For an egg producing poultry farm, a layers farm management app is an important tool. A good layers farm management app has to support poultry management and record keeping, to say the least.
In the case of Kukufarm, we support the management of layers, broilers and mixed flocks.
3 Essential features of a layers farm management app:
- Coop management
- Flock management
- Poultry flock record keeping over time
Importantly, still a good layers farm management app has to be easy to use, and understand. See our 4 point criteria for selecting the best poultry app.
What is a layers farm management app?
Essentially a layers farm management app is a mobile app purposely built to support layers flock management and record keeping needs. Fundamentally, such an app has to support the tracking of egg production rates in contrast to a broiler farm management app.
Typically, a layers farm management app is built for Android or iPhone devices and can thus be downloaded from PlayStore or AppStore. However, if you’re using a Huawei device, you may search for and download such as an app from App Gallery.
There are already a bunch of layers farm management apps on both PlayStore and AppStore. Furthermore we suspect the same to be the case for App Gallery.
Benefits of using a layers farm management app
If you’re a small to medium layers poultry farmer, you definitely should use an app to simplify the management of your flocks and records. In a previous article we presented at least 10 uses of a poultry farm management app. Here we get into some of these.
One of the foundations to poultry farming or any other business for that matter is record keeping. Therefore using a layers farm management app can significantly help you in said purpose efficiently. The alternative to using an app would be to use a notebook or Excel sheets. If you’re a large scale farmer, dedicated web or PC software may be your best option. However, even these are likely to have companion mobile apps.
Instancy of record logging and retrieval
Using a poultry management app gives you an instancy of logging and retrieving records. Instead of having to go to your desk, you can simply open an app on your phone and get some work done. As a result of said instancy, you are unlikely to forget to make respective data entries or retrieval.
Ability to create rich media flock data
Furthermore, using a mobile app to manage your layers poultry farm means you can collect rich data. In addition to logging data in text, you can take pictures and videos and append these to your flock records. Consequently, you will be able to build a rich history and reference data about your flocks.
Lastly but not least, you can add co-farmers to your account to simplify poultry farm management and record keeping. Our poultry management app – Kukufarm – support this.
Portability
Since mobile devices are some of the most accessible devices, using a layers management app can mean your data is always with you, even when you switch devices. At Kukufarm, our guiding principal is to put your poultry farm in your pocket.
Gateway to data based farming
Keep in mind that you cannot practice data based farming if you are not keeping flock records. Moreover, you will be at an advantage if you’re using an app, and if the app enables you to quickly understand flock performance over time. As a result you will be able to make changes and optimizations in your farm for continued high flock performance and yields.
Core features of a poultry management app
When looking for and selecting an app for your layers poultry farm, there are a number of key features it must support. In our opinion these include:
- Coop and flock management
- Flock performance tracking over time
- Data based poultry farming
Poultry farm management
Coop and flock management refer to the management of number of coops, and specific flocks respectively. Furthermore this can include poultry breed and batch tracking which would simplify understanding farm and flock history.
Track flock performance
At least 3 components are the bedrock of a layer’s flock performance. These are mortality, finances and egg production. Therefore being able to track flock liveability, expenses and sales, and egg production are must haves in a layers manager app.
In addition to these can be flock feeding schedule, vaccination schedule and weight tracking schedules. These are also important aspects of layers flocks management.
Understand flock performance over time
Data based poultry farming is the most obvious benefit that you should get from using a poultry management app. Essentially, you should quickly be able to understand the performance of your flock over time. As a result of such an understanding, you should be able to optimize your farming practices for continued high yield.
A layers farm management app should therefore make it easier for you to see flock performance trends over time. These should be on different performance indicators including mortality, finances and egg production.
We would love to hear your feedback on what are the most important features for you. Also let us know what is your biggest pain points with the apps you are using.
Let us know if you would like more info regarding using poultry management apps. Furthermore, if you would like help choosing a poultry app, we can help. Leave us a comment and we’ll get back to you.
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