By Dr. Sid Thompson,
Michael Czarick
& Dr. John Worley
Special to Poultry Times
ATHENS, Ga. — A poultry house can be considered a complex system in which all parts of the system work together to accomplish a task. Each element of the house structure (foundation, walls, knee braces, trusses, etc.) has a certain form and function that acts to support loads (e.g., wind, snow, ice) applied to the house. Poultry houses are often considered to be simple, even low-tech structures. While not complex to construct they are no less complex. . .