Design and experiment on monitoring device for layers individual production performance parameters

In order to easily and accurately record individual layers production performance under different environment, reduce errors and chicken stress caused by manual measurement, the individual layer production performance monitoring system was designed. Feed intake, excretion, water intake, egg weight, laying time parameters can be recorded through sensors and photoelectric sensors. These data were stored in PC and analyzed by C# program. The results showed that the system was stable, the relative error of feed intake was (1.96 ± 2.14) %; water intake relative error was (2.31 ± 2.01) %; excretion relative error was (2.50 ± 2.38) %; egg weight relative error was (1.32 ± 1.23) %. The laying time recording accuracy can meet the requirements. The research can provide reference for automatically monitoring laying hens individual production performance parameters.