Day 092 - 27 Feb 95 - Page 44
1 not have a demand.
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3 Q. So, if there is a sudden surge in demand, more eggs are
4 brought from another part of Tysons to the McDonald's
5 dedicated section of Tysons?
6 A. That is correct.
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8 MS. STEEL: How are the chicks transported?
9 A. They are transported in buses, they are really school
10 buses that are pretty much covered in boxes, about these
11 carton boxes that are covered with holes.
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13 Q. Right, what stacked on top of one another?
14 A. Yes.
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16 Q. What happens when they arrive at the broiler unit then?
17 A. Then they are unloaded by hand into the heating units.
18 There are heating units or brooding areas where the chicks
19 go by. There is water available for them too.
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: How are they debeaked in these vast numbers;
22 just what happens to them?
23 A. Well, manually, just a little clip.
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25 Q. So they are picked up one by one?
26 A. Yes.
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28 Q. And their beaks are clipped?
29 A. Yes.
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31 Q. It is not done by a machine in some way?
32 A. No.
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34 MS. STEEL: They are put against a hot blade or something, are
35 they?
36 A. The blade could be hot, it could not; it depends on the
37 equipment.
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39 Q. Is it a concrete floor in the broiler house?
40 A. No, no, it is environment/index.html">litter or bedding. That bedding usually
41 is made of, depending on the availability of raw materials,
42 could be usually a source of wood.
43
44 Q. Wood shavings?
45 A. Wood shavings, could be alfafa, could be rice holes,
46 depending on what is available in that particular area.
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48 Q. How many chickens would be put in a shed?
49 A. Usually, you have to make general statements, around
50 20 to 25,000 chicks.
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52 Q. Are the males put in with the females or are they kept
53 separately?
54 A. Usually, we try to keep them separately but there are
55 going to be some of them that will be there, mixed.
56
57 Q. What size are the sheds?
58 A. Usually, around 20 feet in the front by 200 feet long.
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60 Q. How do the chickens get water?
