hen multi tier systems lifespan

[henman]

Heard of farmers financing systems over 25 years as most systems are 10 years or less
mine are 2 at 10 years and 2 at 6 years ,I heard of 2 systems that are not been used because major problems . my view anything over15 years is a bonus

 

[midlandslad]

Heard of farmers financing systems over 25 years as most systems are 10 years or less
mine are 2 at 10 years and 2 at 6 years ,I heard of 2 systems that are not been used because major problems . my view anything over15 years is a bonus

The key factor is how well they have been maintained surely. When half the cost of building is in the equipment that is a substantial cost in 15 to 20 years!

 

[R J]

Heard of farmers financing systems over 25 years as most systems are 10 years or less
mine are 2 at 10 years and 2 at 6 years ,I heard of 2 systems that are not been used because major problems . my view anything over15 years is a bonus

How are your 10 year old systems looking ?

 

[henman]

spending £ 20,000 a year on 4 16000 bird sheds

 

[Ninjago]

spending £ 20,000 a year on 4 16000 bird sheds
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spending £ 20,000 a year

spending £ 20,000 a year on 4 16000 bird sheds

spent £8000 on my 10 year old Dutchman multi tier shed this year. Metal fatigue on metal perches and side rails, muck belts and muck drive rollers.

 

[R J]

spending £ 20,000 a year on 4 16000 bird sheds

Really , 20k a year in maintenance !?

 

[henman]

thats just parts

 

[R J]

thats just parts

Ouch , what are the main most common areas of failure ?
Glad I've got 2 Dutchman flatdeck's

 

[wellingtonfarmer]

Dry clean- don’t put water in the sheds rots kit too quick

 

[Only]

spending £ 20,000 a year on 4 16000 bird sheds

All multi tier dutchman?

 

[Daniel]

Dry clean- don’t put water in the sheds rots kit too quick

You don't pressure wash?

How do you disinfect?

 

[wellingtonfarmer]

You don't pressure wash?

How do you disinfect?

smoke machine. Can’t think of the product we put through it all the moment

 

[Only]

smoke machine. Can’t think of the product we put through it all the moment

Every turn arround you never wash out??

 

[Daniel]

smoke machine. Can’t think of the product we put through it all the moment

Not having the hassle and hard work of pressure washing is very appealing, but I've always been told you can't disinfect dirt! Must make red mite control more of a challenge?

 

[wellingtonfarmer]

Every turn arround you never wash out??

Only done it last time. Don’t intend on using water again unless we have a massive health challenge. A lot cheaper a lot easier.
We were planning to try it on half the sheds and wash the others but it was so much easier we just did it on all the sheds.
i know of someone who has never used water and his sheds are 10+ years.

 

[wellingtonfarmer]

Not having the hassle and hard work of pressure washing is very appealing, but I've always been told you can't disinfect dirt! Must make red mite control more of a challenge?

Yes red mite is more of a challenge but I don’t know anyone who says washing gets rid of it.

 

[Ninjago]

Dry cleaning is fine. I've done it now for a few years. I know a man who just used leaf blowers to clean his shed last time and he has told me it's one of his best preforming flocks he has had in the last 12 years.

 

[Daniel]

Yes red mite is more of a challenge but I don’t know anyone who says washing gets rid of it.

We have paid a Dutch firm to come over and apply a silica slurry to the multi tier after washing out each year. Have only had to spray an insecticide once in 4 flocks.

That said without washing you must be able to turn a shed round in a week?

 

[straightandnarrow]

We have paid a Dutch firm to come over and apply a silica slurry to the multi tier after washing out each year. Have only had to spray an insecticide once in 4 flocks.

That said without washing you must be able to turn a shed round in a week?

Those precious weeks empty and clean are a great time to do maintenance that is impossible with birds in! Have you a contact you could let me have for the silica slurry? Sounds interesting.

 

[Daniel]

Those precious weeks empty and clean are a great time to do maintenance that is impossible with birds in! Have you a contact you could let me have for the silica slurry? Sounds interesting.

Yes this is the link, the website doesn't give much info i'm afraid.

Silica

vaneckbv.nl

They come over in a van on the night boat, spray the house with the silica slurry, stay at a travelodge, fog the house the next day and get the boat back.

Hoping to have them over to do ours the last week of Feb, but at the moment it's a bit up in the air with all the covid and brexit nonsense.