Poultry House Cooling Pads: The First Line of Defense Against Heat Stress

The Solution: Evaporative Cooling Pad Systems

Cooling pads (also called cellulose or honeycomb pads) use the natural principle of evaporative cooling to drop incoming air temperatures by 15–25°F (8–14°C) before it ever reaches your birds.

How It Works

Water continuously trickles down the face of high-density cellulose pads

Tunnel fans pull hot, dry outside air through the wet pads

As water evaporates into the air stream, it absorbs heat—dramatically cooling the air

Cool, humidified air flows evenly across the birds at floor level

The result? A controlled environment where birds never experience dangerous temperature spikes.

Bottom line: Cooling pads are the only passive system that actively lowers air temperature rather than just moving hot air around.