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We currently use 10 of our poultry barns for Prop. 2 Cage free egg production. We are using one barn currently for an egg packing room, one is being used for storage and the last two houses will be demoed. The manure barn is also being used for a storage location at this time. All poultry barns are cleaned by using a manure belt system. Barns 1,2,3 are cleaned out daily, while barns 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 & 12 are cleaned 3-4 times per week.After the manure is removed from the barns it is either conveyed on a belt or a scrapper system into a trailer. It is then either directly removed from the farm or by a tractor pulling a dump trailer to be placed on a dry pad to be turned 3-4 times before it is loaded into trailers to be hauled off site. The manure hauled off site is taken to other farms for Agriculture land use. All the manure is being hauled of site by Bruce Mellor trucking. For every 100,000 birds approximately 12 ton of manure is produced per day. When the farm is completed at 700,000 birds we will produce a total of 84 tons of manure per day. This would be produced with approximately 20%to 80% moisture when it comes out of the barns . Approximately 60 hens will die per day for every 100,000 birds housed.As of 7/16/18 all mortality is removed from the barns daily and put into one of the four refrigeration units we have on site. Once or twice a week, depending on the amount the mortality, we will have the mortality picked up or deliver it to Darling Ingredients in Modest California. For stage one we would increase the number of birds in each of the existing barns and build a completely enclosed manure drying building to handle all of the manure from 400,000 birds. By making the manure dry this would greatly reduce the odors from the farm. All of the new poultry equipment that we have placed into the barns are the most advanced both for the birds, the manure and the water handling. The barns are equipped with the latest in ventilation systems, manure belts for easy removal from the barn and nipple drinkers for both water savings and reducing moisture in the poultry manurer as well as the birds health. All of the poultry feed is stored in tanks and is made up of mostly corn and soy. If any feed is spilled it is picked up daily and placed in a garbage container. New Tech Pest Control is the company we use to control any fly or rodent issues that might occur by having them install fly jars, fly bait, tin cats and bait boxes. One to Two times a week or as needed the garbage is hauled off site in 40 yard containers by Gilton Waste Management. All future new poultry houses will be built by following all state and county requirements. They would incorporate the latest in poultry manure handling, air board and water board requirements. We have always tried to be responsible neighbors with regard to odors, fly's and general appearance of our operation. Richard Jenkins Partner/CEO Pleasant Valley Farms dba. Jenkins Poultry Farms Revised: 3/9/18