Poultry Environmental Management & Energy Conservation

Poultry Housing Tips

Over 200 monthly publications on a variety of subjects related to poultry house operation and energy conservation.

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Spanish versions of many of the most recent Poultry Housing Tips.

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Publications on turkey production and other miscellaneous subject

Current Research Projects

Ongoing research projects being conducted by University of Georgia extension engineers and poultry scientists related to poultry house environmental control and energy conservation.

Presentation Notes

Pdf files of the presentations given at regional, national, and international poultry industry meetings.

Workshops

Information on annual cold and hot weather poultry house environmental control workshops.

Excel spreadsheets

Easy to use excel spreadsheets that help the user to design and better understand poultry house environmental control system design and operation.

Poultry Tips are a publication of the University of Georgia Poultry Science Department. The Bi-monthly pubication consisits of Broiler Tip, Breeder/Hatchery Tip, Backyard Flock Tip, Processing, and Commercial Layer Tip.

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Q: What would you recommend to cool young birds when they are at 5-10 days old during hot seasons. For example, 9 day-old birds, house temp 91 F/32.5C, %46 humidity and most of the birds are panting. Baffles are open and two tunnel fan are on.

A: Put the house into tunnel ventilation mode (close side wall inlets) and turn on enough tunnel fan capacity to obtain an air speed of between 100 and 200 ft/min (max). If it gets hotter you could put a little water on the evaporative cooling pads (i.e., 10 seconds out of 5 minutes)

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Volume: 28 No. 5 2016 vol28n5.pdf	Why Measuring Air Speed at Bird Level May Not Be Advisable Keeping market-age birds cool during hot weather is all about air speed. It’s quite simple. The greater the air speed in a house, the greater the amount of heat removed from the birds, the lower their body temperature, and the better weight gains and feed conversions will be. Though evaporative cooling pads do aid in bird heat removal during hot weather by keeping house temperatures from becoming excessive, their use results in higher humidity levels which reduces a bird’s ability to cool itself by evaporating water off its respiratory system. The fact is without sufficient air speed moving over the birds, evaporative cooling pads can often do more harm than good. Because air speed... Categories: Air speed Tunnel ventilation

Volume: 28 No. 5

2016

vol28n5.pdf

Why Measuring Air Speed at Bird Level May Not Be Advisable

Keeping market-age birds cool during hot weather is all about air speed. It’s quite simple. The greater the air speed in a house, the greater the amount of heat removed from the birds, the lower their body temperature, and the better weight gains and feed conversions will be. Though evaporative cooling pads do aid in bird heat removal during hot weather by keeping house temperatures from becoming excessive, their use results in higher humidity levels which reduces a bird’s ability to cool itself by evaporating water off its respiratory system. The fact is without sufficient air speed moving over the birds, evaporative cooling pads can often do more harm than good. Because air speed...

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Tunnel ventilation

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Volume: 52 No. 1 2012 2008 13 Back-egg market revised.pdf	Marketing Eggs from the Backyard Flock For many people, having a backyard egg laying flock is enjoyable simply from the satisfaction of raising a few birds and providing a few eggs for the table. Often backyard flocks begin as a child’s 4-H project, teaching the child basic needs and responsibility on how to care for animals. Caring for and learning animal husbandry skills are important aspects of the project and the benefit of fresh eggs for the family is also a plus.

Volume: 52 No. 1

2012

2008 13 Back-egg market revised.pdf

Marketing Eggs from the Backyard Flock

For many people, having a backyard egg laying flock is enjoyable simply from the satisfaction of raising a few birds and providing a few eggs for the table. Often backyard flocks begin as a child’s 4-H project, teaching the child basic needs and responsibility on how to care for animals. Caring for and learning animal husbandry skills are important aspects of the project and the benefit of fresh eggs for the family is also a plus.

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This site contains a wide variety of information related to poultry house environmental control and energy conservation:

Air inlets
Air speed and bird cooling
Alternative energy
Ammonia control
Attic inlets
Poultry health
Broiler - Breeders
Circulation fans
Cold weather management
Poultry house electrical systems/maintenance
Poultry house energy conservation
Poultry house environmental controllers
Environmental monitoring
Evaporative cooling
Poultry house emissions
Poultry house exhaust fan selection, operating and maintenance
Poultry house heating systems
Hot weather management
Poultry house construction
Poultry house insulation
Poultry house lighting
Poultry house litter quality
Poultry house maintenance
Minimum ventilation during cold weather
Negative pressure ventilation
Pest control in poultry houses
Poultry house tightness
Tunnel ventilation
Poultry water consumption and quality

There are well over 300 newsletters, articles, publications, hundreds of photos and videos and spreadsheets to help educate poultry producers on how to produce healthy birds throughout the year while at the same time keeping operating costs to a minimum.

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