Tips to collect and manage data in poultry operations

Data analytics and IoA (Internet of Animals) are efficient tools to manage the data and improve poultry operation results. Nowadays, […]

Data analytics and IoA (Internet of Animals) are efficient tools to manage the data and improve poultry operation results. Nowadays, companies have a great interest in knowing all these tools that are very useful for identifying problems and detecting the best way to solve them. However, to achieve a good analysis and make decisions, it is important to know how to collect and manage the data.

• Collect as much data as you can. The more values you have, the more accurate the analysis. For example, record information from all flocks, houses, and farms. In broiler productions, you can obtain the type and amount of feed, external and internal environmental conditions, animal weight, mortality, etc. In hatcheries, keep records of egg storage time, breeder age, set and transfer dates, machine temperatures, bodyweight at hatch, and some others. For broiler and layer breeder flocks, retain data about hen housed egg production, weekly bodyweight and feed intake, egg production percentage, and egg weight. Overall, preserve records of any value you consider essential in your operation.

• Create an adequate form or spreadsheet for data collection on each process you have and make all workers implied to fill the forms out in the same way.