As temperatures climb, heat stress becomes one of the biggest risks broiler farms face. Birds rely mainly on panting to cool down, and when houses are hot and poorly ventilated, the result is lower feed intake, digestive problems, more respiratory disease, and weaker overall resistance.
Nutritional fixes — electrolytes, vitamins, probiotics, adjusted feed formulas — help after the fact, but they're a patch, not a cure. Long-term protection starts with a stable house environment.
A closed-loop control system
Kaleter's poultry house environment controller combines IoT, high-precision sensors, and automation to run a full sense–transmit–analyze–act loop, unattended, 24 hours a day.
Sensing — Temperature and humidity sensors track heat and humidity spikes in real time; gas sensors watch ammonia, CO2, and hydrogen sulfide levels to catch ventilation problems early; light sensors manage light intensity for growth stage; static pressure sensors keep negative pressure matched to the ventilation system.
Transmission — All sensor data streams to the control center and cloud platform over wired or wireless network, with low latency so commands reach the house in sync — even for remote farms.
Analysis — The system holds built-in parameter models for each growth stage (brooding, growing, etc.), comparing live readings against safe thresholds. The moment temperature or gas levels go out of range, it issues a control command — some units can even anticipate trends and adjust proactively.
Action — On command, the system automatically coordinates fans, cooling pads, heating, humidifiers, and supplemental lighting: cooling fans and pads kick in during heat spikes, ventilation increases to clear excess humidity or harmful gas, heaters take over when it's too cold, and lighting follows a preset schedule.
Nutrition can soften the blow of heat stress, but a stable house environment is what actually prevents it. Pairing the right environmental controls with diet management is the most effective way to get a flock through hot weather safely.
Technology-managed environment control — making broiler farming easier and more efficient.