HOW DOES A 32,000 BIRD HEN HOUSE WORK DAY TO DAY?!

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

Thank you. I really enjoyed seeing the hens and egg production. 😊❤

[@parccarreg]

Wow, 8:15 moves entire pallet of eggs with one hand! Amazing

[@thatwelshfarmer]

That electric pallet forks is a dangerous machine!!

[@tomw7797]

I love these videos 👍👍👍

[@richardmarshall5960]

Great video. I live in California but have been to the UK several times over the years. One thing I have noticed eggs are NOT refrigerated in the UK whereas they are in states. I understand that eggs in the USA are washed and in doing so a protective coat is removed so they require refrigeration in the USA whereas in the UK they don’t. If any viewers enjoyed this video, check out the 4th video Welch farmer made a year ago. It shows how they must periodically clean out the chicken shed well after dark while the chicken sleep.

[@allanblackesq]

Really enjoyed that mate, great to see how the farm works. Fascinating to see the chickens and the eggs, learnt a bit. Thanks.

[@robsuekin15]

Loving this content and thank you for sharing and I must look for you egg shed when out and about this year

[@susanmunro103]

Loved it - never thought I'd love learning so much about the farming industry at my age! Question: as a child many moons ago we got excited if we got a brown egg as they were usually white - why are eggs now all brown?

[@richardmarshall5960]

It’s the type of chickens he has. I grew up on a farm and there was a breed of chickens called Rhode Island Reds that laid brown eggs. In the UK maybe they go by another name.

[@gracemarylucius1939]

Great detail to the hens and good set up nice to see the cleaness. But why do you throw the little bits of the lid opener just onto your field for the sheep to eat and or trample the plastic into the ground? Or do you pick them up later which is not on camera?

[@thatwelshfarmer]

I pick it all up I just didn’t think it was interesting on the video. 😂

[@gracemarylucius1939]

​@thatwelshfarmer I was just wondering as you are very much down to detail and it didn't match the rest of the video. Specially nowadays as you are well are aware and as farmer even more looked at then the airlines......

[@saragayle2217]

Really interesting video, the hens look happy ,its so nice to see them have a choice of being inside or outside. How many sheep do you have ❤

[@thatwelshfarmer]

Thank you… about 700

[@tbraithw]

Fascinating insight into the egg-handling robot - very cool! Is your ~29,000 egg count the regular daily statistic? Please remind how many chickens you have in there. We (the general public) have no idea what it takes for our food to show up in the shop. (Also love how happy the hens look!)

[@thatwelshfarmer]

32,000 hens in the shed. Pretty much get 28-30,000 every day

[@Tylertaylorpotts]

2 questions , 1 how much do you sell your dirty /other eggs for , the other one is how much does each hen cost you typically

[@thatwelshfarmer]

I buy hens for between £5-£6 and I sell eggs anywhere between £0.60-£2 a dozen

[@SheepShizzVlog]

Yay sheep 🐑 How large is the piece of ground they’re on?

[@thatwelshfarmer]

The first patch was 140 on 60acres second patch was 300 on 110 acres

[@tbraithw]

I'm now intrigued by the details (and mathematics) of flock management. With that many hens, you must have some (a few dozen?) fatalities every day. How does that work? Do you wait for them to just die of old age, or do you have a way of removing the elders before they keel over? For that matter, is there a way to know which hens are actually laying vs just hanging out and eating? We see you here going in to pick up stay eggs... it doesn't show you with a cart yelling "Bring out your dead".

[@thatwelshfarmer]

I get 1 dead hen a day if I’m unlucky. And you have no idea of the hen is laying eggs or not.

[@tbraithw]

@thatwelshfarmer Is that very low attrition rate indicative of the happiness and overall health of the flock?

[@dozzy19]

Blondes have more fun 😂