Poultry Industry Building - Related Problems and Solutions
By Floyd W. Hicks- weather extremes, improving
Extension-Poultry Specialist fertility and hatchability, or just
tot “e a Th d ‘‘ I<>nS C ° nd “' t,Ve
ity to. the environment ■is the,
maintenance of farm land, green It goes without saying that we
land; forest land, .wildlife habitat want .to provide efficient and
and watersheds. ’ suitable working conditions for
inoneform:or ; the operator and hopefully to
"another;-has- been- quoted,with stimulate him to be a better
increasing ; regularity' and*’ in— poultryman.
tfensltr nr recent months and: - And third, .perhaps most im
jdstiffably so; as ■ it’ applies' to '-portant; to keep us .in the-poul
. our trust -and responsibility- business in' the future, this
theecology. - chousing must, provide the r type'
; Whereas the words environ-. of to help the operator
mental requirements of* poultry. an( j bis management system to
-refer to* the aggregate of all ex- get along with hls neighbors,
ternal .conditions- affecting life
processes of*poultry, we I call your attention to the
housing conditions fob poultry, handout called “Environmental
to provide comfortable quarters, Requirements of Poultry This
that is optimum environment, particular piece of literature
for chicks and layers for return was published some time ago;
in the form of a profit This however, the principles are
profit might be contributed to basically unchanged Although
by conserving the energy of the there has been an addition of
fowl, stimulating growth, main- data that has contributed to our
taming egg production during fund of knowledge relative to
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Editor’s note- Floyd W. Hicks, Penn State Poultry Ex
tension specialist, presented the following speech to the
American .Society of Agricultural Engineers at Hershey in
October Entitled “The Role of the Building in Poultry En
vironment,” it presents a comprehensive look at building
related problems facing poultrymen today and the types
. of 5 efforts underway to solve the problems
While‘'much of the material, presented may have little
or no-application to .the individual local poultryman, we
suggest that each poultryman review the specific issues ,
raised such as how to dispose of manure, the best way
y air, and the type of construction in relation
-" to his own operation. Such" a review, we believe, can help
' the farmer-understand his operation better.
the environmental requiie.
ments'of- poultry.
Industry Improvements
The poultry industry has de
veloped so rapidly in recent
years that improvements in
housing, mechanical devices,
feed distribution and egg col
lection, and so forth, have
greatly impioved the efficiency
oi our industry through the co
operation of you as engineers
It is now possible to house
many thousands of hens in a
relatively small area and care foi
them with an ever-diminishing
amount of labor, but it should be
quickly pointed out that even
the best so-called “automated”
houses need to be managed as
mechanical factories, built
basically “for the birds”.
“Automated” egg farms locat
ed near centers of population, in
combination" with high-speed re
frigerated trucks, have made the
delivery of a high quality, pro
duct a reality in this age It also
has-meant that distance has been
iredueed as a factor of competi
tive [advantage for our region.
As our industry continues to
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Birdsboro
mature and we begin to solve
some of our marketing and pro
duction problems, a new dimen
sion of pioblems threatens to
undermine this industry which
has come so far
I am referring to the waste
disposal problems that relate
directly to our ecology and also
have a lot to do with our hous
ing-management problems in the
poultry industiy The public
often reacts on a mass hysteria
basis and certainly oui poultry
industry is not immune from
this mass action
Problems, which were ignoied
or taken lightly a few months
ago, have now become of major
importance Odors, flies,
feathers, noise and other pollu
tion factors, that went unnoticed
or were tolerated a few months
ago, are now so objectionable
that they thi eaten the very basis
of our industry in some parts
of the country.
This is not to criticize the con
cept of environmental improve-
out ,t£atj tfie
poultry industry needs to take a
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'continued look at the require
ments of our industry to get
'along with their neighbors as
we have done in the past
Manure Systems
To discuss one of these prob
lems. that of manure disposal,
would require a review of what
is found in the field. Many
poultry farmeis do have prob
lems in handling their poultry
manure, and consider if they can
dispose of the poultry manure
at no cost to themselves or at
.minimum cost, they are quite
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