Architectural Designs

Hoophouses Like most poultry producers with machine portable pens

Summary: Hoophouses Like most poultry producers with machine portable pens Beck Chenoweth does all feeding and watering outdoors with the feeders and waterers placed next to the house at first then gradually shifted farther away as the broilers grow to encourage foraging The doors are closed at night to prevent predation Because the house has no feed or water it is important to open the doors first thing in the morning because broilers do not tolerate long periods without water More and more growers are providing water inside the houses Herman Beck Chenoweth s book Free Range Poultry Production and Marketing 3 describes basically an 8x16 foot wood framed tent on skids with chicken wire walls a wood floor and a tarp roof It is intended for summer broiler production Construction plans are provided in the book Beck Chenoweth makes full use of his floor moving the house with the broilers inside

Image Dimensions: 253 x 137