Day 092 - 27 Feb 95 - Page 45
1 A. They have drinking equipments. It is a container and
2 it is hanging from the roof.
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4 Q. Right, is it kind of bell shaped?
5 A. It is round, yes, it is almost like a bell, yes, and it
6 is placed at different heights as close to the beak as
7 possible so the chicks do not have a chance to get into the
8 water or spill water.
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10 Q. How many of those drinkers would there be in each shed?
11 A. I have not counted them, but there is one -- I have
12 seen one every 10 or 15 feet on each side. There are two
13 sides going through the middle. But, usually, they just,
14 chicks like to stay together in one small area, so they
15 would probably be using two or three drinkers.
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17 Q. How is the feed delivered to the chickens?
18 A. By, it is a little, we call it probably "a canal" that
19 has a screw worm that moves the feet throughout the -----
20
21 Q. Like a conveyor belt?
22 A. It is a conveyor, yes, a screw conveyor.
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24 Q. That runs right the way round the shed or what?
25 A. It runs along the broiler house, and usually there are
26 two.
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28 Q. One up either side?
29 A. Yes.
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31 Q. Does it sometimes happen that chickens get caught in the
32 conveyor belt?
33 A. No. I have not seen it.
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35 Q. You have not seen it?
36 A. No.
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38 Q. Right, but you could not say it does not happen ever?
39 A. No, it could happen, yes.
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41 Q. How many broiler units have you visited?
42 A. Probably close to 100.
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44 Q. How long did you stay at them?
45 A. Stay? It depends. I can give you 100 different
46 answers.
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48 Q. Are you talking about, sort of, an inspection or -----
49 A. No, every time, it depends what I am doing, it depends
50 what I am looking. There are times when I can go back in
51 1979 when I started doing research on chickens, I stayed
52 there a long time. There are times where I only go looking
53 for a specific information, what I want to know, I might
54 stay only five minutes.
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56 Q. What is the level of lighting in the broiler sheds?
57 A. It changes throughout the day. It changes throughout
58 the season. Usually, we like to keep it well-lighted,
59 around 40, 50 lux.
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