more... > Research Stations > Hill Farm Research Station > Poultry > Hill Farm Poultry House Year One Summary [Image: Flock Comparison] Comparison of tube heaters to brooder-type heaters, flock summary, weight and feed conversion, overall summary. Equipment Donors [Image: Equipment Donors] Equipment Donors for the Hill Farm Research Station Broiler Houses Hill Farm Broiler House Personnel and Equipment [Image: Personnel] Personnel & Equipment of the Hill Farm Broiler House Financial Supporters of Hill Farm Broiler Houses [Image: Financial Supporters] Financial supporters of the Hill Farm Research Station Broiler Demonstration Houses.  more articles... Hill Farm Demonstration House First Flock [Image: House of Raeford Sign] Pictures of Hill Farm Research Station Broiler Houses equipment and chickens during growing period for first flock. New Poultry Houses at Hill Farm Research Station [Image: Image of Research Poultry House] Images of new poultry research houses at the Hill Farm Research Station, Homer, La. Construction began in late 2006. First Flock placed at Poultry Demonstration Facility [Image: Image of Research Poultry House] The new poultry demonstration houses at the Hill Farm Research Station near Homer are in operation and the first flock of chickens has reached the target weight and has been processed by House of Raeford. Raeford’s goal for this flock was a 9 lb bird in 8 weeks. The flock reached that goal 3 days early with an average bird weight of 8.93 lbs and a feed conversion of 2.04. The total number of birds processed from the two houses was 40,961.