Water-efficient poultry projects for plateau heat and winter nights
The investment case depends on delivering summer cooling without treating scarce water as unlimited, while retaining enough heat and control for the cool season.
What decides the purchase
Pad efficiency can look attractive on temperature alone, but water consumption, treatment and storage may set the true operating limit.
Put this in the RFQ
Give water chemistry and daily availability, summer and winter design points, storage, heat source, pad-water consumption and backup power.
Direct answer
A 100,000-bird automated broiler project in Jordan needs about 4 houses of 25,000 birds (14 m × 123 m each, 6,897 m² total), roughly 2,375 t of feed per year, 92.7 m³ of water per peak day, and an indicative CAPEX of $1.26M – $2.19M. Design conditions used: 40 °C dry-bulb, 21 °C wet-bulb, 2 °C winter minimum.
— Water scarcity makes pad water consumption a real design constraint, not a footnote.
— Dry heat otherwise favours evaporative cooling.
— Winter brooding heat is required on the plateau.
Model the Jordan project scope
Where is the project located?
Country changes the climate design, cost index and equipment scope.
Indicative CAPEX is $1.26M – $2.19M for an automated closed-house project, about $12.6–$21.8 per bird including a 1.15 landed-cost index for Jordan. Land, permits, working capital and live birds are excluded. Class-4 estimate, ±30%.
About 4 houses of roughly 25,000 birds each, sized at 14 m × 123 m (1,724 m² per house, 6,897 m² total) at the density this climate supports.
Low humidity (40 °C dry-bulb, 21 °C wet-bulb) makes evaporative cooling highly effective — 15 cm pads sized correctly are usually the single most valuable climate investment.
About 2,375 tonnes of feed per year and 92.7 m³ of water per peak day including cooling demand. Feed storage should cover 5 days of peak consumption.
Grid reliability here is rated good. A generator remains essential for a closed house — ventilation failure becomes life-threatening within minutes.
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