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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 10:24am |
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Thanks to Joe Murphy I'm going to be able to show some pictures of the new houses being built. I'll add descriptions as the pictures come up. Thanks again Joe! I'll also get some more detailed pictures to help explain things. These are mostly just shots of "milestones" in the journey so far
Edited by thendrix - 05 Apr 2020 at 10:33am
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:00am |
here we go!, not gonna be in order, and might be a bit large, so I'm gonna put them in groups of three or four to keep from killing folks with slow internet
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:03am |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:05am |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:06am |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:07am |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:08am |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:10am |
here's a slideshow of it that may work, been having trouble with them
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:25am |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:59am |
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i removed the password I think! working from my phone, wife has Sunday school on my computer right now
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 2:13pm |
They're just about in reverse order  . Start at the bottom and you'll see where we started to about where we are. Lots more on the slide show
Edited by thendrix - 05 Apr 2020 at 2:38pm
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 2:18pm |
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I thought the chicken business was dead!---WOW!---hey can I drive the two headed green earthmover???
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 3:00pm |
 ac fleet wrote:
I thought the chicken business was dead!---WOW!---hey can I drive the two headed green earthmover???
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You could have until about 2 months ago. They finished with it and parked it and it sat there for almost a year I guess. Sounded pretty good with those 2 Detroits screaming with no mufflers No the chicken business is very much alive in our neck of the woods. The chicken companies have several people every week calling about building new houses. It's not cheap but I get to work from home with no time clock and we get to raise our girls the way we were both raised and in my opinion there's no better way than on the farm.
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 3:18pm |
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The big CAT that Evie is standing beside belongs to my father-in-law and was the buy of the century. It's a 977L and he bought it with the understanding that the lift pump was bad. Only thing wrong with the lift pump was the empty fuel tank! Put fuel in, primed the pump, turn turn turn spit sputter rattle and BOOM! Off she went
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 3:24pm |
Ain't that the best. 
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 5:46pm |
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Hope theres a good return on investment- theres alot of money spent there ! More power to ya tho !
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 6:39pm |
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For the first 10 years we get a "building incentive" of $.05 per square foot and at average pay (before production bonuses) the projected profit is 42%. After the building incentive goes away the projected profit is 21%-22%. We had to be careful with the spending to ensure a 20% profit before the bank would close on the loan. Lots of hours of research!!
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 7:35pm |
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Im sure youve thought it all out and I applaude you and your wife for wanting to do this and raise your kids in farm life -- nothing better,,
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 8:11pm |
A couple of more, first load of feed and a front shot of the houses
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 8:28pm |
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those are some nice buildings Tyler! looks like nice equipment too! them fans will move a lot of air! are the rafters strong nuff to hold sum "pretty"? I thinks your daughter wants to drive that Cat! do you have room for the 4 guinas I have left? maybe i'll throw in a pigmy goat too!
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 8:44pm |
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They say the trusses are a 31 lbs load truss. I'm assuming this is per square inch. We also have what they call snow doors in the ceiling. If you can see on the picture of the inside of the house, the white roof is a thick plastic called tri-ply. The doors are about 36" x 36" and are level with the tri-ply when they're closed. They open how ever far we need them to and allow heat from inside the house into the attic to help melt snow off the roof
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 9:08pm |
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How many barns are there and what is the capacity of them? Just curious Wayne
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 9:15pm |
Tyler, those are some NICE houses! 600 footers? When is the first batch of chickens? And you are absolutely right - no better place to raise kid than on a farm.
Joe, thanks a bunch for posting the pictures.
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 9:25pm |
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Wayne, we've got 6 50x600 ft and will house between 38,500 and 39,500 each. A little under 240,000 for the farm.
Hubert, yeah 600. We're starting 3 while they finish the other 3. First birds will be here Thursday a little after noon.
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 10:52pm |
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Middle son has been working for Rose Acres since 1987. When they started building the plant here, I would head out there with the tire service truck in the morning and sometimes spend all day out there fixing tires Wishing you great success with your operation. Will this be a cage free operation? Rose Acres built a cage free plant in Arizona just to supply eggs to California. They get a lot of their equipment from Germany. They also now have 1 company in this state just dealing with the Chicken poo. It is all that company does. That company is able to keep up with the state and fed regulations
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:16pm |
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Yes they're cage free. We don't have to deal with any eggs. Ours are what they call broilers. Our target is a 4.35 lbs bird at 38 to 42 days. We get paid by the average lb of live weight so every bit we can gain above 4.35 is a little extra on the check. At the old farm I've had birds that went 5.15 at 41 days. That was a nice check. I'll get some more equipment pictures tomorrow.
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Posted: 06 Apr 2020 at 1:38am |
I'll bet your county assessor's office can't wait to do a field check to get all them improvements on your property tax bill. Good luck with that.
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Posted: 06 Apr 2020 at 5:25am |
chickens ?? them barns are for chickens ??? And here I thought it was for the Allis collection !!! 
Looks like they'd hold a zillion birds, but, come on, ONE should be dedicated to tractors 
It looks like a LOT of work to get them 'bird ready'. Got a RIVER nearby to give them a drink ??
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Posted: 06 Apr 2020 at 5:27am |
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I'm sure the Bank Geek figured all that in before approving the loan. Question is after the loan???
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