weigh at 12 days? You can tell who's paid by the square foot and who's paid by the kilo.

 

[chickens and wheat]

No that shed has bird weighers.

But i have being weighing at more ages than usual after recent chick quality issues

 

[chickens and wheat]

34 days

 

[shumungus]

Weight?

 

[chickens and wheat]

Catching some tonight so will update with factory weights
1.6 last monday am at factory, so very happy with that.

 

[Netherfield]

On average how many days before they are off heat? obviously can be different depending on the season.

Looking at the last picture I guess broilers don't have a perching habit.

 

[chickens and wheat]

Perches lifted and window blinds closed readyfor catch. There are shaving bales in there too for birds to climb on
Heat is always available used to cause an increase in vent to keep the air dry/fresh although its not coming on much recently,

 

[shumungus]

Perches lifted and window blinds closed readyfor catch. There are shaving bales in there too for birds to climb on
Heat is always available used to cause an increase in vent to keep the air dry/fresh although its not coming on much recently,

Do you run vent on co2 or RH?

 

[Treemover]

34 days
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I cant say that photo sits well with me to be honest. I thought that kind of spacing was gone decades ago?

 

[chickens and wheat]

Run vent on co2 and rh


Shed is fullish selling 8000 out of 31000 will ease the space a lot

 

[midlandslad]

Has the Chicken price Picked up yet?

 

[chickens and wheat]

No!

 

[chickens and wheat]

Factory weight was 2.15kg,

 

[Fogg]

How's things going for everyone?

I'm getting the impression that things are beginning to normalise, but also mindful that a few years of cheap money and rapid expansion has likely built an industry where potential supply exceeds potential demand for the first time possibly ever.

 

[maen]

We have experienced that many times over the years. 10% destock etc. Older sites will be the first to go. Many in Scotland and south West no longer in production. Wait until American chicken comes in then there will be fireworks.
Just follow the games being played by BJ now. I think the fisherman will have a rude awakening too.

 

[Jim31]

There huge investment come to scotland.

https://poultry.network/4265-boparan-proposes-100m-investment-in-scottish-poultry/