EGG PRODUCERS Does It Pay To Remodel or Renovate? This is a frequently asked question, so we tried to get some answers. Poultry Farm, Inc. had a long conventional shed type poultry house; Floor Operation 60% pit and roosting area 40% floor and dusting area Part of this house was remodeled as follows: Ceiling 3 inches of insulation Ventilation Slot at eve on north side. Fans of suffi cient capacity on south side. Interior view of pen 4 which was not remodeled Interior view of pen B 1 after remodeling. Nests in this pen were also relocated resulting in less floor eggs. COST OF THIS JOB WAS $1.03 PER SQUARE FOOT OF FLOOR SPACE. The other part of this house was left in the original condition and pullets were housed in both the remodeled and the old part selected at random from the same pullet flock. Here are some of tjie results observed. FEED USED EARLY BIRD COMPLETE LAYER RATION. Housed Age of pullets Xo. Housed Xo. Sold % Liveability Space per hen housed DID IT PAY? Production costs, including straight line 10 year depreciation, of the remodeled pen was 1.25 cents per dozen eggs produced less than in the old pen. The remodeled pen had slightly better liveability. 29.475 - cents per hen housed = 16.3 G cents per sq. ft. PLUS the pi 1.8 foot Further work is being done on this by us, but for a start it looks like good return for a modest investment. Not everyone needs to build new to get costs down. Can we help jou investigate what you can do to improve costs in jour present poultry operation? \\\ll//,/ V'/ A ''S s \ Front view facing feed room. Pens on left not remodeled Pens on right remodeled, Pens 4 & 5A Conventional (not remodeled) May 18, 1964 21 weeks 3 days 6,541 5',832 89.16% 1.8 square feet Pen 1-601 B-l Remodeled partially controlled environment June 5, 1965 24 weeks 4,347 4,005 92.49% 1.8 square feet Miller & Bushong, Inc. ROHRERSTOWN, PA. Walls removed windows, stripped to studs and recover ed and insulated (2 inches). Left 21 inch strip of Fylon (green plastic) entire length on south side for some light. Conversion Eggs per hen housed The remodeled pen produced 15 more eggs per hen housed in 15 less days production time. In the remodeled pen the cost of production was lowered. ■ofit from the 8.33 extra eggs per hen housed produced in this pen. "Finest Service Anywhere" Pens 4 & 5A Conventional (not remodeled) 351 da. prod. 4.18 lbs, 379 da. prod. 4.23 lbs. 413 da. prod. 4.27 lbs. 351 da. 236 379 da. 251 413 da. 268 PHONE 392-2145 H. & M. Pen 1-601 B-l Remodeled partially controlled environment 364 da. prod. 3.96 lbs. 398 da. prod. 4.03 lbs. 364 da. 260 398 da. 283
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