Convert My Poultry House to a Closed House
Open and semi-open houses hit a ceiling on stocking density, feed conversion and heat-stress losses. This planner estimates the upgrade scope and indicative cost of enclosing existing houses — enclosure, insulation, fans, inlets, cooling, controllers, feeding and drinking automation, and backup power — using the climate of your country.
Where is the project located?
Country changes the climate design, cost index and equipment scope.
Planning a new site instead? Use the full commercial farm planner. Converting and expanding together? See the expansion & modernization hub, the farm growth planner and the open-to-closed conversion scenario.
Conversion questions
A conversion typically costs 35–55% of an equivalent new closed house — indicative USD 4–9 per bird depending on the condition of the existing structure, the climate scope and the level of automation added.
Enclosure of side walls, insulation of roof and walls, tunnel fans, controlled inlets, evaporative cooling pads where the climate suits them, a climate controller with sensors and alarms, upgraded feeding and drinking lines, and backup power with emergency ventilation.
In high-humidity markets like Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam the gain comes mainly from air velocity, inlet control and litter moisture management rather than from evaporative cooling, which delivers a smaller temperature drop at high wet-bulb.
Often partly. Span, height, roof condition and column spacing decide it. Verify the structure with an engineer before specifying equipment — reusing a structure that cannot be sealed or insulated undermines the whole climate investment.
A closed house depends on continuous ventilation. Backup power, alarms and emergency ventilation must be part of the conversion scope, not added later.