House of Raeford Farms Announces Plans for New Chicken Hatchery
Columbia Farms of Georgia, Inc., an affiliate of House of Raeford Farms, Inc., Rose Hill, N.C., announced plans to construct a new $16 million chicken hatchery. A site for the new facility has not been finalized, but it will be located in the Batesburg-Leesville, S.C. area. It is expected to take 15-18 months to construct.
“It is the right time to make a significant upgrade to our live production operations, and all of that starts with the early life of our birds”, says Jim Mabe, West Columbia/Leesville complex manager. “The result of this investment will be to provide our growers with a chick that is very consistent in size and quality.”