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Mike Czarick (University of Georgia) explains how important it is to have the right combination of static pressure and inlet opening, as well as considering outside temperature, in this Engormix interview during IPPE 2024 in Atlanta, USA.
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For sure, any reduction will be welcomed. But, there is "no free lunch". Chicken like water with temperature below 250C and we need to be creative to achieve it.
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Mr. Entz, we need to consider hot weather and/or hot water. If we have hot weather and cold water, we need to preserve the water temperature based on putting the pipe line deep in the floor to maintain it cool from the origin. In this case, flushing the water helps.
However, if the water comes hot from the origin, flushing does not work. Still, new negative pressure chicken houses projects are not ...
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Werner Bessei And that is why we are conducting research trials looking at 6 hrs of darkness. We have a long way to go but it does look like that birds don't need 24 hours of light during brooding. What is the optimal dark period? Hard to say.
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