Electronic flock uniformity evaluation system in layers.

Abstract

This report presents the design of an Electronic Flock Uniformity Evaluation System for layers. The most important factor in pullet production is producing a uniform flock with proper weights. Due to the fact that keeping flock in the ideal condition for egg production can. be tricky, and is very difficult without good information about the birds, farmers need a system that easily helps them to evaluate the uniformity of their flock for proper management decisions to increase production. The designed system helps farmers to evaluate the level of uniformity of their flock basing on the information collected (weights) from birds. The system is composed of both hardware and software. The hardware parts is the electronic scale designed and programmed using the Arduino technology. It measures and displays the bird weight in Arduino. The software part is an application that reads and records the measured weight The desktop application has been developed using visual basic. The software compiles and evaluates the data collected and shows the level of uniformity. I recommend it to be used by farmers for the proper management of their flock to increase productivity.