Poultry Feed Efficiency Tracking System

Project development repository URL:

https://github.com/cepdnaclk/e18-co227-Poultry-Feed-Efficiency-Tracking-System/tree/development

Team

E/18/017, Aarah J.F., jfaarah12@gmail.com
E/18/177, Khan A.K.M.S., shamilkhan414@gmail.com
E/18/304, Rishad N.M., nmrishad6747@gmail.com

Introduction

poultry industry is the fastest growing livestock industry in Sri Lanka. for the year 2020 poultry contribute to 0.61 of nominal GDP which is 64 % of the total GDP contribution of Sri Lankan livestock. in this scenario one of the most important challenges for this industry is to enhance the productivity while remaining economically and environmentally sustainable

Problem Overview

As we are mainly focusing on chicken, feeding represents the major cost in raising of both broiler and layer chickens, thus it is a must to track the poultry feed efficiency in order to get the best out of it. but there are many problems in tracking this feed efficiency manually.

Problems in tracking poultry feed efficiency manually

Difficult to maintain data manually
Expensive and time-consuming
Difficult to keep track of poultry feeding on daily basis
Difficult to compare and contrast between different flocks
Difficult to add, modify and search

so to overcome these problems we have planned to implement electronic database approach. Which has any Benefits.

Advantages of electronic database approach

Make it easier to query, search, filter and retrieve required data.
Data is validated before it is entered in electronic databases.
Allow centralised use of information.
Improved backup and recovery services
Improved security

so we are developing a mobile application which uses this kind of database. Now let’s see why we need a mobile application?

Why we need a mobile Application?

Mobile application is portable
Easy to access information
Mobile notifications allow the user to keep in touch with the industry
Time saving solution
Mobile apps offer better personalization
Interactive engagement

here you may think why can’t we use existing mobile applications for this purpose. Because, there are some problems in that.

Why can’t we use existing mobile applications?

Complex
- Existing applications are not farmer friendly and it’s hard to use.
Language
- Existing applications are not in farmers’ native language
Native application
- Exixting applications are not supported for both Android and IOS.
Not Customized
- Existing applications are not customized according to our clients need.

So, in order to overcome these issues, we have proposed some solutions.

Proposed Solution

Complex
- We are designing a easy to use farmer friendly application.
Language
- We are providing three languages to use
  - English
  - Tamil
  - Sinhala
Hybrid application
- We are developing a hybrid application that will be common for both Android and IOS.
Customized
- We are designing the application in order to fulfull the clients’ requirement

Features of our Application

Login
- Username -Password Login / Signup Page
Farmer Registration
- Enter user’s details : Name , Contact Number (not compulsory)
Maintain Farm Details
- Enter Details according to the following Hierarchy.
  - Farm
  - Farm Branch
  - Shed
  - Flock
- Enter flock details.
  - Birth date
  - Start Date
  - Type (Broilers or Layers)
  - Strain
  - Number of chicks,
Monitor feed intake
- Enter Feed Intake
  - Flock
  - Date
  - Food weight . System should suggest recommended weight by calculating ( for that you have stored standard information for each strain . Then you know the standard food weight for a chick in that strain , number of chicks in the flock)
Maintain Mortality
- Enter the number of deaths of each flock with the date.
- Then the user knows the available chicks in the flock.
Monitor number of eggs - Layers
- Enter the number of eggs in each flock per selected date.
- Can suggest the expected number of eggs per that flock according to the strain and the number of hens
Monitor body weight - Broilers
- Enter the number chicks and total weight can calculate average body weight of the selected flock on the selected date. (Why average weight : Farmers don’t try to weight each chick one by one , they will weight sample of chicks and get the varage )
Calculate the FCR Layers
- System should calculate and show FCR when selecting the particular flock using feeding data and number of eggs
Calculate the FCR Broilers
- System should calculate and show FCR when selecting the particular flock using feeding data and body weights