Poultry management apps are software tools purposely built for flock management and record keeping. These apps are a must have for a commercial poultry farmer. Essentially, they enable you to manage your poultry farm and track your flock performance over time.
Generally, the phrase poultry apps refers to various types of apps that can be used by poultry farmers. However, in this article we use it to refer to apps you can use to manage flocks and poultry records. Also note that poultry farming education and incubation apps are generally referred to as poultry apps.
What can you do with poultry management apps
Before we do a deep dive into what poultry apps are and where you can find them, let look at what you can do with them.
Of course, there’s a ton you can do with poultry management apps, depending on their functionality. For example here are some key activities you can do with poultry apps:
- Flock management
- Bookkeeping for poultry farming
- Layer or broiler farm management
- Farmhands / worker management
- Flock record keeping
- Order and delivery management
- Task management and assignment
- Feed processing and management
- Poultry mortality tracking
- Egg production tracking
- Poultry schedule management
- Bird weight monitoring and tracking
- Coop climate control and management
- Automated feeding management
- Farm produce management and sales
- Farm activity scheduling
- and so on..
What are poultry management apps
As you already know, poultry management apps are mobile or software applications for managing a poultry farm and keeping records. Depending on their functionality, can have several references associated with them.
For instance you can refer to these as Poultry apps, Poultry management apps, Poultry records apps, Poultry farming apps, or Poultry farm management apps.
Poultry management software
Poultry management software are built for managing large poultry farms. Usually, you can run these on the web or other dedicated devices.
Besides flock management and record keeping, poultry management software offer additional features. For instance you can find worker management and stock management. Additionally, you can use these for order handling and delivery management.
Some poultry software have companion mobile apps. Such companion apps seamlessly support you in flock management and record keeping activities.
You can find web and desktop poultry software on the web with a simple search. Here are 4 notable poultry management softwares. Advisedly, you should try them out before paying for a use license.
Poultry apps: Android & iOS
You can find several poultry apps on offer in both PlayStore and AppStore. Usually, these are built for running small to medium poultry farms. Additionally, you can also use them if you’re a backyard or hobbyist farmer.
Here are poultry apps on PlayStore. You can do a quick search on your Apple device to find Poultry apps on AppStore. However, note that poultry apps have different feature offering. As a result, it is upto you to find which would best serve your poultry management needs.
To quickly get started with Kukufarm poultry app, view how to videos on our Youtube channel.
Additionally, note that most if not all poultry apps have a free and paid tiers. Free or demo versions enable you to try them out before buying a paid plan.
Poultry apps vs poultry software
As mentioned above there are notable differences between poultry apps and software. In general, you can download apps onto your smartphone. On the other hand, you can run poultry software on the web or on some other dedicated devices.
Let’s do a quick comparison of the two.
| Poultry app | Poultry software | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Smart phones | Web, other hardware |
| Availability | PlayStore / AppStore | Web |
| Target farmers | Small – Medium scale | Large scale |
| 10 – 10,000 birds | 10,000+ birds | |
| Features | Small but powerful feature set | Wide set of features |
| e.g. Coop and flock management, vaccination schedule management, mortality and egg production tracking, etc | e.g. flock management automation, payroll, supplier and merchant management, etc | |
| Cost (USD / per year) | Low | High – Very high |
| $ 3 – 99 | $ 300 – 10,000+ |
Other kinds of poultry apps
You can find other kinds of poultry apps built for various poultry activities. For example poultry farming education and poultry incubation apps.