Nagambie Breeder Farm 2 (Turi Foods)

"Northern Breeders consist of two sites, one at Nagambie and one at Stewarton (Myers). The Nagambie complex consists of 4 x 6 shed farms, two are production farms and two are rearing farms. Myers has 2 x 4 shed farms, both production farms.

The Nagambie production farms currently place around 80,000 females and 11,000 males, Myers place 60,000 and 8,000 males. We are, however, planning to reduce these numbers for future flocks. All production farms in Northern Breeders are fully automated from the nest box, direct to the packing room and into the egg tray. At peak production, a Nagambie farm settable egg output is around 460,000 per week, with Myers producing around 355,000.

Our biggest challenge is controlling the number of eggs the hens lay on the litter. With the current bird numbers, floor egg numbers can be high and the farms need to maintain a large workforce to collect these eggs. However, the reduction of hens programmed for future flocks and an ongoing program of installing nest box lights will have a reducing impact in the future.

Each of the two rearing farms alternate between a Nagambie flock and then a Myers flock. The chickens arrive from Aviagen’s hatchery as day olds; they are reared for 22 weeks before being transferred to the production farms.

During this rearing period, the birds are graded at age 3-4 weeks; every bird is manually picked up at 8, 10 and 15 weeks for their various health checks."

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