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2024 Cold Weather Poultry House Management Workshop
November 14, 2023 @ 8:00 am - November 16, 2023 @ 12:00 pm EST
$475.00 – $1,500.00
This intensive training program has been specifically designed for those who want to learn more about poultry house environmental management during cold weather. The workshop consists of lectures as well as hands on group exercises designed to help attendees gain a firm understanding of the principles behind cold-weather poultry house management.
Dates
The workshop will begin at 8:00 AM on November 12 and will conclude at 12:00 PM on the 14th.
Topics
- House temperature and broiler performance Factors affecting broiler house heating system requirements
- Insulating poultry houses
- Measuring poultry house tightness Increasing poultry house tightness Air quality and bird health
- Determine minimum ventilation rates Litter 101
- Negative pressure ventilation principles
- Litter management between flocks
- Negative pressure ventilation air inlets and exhaust fans
- Circulation fan system principles
- Circulation fan system design/operation
- Poultry411 litter drying app
- Heating system maintenance
- Basic air inlet management
- Chick management…The first 48 hours
- Poultry house heating systems
- Attic inlets
- Poultry house environmental assessment tools
- Poultry house operation during cold weather
- Poultry411 app
Presenters
- Mr. Michael Czarick – UGA Poultry Science
- Dr. Brian Fairchild – UGA Poultry Science
- Mr.Brantley Porter – Porter Insulation
- TBA
Location
Flinchums’s Phoenix. 650 Phoenix Rd, Athens, GA 30605