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minutes. While misting has the
potential to lower the temperature
greater amounts, spraying has the
added benefit of getting the birds up
and moving which allows them to
lose more body heat.
Huffman also recommended
walking slowly among the
birds during hot weather to
get them up and moving which
releases the heat trapped underneath
them but also encourages them to
move toward the waterers.
Some other management tips:
• Acclimatize birds to possible heat
stress between three and four weeks
of age by allowing the barn
temperature to increase for a few
hours to give the birds a bit of heat
stress and help them adapt to this
type of stress when they are heavier.
• Increase the light level in the pen
prior to operating large -diameter fans
or tunnel ventilation doors. Fear of
the light from these ventilation
sources can cause crowding and
piling.
• Dim or turn off lights during the hot
hours of the day.
• Withhold feed from early morning
until early evening during periods of
heat stress.
Tips to making the barn as heat
proof as possible include:
• Ensure the attic space is well
ventilated so it won't act as a heat
sink sitting on top of the building.
• Paint the roof white to minimize
absorption of the sun's energy.
• Keep the grass mowed all around
the building to prevent heat retention
and ensure best air movement
possible.
• Consider long-term shading of the
air inlet if possible.
• Make sure your alarm system is
functioning and ready to alert you to
a high temperature problem or loss of
power.
• Make sure the standby power
generator is ready to function if a
power failure occurs. .
Huffman also urged farmers to
consider reducing bird density to
about 2.5 kg per square foot. "This is
a tough one but we need to look at
it," he said. "It looks to me that a lot
of us are at 2.7 or even 3 kg. per
square foot."
In closing, Huffman urged
producers to plan ahead. "Now is the
time for looking ahead at next year's
problems," he said.