An automatic food feeder and watering system for rabbits.

Abstract

Rabbit farming is the practice of breeding and raising domestic rabbits for their meat, fur and wool. Feeding rabbits is most importantly needed for survival, growth, and good health. There are many kinds of feeders for example Super Kaylee Hay N Food Bin Rabbit Feeder and Precision Pet Hay Manger which are manual and not favorable for farmers with busy schedules. These systems are labor intensive and also cause pests due to contamination of food and water therefore; it requires an automatic system to solve those problems. The main objective of this project was to design and implement an automatic food feeder and watering system that could supply food at regular intervals and the timings are preprogrammed in the program of the microcontroller, it has one servo motor which is used to open and close the food outlet This system also supplies water to the rabbits and therefore it ensures that water is always available in the trough. The system has the capability of alerting the farmer about every activity which takes place that is to say supplying feeds, pump on, and when the level of feeds and water have reduced therefore the farmer is updated about what is happening in the farm by use of GSM technology. This system uses two ultrasonic sensors to detect the level of feeds and water, if the water level is low, pump turns on, green LED is lit and feeds yellow LED is lit whenever the system is supplying feeds. The designed system is able to supply food and water in the absence of the farmer and it is accurate that is to say supplies food depending on time. It’s automatic and therefore labor is reduced and it is also safe from pests.