A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 23, 2002 Gochenaurs Work Together (Continued from Page A 23) farm, they arrive in a big way approximately 18,000 poults come at once. The poults come from Virginia, Ohio, the Caroli nas, or even Canada or Califor nia, on occasion. After they arrive at the farm, the day-old birds are loaded on a flatbed pickup and driven down to the barn, where they are un loaded. They snuggle in groups of 225 they are unloaded into card board rings under the pancake brooder stoves which keep the temperature at a balmy 100 de grees. A nipple line close by, with The poults snuggle in groups of 225 they are unload ed into cardboard rings under the pancake brooder stoves which keep the temperature at a balmy 100 de grees. Only one person in the whole world couldn’t benefit Christmas Clubs. You guessed him—Scrooge. Everyone else will find that Christmas Clubs at Northwest are an Open your Christmas Club account today and look forward to happier holidays ahead. |M| NORTHWEST SAVINGS BANK w v\ w north west' i\ mqsb mk com Interest rate in effect as of the date of this newspaper shiny water droplets to catch their eyes, and small mini cups offer water to the young birds. Besides helping to feed calves (Karen raises 125 calves a year for a nearby dairy farm), the chil dren help out, “especially in the first week. It’s like a marathon around here then,” said Bob. Young poults “have a tenden cy to flip over on their backs and can’t get back up by themselves,” said Bob. “They get dehydrated if they are there too long.” Consequently the children travel through the brooder house with buckets, gathering chicks that have flipped, and taking them to a recovery pen that is from our easy way to save for those special holiday gifts, while earning interest at the same time Good Banking. Good Friends 201 West Main Street New Holland, 355 5350 24 E Mam Street Mount Joy 653 8121 350 Locust Street C olumhia 684 2868 744 South Broid Street Lint- 625 3001 22% Sjiuth Market Street Elizabethtown 367 8070 24 W Orange Street Lmcastcr, 392 6264 922 Columbia A\enue Lancaster 393 0900 1195 Manheim Pike Lancaster 393 0700 1 West Mun Avenue Myerstown 866 2929 Dutch Way Shopping M ill Rte,sol N Schacffcrstown 949 2829 equipped with a special mat of fering better footing. Nurturing the young flock also entails checking the poults every two hours for the first couple days. Even when the birds are older, Bob checks all three bams several times a day and again at the end of each day. Also during the first week the Gochenaurs scoop the poults’ feed into a wheelbarrow to put in the small feeders, which equates to hand-hauling four tons of feed. Finishing When the poults are approxi mately six weeks old, they are split into two groups and moved to the finishing bams. This also is a family endeavor, as the children can help push the young turkeys through the corri dors that lead to the other bams. “In an hour we can move a bam ful,” said Bob. In the finisher bams the tur keys now drink from bell-shaped “plassons” which give them ac Walk-In • Catalog • Web Sales - www.farmerboyag.com Call or email us today for a FREE catalog. TOFF FREE -1-800-845-5574 • 717-866-7563 Member FDIC Pjm ;fr e The Puraftre heater provides a consistent, clean burning and fuel efficient source of warmth for all types of poultry and swine houses. Choose from two models: the CBOM variable output (40,000-80,000 BTUH) and the C 225 (225,000 BTUH). Each is LP or natural gas com patible and can be mounted inside or outside your confine ment house. Electronic ignition. 0m feed bins We assemble, deliver and set up bins on your farm •Weather tight die formed roof 'Stronger engineered sidewalls •Ground controlled fill caps •Galvanized roll formed legs •Engineered leg braced systems •Fast flowing hopper bottom With CORE AUGERS and (dgl Flex-flo AUGER SYSTEM in 2 1/4” dia. to 5” dia. fwttM m ' B ° energizer jr-m Sl7 SOLAR t |MHBK * Handles up to 30 acres J,v ENERGIZER I * Re P |aceab,e moclule Electrical fencing parts and • Handles up to 10 Acres