We
receive our birds as day old chicks within a short drive from
our facility.
We
immediately place the chicks in our newly constructed brooding
houses. Our brooding houses are designed to be a stress free,
sterilized environment.
The
chicks stay in the brooding houses for the first 6 weeks. On nice
days they will spend outside time in screened in areas connected
to the brooding houses.
At
5 weeks they receive medication and have blinders placed on them
to prevent feather picking.
After
the 6th week the birds are released into our flight conditioning
pins through wide runways.
Our
flight pens are 100 feet wide, 300 feet long and are equipped
with high ceilings that peak at 17 feet. This allows the birds
to develop wing strength for fast flying speeds.
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