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                                                                               MWA Environmental




       The shed preparation activities typically occur during daylight hours.

       The Hayes Traffic Engineering report1 indicates that bird deliveries are
       typically undertaken using semi-trailers and feed deliveries using 19m B-
       doubles.

       Litter deliveries are commonly made with a walking floor semi-trailer to
       deliver litter directly into the shed.



       3.1.3      FEED DELIVERIES

       Feed (grain) is stored within silos adjacent to the poultry sheds. Feed is
       transferred to silos using a truck-mounted blower system.

       The demand for feed increases with the bird mass in the sheds throughout a
       batch. A typical profile of feed delivery requirements through a batch for the
       8 shed farm is provided in the, as follows:

              Week 1: 2 deliveries
              Week 2: 3 deliveries
              Week 3: 5 deliveries
              Week 4: 6 deliveries
              Week 5: 10 deliveries
              Week 6: 10 deliveries
              Week 7: 24 deliveries


       Feed deliveries typically occur during daylight hours.

       Hayes Traffic Engineering report indicates that the delivery of grain will be
       using 19m B-doubles.

       Typically only the delivery driver would be on-site for feed deliveries.



       3.1.4      DEAD BIRD MANAGEMENT

       Dead and injured birds are removed from the sheds at least once per day by
       the farm manager.




1 Traffic Engineering Report 11347 - MCU: Agricultural Use Poultry Farm - Milligan Farms (Hayes Traffic
Engineering, June 2013)



Ridgewood 12-002                                  8                            11 September 2013