Friday the 13th bit us pretty big
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Topic: Friday the 13th bit us pretty big
Posted By: thendrix
Subject: Friday the 13th bit us pretty big
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2024 at 6:40pm
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For those that don't already know, we're a commercial poultry (chicken) farm. Our houses are only 4 years old and we have computers that handle ventilation and cooling. Well, as with computers, one of ours had some kind of problem this morning. We also have back up thermostats that handle those things when there are problems with the computers. We have spent the last 3 days selling birds and there was a little over half a house left. Usually when birds are being caught we turn the back ups off just so, if it gets cold enough, the back up won't turn the heat on. Well...the catch schedule changed and some dumba$$ (me) forgot to turn the back ups on. For some unknown reason about 2am the ventilation fans shut off. About 9am we found a little over 21,000 dead chickens. Wound up composting them in our litter shed. The company we grow for was VERY understanding. I asked the broiler manager about our contract and he said it's safe. He said we'll be hit hard enough with the income loss and there's no reason to compound it. We also have some of the greatest neighbors and family that we could ask for. I'm expecting the loss to be in the $6500 to $7500 range. Just sucks ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
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Posted By: JW in MO
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2024 at 6:59pm
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That sucks, tough to take and tougher to make up. Only livestock I own is a dog, I expect a loss from it, but not in that range. ------------- Maximum use of available resources! |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2024 at 4:38am
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Man that sucks. Hope this does not become a repeat! |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2024 at 6:28am
It won't be a repeat because of that back ups being off. I've learned my lesson with that one ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
DMiller wrote:Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2024 at 6:48am
| Really sorry about your loss. I know i have learned too often with the end result being a phone call to the renderer. Good that you had neighbors to help with that cleanup |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2024 at 7:54am
| Dang that’s painful. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2024 at 8:13am
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DANG,,Tyler,,that is a painful one for sure!!Praying for the quick recovery,,,,!!
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Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2024 at 9:52am
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The real kicker is this was the best flock of birds we've had in about a year. There was a while that chick quality wasn't very good which results in high mortality and birds that just don't grow very well. As my dad would've said, it's just a pisser ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2024 at 10:42am
| Sorry to hear of that,, Uncle lost a farrowing house once with 20 sows and probably 200 piglets to a fire; had to get them out quick as we could - some were half baked |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2024 at 3:00pm
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Sorry about the loss but at least it wasn’t worse. Still an expensive lesson to learn. Sounds like you are growing for a good company and have a good broiler manager. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 8:37am
Well.... The company that makes our controller had a look at everything in the controller history at the time the fans shut off and can't find any problems. Their suggestion is to replace the CPU because that covers the most bases in one step. This to the tune of over $1,000.  I'm going to see if I can get our integrator to push a little and see if we can get a better answer as to what happened because most of their farms have these controllers. Doubt it'll go anywhere but we'll see I guess ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: ekjdm14
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 2:14pm
| I suppose there's no kind of warranty on the system, it's only 4 years old, would think with the kind of investment you'd made there'd at least be some sort of good will gesture considering how heavy you got hit? |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 3:45pm
| Sad to hear that that happened. |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 3:52pm
They have a 2 year warranty but after that it's mine. I guess them "taking a look for free" is the good will gesture. Truth is they looked at the exact same thing me and several of the integrators reps did. I was told they could look at things we couldn't see but I guess not or they just didn't ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: ekjdm14
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2024 at 5:01am
| Meh, I suppose that's all the good will one's likely to get these days anyhow. Doesn't make it any easier but you're in our thoughts & prayers over here. |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2024 at 5:55am
Yeah the days of going above and beyond are gone I guess. Thanks for the thoughts. Should find out this week about the loss ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |