"We hate to paint." That was the answer given by Keith Boeckman General Manager/Owner said when asked, Why was hot-dip galvanized (HDG) steel specified?" The culmination of years of planning and visiting farms throughout the US and Europe is this massive egg farm in Bryant, Indiana. Six farm families joined under Boeckman's management to build the largest egg producing farm in the United States. In full production, the farm will include six buildings housing 330,000 chickens each for a total of nearly 2,000,000 chickens. They will produce 1,800,000 eggs per day.

A final building 70' x 502' x 36' high will process the manure for sale as a byproduct of the egg production. Characteristics of hot dip galvanizing that were the basis for the choice over paint were the ability to repeatedly clean, the smooth metallic appearance, the durability and corrosion resistance in a hostile environment and low or no maintenance. Boeckman toured the US and Europe and found HDG to be the most maintenance-free coating. HDG was also highly recommended by the state-of-the-art plant owners in Italy. "We want to concentrate our efforts on egg production, not repeated repainting and touchup." He added, "Think how aggressive the environment is in a manure building that will hold manure 70' wide 500' long and 14 feet deep. Galvanizing is the only coating that would work".