Costco going in the chicken business

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Edited by nella(Pa) - 13 Jan 2019 at 1:10pm

costco numbers around here are quoted at 4 houses per farm and around 110 farms, per processing plant.

Most new houses being built here are between 42 feet wide and 66 feet wide. I've heard of some experimental houses being built in Alabama that are 80 feet wide. They say once you get in the 60 foot range it's almost impossible to get ventalation in the center of the house. That's why Pilgrim won't let us go over 50 feet. What kind of temps do you Nebraska folks see?

our winter temps can/has been down to 18 degrees below and as high as 120 plus on the other end. Cosco is building that plant about 30 miles from me, there are a few houses still being built a few miles in all directions of me, a lot of the houses were shot down by the city bots and county board. I reported the sizes of them in an earlier post, but don't remember right now on that. I was surprised that they are all being made out of wood, no steel buildings. Cosco had to work hard to let them build that plant here. no one wanted them here. I have a gut feeling that there's gonna be trouble down the road after everything is built and operating.

wonder how many times there will be recalls on chicky meat from them? no offence to you TYler, but it seems when there are large factory farming of any type meat producing, usually a disgruntled employee somewhere in the start to finish line will ruin a lot of meat.

tomNE wrote: Costco came and gave the sales pitch to our local farmers.   The numbers wouldn't line up for me.  About the time that it's paid for, it's all worn out.   Basicly no spreadable manure  for 5yrs, if your looking at value added options.   No use of your farm products for feed as it comes from costco feed mill.   Not really enuff income to have a fulltime employee (someone has to be in that house working 365 days a year).  It just didn't add up in my book.

Also, if any of you guys are considering it I'd be happy to give some insight. I've been around it a day or two (about 30 years to be exact)

Edited by thendrix - 14 Jan 2019 at 9:02am

I can forsee a couple of new depts. at Costco.

One will be the Kirkland Brand 'Pillow Dept.', pillows stuffed with their very own Chicken feathers.

Another will be their own Kirkland Brand dog and catfood, made with their very own 'chicken meat byproducts'.

Wonder how many tons of chicken manure will be produced 'daily',
and what will it be used for?


Gary

When we take out the caked litter we get roughly 50 to 60 tons I guess. Usually it's around 7 weeks between clean outs. Ours is a small farm. About 72,000 birds. We spread it on pastures and hay fields for fertilizer.

Edited by thendrix - 15 Jan 2019 at 1:55pm

Didn't Arkansas have a chicken shhhheeet problem at one time with it spread all over.

WOW Main Street Project  $13 - $16 a chicken, definitely right for someone.

Edited by chaskaduo - 15 Jan 2019 at 5:32pm

If you left litter in for 5 years you'd have feet rather than inches. Ideal depth is 6 to 10 inches. That depth is good insulation in the winter with plenty of drying potential but not deep enough to produce significant heat in the summer. When these houses were cleaned out to the dirt we put in 4 to 5 inches of fresh saw dust and added maybe an inch or so every time we cleaned out for the next 4 to 5 flocks. Now it's deep enough we can clean out the cake without adding any dust.

Edited by thendrix - 15 Jan 2019 at 8:16pm