Vision AI-Based Chicken Weight Estimation

Strengthening the Foundation

Outcomes and Benefits

Reduce the need to handle animals for frequent random weighing.
Help reduce the disturbance and stress that animals may experience during data collection.
Reduce personnel entry into and exit from poultry 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 perform.
Handling animals for weighing can cause stress and affect animal welfare.
Entry into and exit from poultry housing increase the risk of introducing pathogens into the rearing area.
Random weighing at specific intervals may not provide continuous information on growth trends.
Caretakers lack sufficient data to detect abnormalities from at an early stage.

System Capabilities

Use images from cameras to estimate the weight of animals without the need to handle and weigh each animal individually.
Estimate the average weight and growth trends within the housing.
Display historical data to compare rearing results across different periods.
Support short-term weight trend forecasting.
Provide alerts when growth trends deviate from predefined parameters.

Responsible Use Guidelines

The system’s 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 densities, and housing conditions.
The system should not be used with other types of animals without testing and performance verification.
Regular calibration and system quality monitoring processes should be established.