MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Robby and Kathy Nichols of Nichols Farm in Letohatchee, Ala., have been named the Alabama Poultry & Egg Association's Alabama Poultry Farm Family of the Year for 2015.
The Nichols grow poultry for Koch Foods of Montgomery. They have eight 40-foot x 500-foot houses, all built between 1999 and 2001, in which they grow 8 pound birds. In 2007, Robby Nichols built three 66-foot x 600-foot houses, but has since sold them to his son, Clay.
Since building his older houses, Nichols has continued to make improvements and updates to the houses. All. . .