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VENTILATION SYSTEM A MAJOR FACTOR IN FLOCK PERFORMANCE AND YOUR ROI HIGH BROILER FLOCK PERFORMANCE DEPENDS PREDOMINANTLY ON ACCURACY & EFFICIENCY OF VENTILATION SYSTEM Achieving optimal performance from a broiler flock depends on executing the ventilation as correctly and efficiently as possible. During minimum ventilation periods, producers are concerned about moisture, litter condition, keeping the birds warm, and air quality. The more control producers have over air quality, air temperature, and energy usage the more control they will have over their paycheck at the end of the grow-out.
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During minimum ventilation periods, producers are concerned about moisture, litter conditions, keeping the birds warm, and air quality in their poultry house.
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The concept of poultry minimum ventilation is utilizing a negative pressure system that creates a vacuum inside of the house. The pressure created is uniform throughout the entire house,
so air will enter through all of the inlets. This includes not only planned ceiling and sidewall inlets, but it also includes all of the “unplanned” inlets; such as: shutters, sill plate, tunnel doors, and end wall doors. Inlets control direction and velocity of the air entering the house, and therefore air mixing.
sufficiently heated by the warm air collecting at the ceiling.
Proper Inlet System directs air along the ceiling to center of house before it drops to the floor level.
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Every single area of the house that is not sealed up correctly will leak air into the house as an “unplanned” inlet. AN IDEAL VENTILATION SYSTEM WILL BRING ALL OF THE AIR INTO THE HOUSE THROUGH SIDEWALL INLETS Air entering through properly designed sidewall inlets will allow the air jet to attach to the ceiling, travel along the ceiling until it makes it to the center of the house, and gently move down toward the floor. It is essential to maximize the travel distance along the ceiling so the cool incoming air will be
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