Vision AI-Based Chicken Weight Estimation

Strengthening the Foundation

Outcomes and Benefits

Reduce the necessity to handle animals for frequent random weighing.
Help reduce the disturbance and stress that may occur to animals during data collection.
Reduce personnel entry and exit from the housing and support biosecurity measures.
Allow caretakers to monitor growth trends continuously.
Support feed planning, housing management, and production preparation.

Problems or Challenges the Project Aims to Solve

Traditional weighing requires labor and time to operate.
Handling animals for weighing can cause stress and impact animal welfare.
Entry and exit from the housing increase the risk of introducing pathogens into the rearing area.
Random weighing at specific intervals may not reflect growth trends continuously.
Caretakers lack sufficient data to detect abnormalities from the early stages.

System Capabilities

Use images from cameras to estimate the weight of animals without the need to handle and weigh every single one.
Estimate the average weight and growth trends within the housing.
Display historical data to compare rearing results in each period.
Support short-term weight trend forecasting.
Alert when growth trends differ from the defined framework.

Responsible Use Guidelines

The system results are estimates and should be used in conjunction with data from actual inspections.
Accuracy must be evaluated under different lighting conditions, camera angles, animal density, and housing conditions.
The system should not be used with other types of animals without testing and performance verification.
Calibration processes and system quality monitoring should be established regularly.