Kyle_in_Tex
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Don, looks great. Glad you got such a nice tree.
Farmer, how warm do the chickens need to be?
Farmer, how warm do the chickens need to be?
Good morning!!!!
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buckeyefarmer
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Me too..
Bird
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Me, too.
mostly_gas
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Me also.
mostly_gas
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Farmer and PJ's wife Belated Happy Birthday!!
Roy, no issues here on the forum.
Roy, no issues here on the forum.
mostly_gas
Super Member
Good evening all. 45 this morning, fog, calm wind. Fog did not lift till 12PM, wind stayed light and overcast all day, high temp of 50F. Choir this morning, and clean the roof vent for the dryer. bike ride after the fog lifted. got tarp back on firewood, over 3/4 inch of rain in forecast.
farmer2009
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They are currently 80*F. We start off at 94* and by end they will be down to 65*.
Insulation is not in good shape. 6” of poorly placed fiberglass in ceiling. Then 4” walls that have most if not all insulation eaten out of them by dartlin beetles. Mainly just a layer of double bubble on walls. Plus we are running ventilation fans. Fans run on 5 minute timers. Right now they are on half time. So we use lots of propane. We have burned as much as 125 gallons per day per barn before (4 barns).
As birds grow they’ll start giving off body heat as they feather. Just now getting to a fully feathered bird. 3 weeks. So they will start replacing BTU’s and we’ll slow down on propane use.
To spray foam all 4 barns is north of 40k. And that’s not replacing the wood on the walls. I can buy lots of propane at a buck a gallon for that.
txdon
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That would be a lot of air conditioning during the summer in Texas.
farmer2009
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Hahaha. Yeah it’s a lot of cooling here also. We use swamp coolers to get the temperature manageable. Then we think of wind chills during the summer. Ie. How much air can we pull over the birds and how fast. During the summer we’re in the neighborhood of 160,000+ cubic feet per minute of air exchange. If my estimates (average ceiling height) are correct then we can change the air in each barn every minute. Swamp coolers have a pad area of 4x160 feet. Half on each side of barn. It’s not unusual for us to use as much water each day cooling as the birds can drink. We can usually get temperatures below 80* then rely on wind chills to do the rest, make the birds think it’s cooler than it is.
RoyJackson
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25 right now...practically a heat wave after the last few days! High about 40 or so today. Although this sounds great, it'll be a thaw and refreeze which will make the leftover snow (still close to a foot after yesterday) like concrete.
We did get a few more inches of snow yesterday...cleaned the drive and walks late yesterday.
25 right now...practically a heat wave after the last few days! High about 40 or so today. Although this sounds great, it'll be a thaw and refreeze which will make the leftover snow (still close to a foot after yesterday) like concrete.
We did get a few more inches of snow yesterday...cleaned the drive and walks late yesterday.
