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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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Why is the water so hot to begin with? There's so much to be done when the water drums are sun-exposed, for example, yet as I work in the Caribbean, I find it so hard to get this message across. Yes, it will be fantastic to have piping underground, but I'm sure we all understand how complicated that can get once it's already set up incorrectly. Start by providing shade to the drums, actions done s ...
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@Antônio Mário Penz Junior. Hi ANTONIO, good to hear from you. Environment and water are external complications of heat stress. May I add an internal factor that is additive? If fat must be metabolically synthesized to support fully finishing the growing bird or be necessary for maximal yolk synthesis with layers, its generation must arise from concurrently consumed carbohydrates/ pro ...
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One thing is hot weather and the other is hot water. You are right on saying that birds adapts themselves to hot weather, But, there is no adaptation to hot water.
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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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Regarding the use of sodium bicarbonate, it works, but the temperature of the water must be around 25 to 28ºC. Higher temperatures are detected by lingual thermosensors that restrict the water consumption, and the bicarbonate effect can be reduced.
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Dear All! I like Dr. Ruiz's arguments very much. Restricting feeding, besides light control, is a very complicated issue once we depend on people to make the restriction, and it is impossible to see all farmers doing whatever should be done, based on the company´s recommendation. At the hottest period of the day, leave the chicken alone. This is a recommendation to broilers that are produced ...
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@Dr. Sudheer . It all depends on what is the definition of "good results". Several poultry companies in Colombia, South America, are truly experts in the feed restriction of broilers that are processed at 38-40 days, and their goal for "good results" is the lowest possible FCR independently of the cost per kg of live weight. However, for poultry companies whose goal for "good results" is the lowes ...
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@M.C. Fernando R. Feuchter A. You are absolutely right. Chickens are not stupid and they anticipate feed restriction. So, once feed is available they take advantage of it. After all, chickens are not concerned about feed conversion, they are concerned about survival. For this very reason they don't eat in the peak of the highest temperature as some poultry producers believe, they stay calm drinkin ...
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Esteban Cornejo in my opinion, manage expectations from end users and the way all these #Precisionlivestock technologies are are been introduced to LATAM; most of the technologies out there are focused on just one specific factor, not looking a bigger picture; and of course education from us developers to end users.