Heritage Cases

The facility is aimed at rearing 1-day old chicks of approximately 6 weeks (42 days), where they are sold for meat. Broilers shall be fed a high-protein diet to help support in rapid growth. Vaccination will also be administered, as set out by the South African Poultry Association. The chicken broiler facility will entail the development of three (3) broiler houses (Appendix C). Each house has 2100 broiler capacity and will be populated with 1333 chickens. A total of 5332 broiler chickens will therefore be kept on the facility and later be increased to a maximum capacity of 6300 broiler chickens. The physical footprint of the entire development, including the existing infrastructure will be 1067.77m2. The chicken broiler facility will consist the following infrastructure:  3X chicken houses  Storeroom  Parking area Each broiler house will be equipped with the following infrastructure:  2X 18.0m VAL nipple drinker lines, 1 hole per pipe per pipe (3m (180 nipples total), complete with regulator and winch system to adjust drinker height.  40X tube feeders  1X 100 litters plastic water tank. Water is supplied by the Nala Municipality. Supply pipes comprise of a 100mm HDPE pipe connected to a water meter. Water storage is enabled through the use of 2 x 2500 litre elevated storage tanks. The affected farm portion is currently zoned for Agricultural, which accommodates the proposed development. The manure will be temporarily stockpiled on an impenetrable (concrete) layer and covered with sails to prevent contamination of the surrounding environment. The manure stockpile area will be located approximately 600m to the North, away from the chicken broiler houses. The manure is estimated to be less than 9 tons per month. The manure will be bagged in 50kg bags and sold to local farmers on a continuous basis as fertiliser. Mortalities will be removed on a daily basis by local predator park owner. The mortalities will not be utilised for human consumption. During the washing process, all waste water is collected in a septic tank and removed from the farm once the tank is full.