A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 21, 1998
(Continued from Page A 1)
United Turkey breed.
Horst, who fanned in the dairy
business with his father Lee near
Gettysburg, decided to raise turk
eys in 1991. Back then, Horst and
his family were finishing turkeys
for Round Hill. Wampler-
Longacre purchased Round Hill
soon after.
In 1991, the Horsts managed
flocks of 12,000 light hens each
table birds. Last year, the Horsts
finished flocks of 9,000 heavy
toms each for Wampler. The
Horsts finished 40,000 birds that
year.
Again this year, about 14,000
light hens were finished in two
buildings for the contractor. They
finished about 36,000 toms this
past year.
Two finisher bams occupy a
great deal of footage on the farm.
One measures about SO by 2SO feet
and the newer one featuring pole
construction measuring SO by 3SO
feet The finisher bams have a dirt
floor, are curtain sided, and feature
side and overhead ventilation. The
50- by 300-foot brooder bam has a
concrete floor.
In another few weeks,
about 14,000 hens will
be shipped for the
Christmas market.
Horst maintains 59
acres on the farm near
Gettysburg, mostly in
cash crops. The feed for
the birds, along with the
propane gas for heat,
medications, and other
supplies, arc supplied
by Wampler. He sup
plies the buildings,
labor, electricity, and
water.
For Horst, the chal
lenges of the season
vary from the high heat
and heavy humidity of
the summer to getting
the birds ready for the
contractor to ship on
time.
Horst noted that he
grows different kinds of
birds, including hens
and toms, for contract.
The toms come in
weighing less than an
ounce and are shipped at
19 weeks weighing
more than 34 pounds.
Average gain per day is
.2SS3, almost a quarter
pound of muscle mass a
day.
Hens weigh about the
same when arriving.
They are shipped from
14-16 pounds each.
They require less feed,
of course, than the toms.
The hens and toms
are fed different formu
lations depending on
their ages.
Four flocks of toms
are shipped each year.
For the hens, Horst can
finish about 5-6 flocks.
“This year we had an
excellent growing sea
son,” said Horst “We
had a hot spell in July
and again in August, but
it wasn't bad enough to
lose turkeys from the
heat It was just an
excellent year for rais
ing turkeys.”
The crops did well
this year, despite
droughty conditions in
some parts of the
county
This Year Excellent For Turkey Growing
Horst raises com for grain. He
grows about 21 acres of com and
30 acres in beans, all cash cropped.
The com and soybeans, he said,
are “sitting in the bins waiting for a
better market.” The ground, which
lays low, holds the moisture in
drier conditions. They can till in a
wet year.
Daily chores with the turkeys
include moving the waterers to dif
ferent spots to keep the litter drier.
Cakes of litter need to be cleaned
up regularly. When finished with
the flock, the floor is tilled up and
sawdust is placed.
The heat and other environmen
tal conditions are all computer
controlled in the houses. Fans keep
birds cool in the summertime. The
key is controlling the humidity.
‘Turkeys can’t take humidity,”
he said. “If it’s 100 degrees outside
and there is 100 percent humidity,
it hits them.”
Turkeys under heat stress simp
ly lay over and die. A lot of heart
attacks. The dead birds are com
posted at the farm.
Other challenges for the Horsts
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