The Chicken Coop
Modern chicken coops were set up to replace the old ones. Degania became a productive farmstead. That is, she produced eggs and chicks for other chicken coops. She also developed a profitable business of raising chickens for marketing and was among the first to import equipment for this branch from the United States. Today the chicken coops are automated and cover an area of 6.5 dunams. Six times each year Degania’s chickens are marketed, totaling about 2 hundred tons from each hatchery. The work team of the chicken coop is local.
The Cow Shed
As of now there are some 280 milk cows and 200 calves in the cowshed. The amount of milk produced is 2,840,000 liters.
Following the requirements set forth in national reform for dairy farming, a new shed is under construction to house the milk cows. A new species of cow has recently been introduced – The Jersey (a small, brown cow) in connection with research which is being conducted for the Ministry of Agriculture. The work team consists of kibbutz members and hired workers, assisted by high school students.
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Feeding at the Chicken Coop - the 50's |
Milking at old cow shed - Miriam Baratz |
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