How Much Moisture Do Brooders Add to Poultry Houses?
Published:May 19, 2009
Summary
The vast majority of poultry growers use unvented heating units, i.e. brooders or space furnaces, to heat their poultry houses, using propane or natural gas as fuel sources. Record high propane/natural gas prices over the last two years have led a number of producers to explore the possibility of using biomass furnaces to provide heat in their poultry houses. A number of alternative heating syste...