LITITZ (Lancaster Co.) For
a lot of laying hens, their first'year
in the henhouse is followed by a
trip to the soup factory. The chick
ens on Richard Myer’s Lancaster
County farm ultimately take that
ride, but before they go they often
cluck contentedly along for three
years.
Mycr’s farm is near Milton
Grove and operates as The Egg
Basket. Myer explained that pro
ducing hens must go through a
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717-292-1673
Chickens Live To Old Age In Lancaster County Henhouse
molting process, just as their
jungle forebears had to do, before
they enter a new laying cycle.
When chickens molt, they lose
most of their feathers and they
stop laying. As their feathers grow
back, they begin to lay eggs again.
In their second laying cycle, hens
lay about 80 percent of the number
of eggs produced in the first cycle.
In the third cycle, production will
fall off another 10 percent.
It is because of this reduction
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that most farmers get rid of their
hens after the first laying cycle.
Myer’s birds arc divided into four
flocks each of 80,000. It costs
about $200,000 to replace an
80-bird flock. By molting his
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Lebanon (Fontana)
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RD 4
717-867-5161
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flocks, Myer feels he’s saving the
$200,000, and the higher price he
gets for his larger eggs makes up
for the lowered production.
Another unusual feature of The
Egg Basket operation is the hand-
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LINCOLN SUPPLY &
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814-629-5621
Tunkhannock
ACE- JURISTA, INC.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 9,1989-A3l
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4.9% - 24 Mos.
8.9% - 36 Mos.
9.4% - 48 Mos.
9.9% - 60 Mos.
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ling of the manure. Manure is
scraped out of the laying houses
every week. It is then fermented
and run through a dryer before
being sold to a company that bags
it for garden fertilizer.
MARYLAND
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WALTER G. COALE, INC.
301-734-7722
301-879-1434
Fwdtrlck
KNOTT ft GEISBERT, INC.
RD 2
301-662-3800
Htgwtown
ANTIETAM FORD TRACTOR
301-791-1200
WERTZ GARAGE, INC.
301-374-2672
Rising Sun
BIGGS, INC.
301-658-5531
NEW JERSEY
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LESUE FOGG INC.
609-935-5145
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609-267-3363