Clean, clean, paper work, paper work 

One of the most important aspects of our business is cleaning and disinfecting. In a way we are lucky in the fact that we don’t have to worry about disease being brought onto the farm via day old chicks from the hatcheries, one of the advantages to breeding all you own birds! On the downside though, the work load is tenfold because of the fact that we breed and hatch all our own birds! 

Whilst Richard is busy hands on the farm carrying out all the cleaning required, it obviously needs to be recorded by someone somewhere. That someone would be me and there are days when i would love to be outside helping Richard, but instead i have my face against a screen keeping records up to date. Its relentless and i hate it!  

Farming practises have changed so much over the years and whilst we are traditional in what we do on the farm with regards to breeding, hatching and production, we are far from traditional in the office. Paper work, more paper work and a bit more paper work for good measure. 

For the last 2 days Richard has been worming the breeding ducks and chickens. We use a herbal mix which works well for us along with good husbandry and occasionally during a moult our breeding birds have a top up with a vitamin boost. Yet again, this all generates office work as it needs to be recorded.  

So in short, farming these days just is not straight forward, no matter how traditional you are, there will always be office work that needs doing!