Mike Czarick

Mike Czarick is an extension engineer with the University of Georgia. Phone (706) 542-9041. E-mail  [email protected].
From the Author
Broilers
How negative pressure ventilation keeps poultry houses warm
This technology can improve control over temperature, air quality, litter moisture and broiler performance, health and welfare.
The same poultry house the next morning when the temperature outside fell to 40 F.
Diseases & Health
Uncovering poultry house leakage
Three easy ways to determine tightness for improved energy consumption.
For fans with butterfly shutters, installing discharge cone covers or socks has proven to reduce air leakage.
Broilers
Can chicks have a dark period in the first week?
A comparison on how lighting programs impact brooding.
A recent project evaluated the impact on broiler body weight, feed consumption and feed conversion when birds were provided six hours of darkness throughout the entire six-week flock while compared to a control that had 24 hours of light for the first seven days.
Broilers
Leakage calculators can maximize poultry house tightness
Taking control of the environment can improve bird performance and health and result in energy cost savings.
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Broilers & Turkeys
15 cost-saving ideas for poultry housing
Poultry houses are beingdesigned and built with an emphasis on lowering energy costs, in particular,heating and cooling.
Greater emphasis will be placed on reducing operating costs, particularly energy costs, in the design and construction of the poultry houses of tomorrow.
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