Take the heat out of poultry house and off of your hens

摘要

Rising ambient air temperature when coupled with high humidity can not only cause changes in the behaviour and physiology of the poultry but also lead to deathWHETHER LAYERS OR broilers, chickens perform best within a temperature range of 11 to 26°C, and the behavioural and physiological changes which occur when house temperature progressively exceeds the top end of this range are well known and documented.