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Broiler House Heating System

[warming chickens to keep them productive even in cold winter months]

[Summary & Motivation] [Community] [Specifications] [Issues] [Contacts] [Diagrams / Pictures]

Summary & Motivation	Project Initiator: ATS Start Date: 2005 Projected Completion Date: Not applicable Current Status: Ideas stage (Waiting on textbooks) ATS has been asked to help design a chicken coop heater as winters in Lesotho may reach minus two degrees Centigrade. Chickens do not produce an optimal amount of eggs when operating at such low temperatures, decreasing the output of local poultry farmers. [top]
Community	This technology would be marketed to commercial chicken producers to allow them to increase chicken egg-laying performance in the winter months. [top]
Specifications	Must be powered by non-grid energy source Must not be a fire / safety hazard Should heat coop to approximately thirty degrees Centigrade [top]
Issues	Help is needed in the following areas: Designing heating unit. [top]
Contacts	Project Leader: Kopano Tsenoli MIT Contact:   ATS Contact: Kopano Tsenoli <ktsenoli@hotmail.com> Website (If applicable): N/A [top]
Diagrams / Pictures	DOCUMENTS Description Download Small-Scale Agricultural Implements Needs Assessment Contains contact for chicken coop heater. Documents [top]

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