2025 Cold Weather Poultry House Management Workshop

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.

Topics to be covered

• The importance of temperature management during cold weather
• Factors affecting broiler house heating system requirements
• Poultry house system design exercise
• Insulating poultry house
• The effect of poultry house tightness on heating costs and minimum ventilation system performance
• Maximizing poultry house tightness
• Poultry house tightness exercise
• Air quality and bird health
• Determine minimum ventilation rates
• Minimum ventilation exercise
• Litter microbe management
• Negative pressure ventilation principles
• 10 ways to reduce litter treatment effectiveness
• Negative pressure ventilation air inlets and exhaust fans
• Circulation fan systems
• Poultry litter drying exercise
• Most common ventilation/heating equipment installation problems
• Basic air inlet management
• How lighting programs affect bird health
• Poultry house heating systems
• Attic inlets
• Poultry house environmental assessment tools
• Poultry house operation tips

Presenters

• Mr. Michael Czarick – UGA Poultry Science
• Dr. Brian Fairchild – UGA Poultry Science
• Mr. Jack Ellison – Eagan Manufacturing
• Dr. Maurice Raccoursier Frost – UGA PDRC
• Dr. Connie Mou – Poultry Guard
• Mr. Brantley Porter – Porter Insulation
• Dr. Jordon Gruber – IFF

Dates

The workshop will begin at 7:30 AM on November 11th, 2025 and will conclude at 11:30 AM on November 13th, 2025.

Lodging

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Springhill Suites Athens West – 3500 Daniels Bridge Road Athens, GA 30606

Register by October 16th. Room rate is $149.00. Use group code cwccwcb (one king bed) or cwccwca (two queen beds).

• Website: marriott.com
• Phone: (706) 353-8484 (use code “cwc” when calling)

Registration

Registration is limited to 100 participants so register soon. The workshop will not be online.

The registration fee of $575 ($475 in-state) includes:

• continental breakfast
• lunch & dinner meals
• refreshments
• notebooks and other materials

Sponsorship

If you have any questions or would like to be a sponsor please contact:

• Michael Czarick
• mczarick@uga.edu
• 706 540 9111

Refunds

Registration fees will not be refunded if cancelled within seven days of the workshop.