Response to oustanding issues Animal Husbandry MCU12/0184

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             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                                        MCU: Agricultural Use Poultry Farm
         Traffic Engineering Report 11347   -                                        -

                                                                                         Milligan Farms (Hayes Traffic
       Engineering, June 2013)



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