Moisture Management in Poultry Litter
Published: January 9, 2015
Summary
Excess moisture in poultry houses causes both welfare and performance issues. We cannot eradicate moisture in poultry litter and neither do we want to. Moisture enters the poultry house in many different forms. This presentation aims to discuss how to identify moisture entering your house and ways of controlling it.
Moisture enters your poultry house via:
1. Drinking line
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20 de enero de 2015
we should have multi pronged approach to control wet litter. Feed formulation with correct sodium and chloride balance and minerals will lead to optimum water consumption.
Rancid fat will cause wet litter.
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1 de abril de 2015
What do u recommend light program what do u mean deflator
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2 de abril de 2015
What is the best Poultry litter material for productive birds.
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2 de abril de 2015
I find wheat straw 4 inches thick
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4 de abril de 2015
I Also use chopped wheat straw. What lenght is the best for you? And how do you chop it? I buy straw chopped by a Krone prechop baler, most of the stuff is chopped 40 days are grown. Suppose to help with litter condition with grain rolled at 2000 microns
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25 de mayo de 2015
Wonderful publication. Moisture if not properly managed can serve as a portal entry for pathogens.,causing a wide range of diseases.
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28 de mayo de 2015
is there any exact figure for Moistere % ofv Litter Material in poultry...??
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3 de junio de 2015
i'm using Rice Husks at Farm where i'm Working. 2 inch thickness @ 444g/sq.ft as its Summer season in Pak. and doing Racking 2 times a Day .. which don't let it Wet early and Bird save from Cocci , Entritis..
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Shivaram Rao
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