TEKNOLOGI PENGELUARAN

PERTANIAN DAN MAKANAN

GTN 3202
AN INTRODUCTION TO
AUTOMATION IN POULTRY AND EGG
PRODUCTION

POULTRY THE MAIN SOURCE OF

PROTEIN / WHITE MEAT AND EGGS

POULTRY
AUTOMATION POTENTIAL
BREEDER High* shed, feeder, litter removal,
candler, incubator
BROILER High* shed, feeder, litter (removal),
LAYER High* - shed, feeder, litter (manure),
egg collector
* Can be highly automated

Advantages of automation in poultry

production

Minimal labour input but high capital cost

Ease of maintenance
Conducive environment
Timeliness

Automation in poultry industry

Amongst other tasks, automation system feed the birds,
transport, handle and pack eggs and manage shed ventilation
Automation is achievable through the use of robots
A robot is any machine that performs repetitive tasks with
some degree of automation. Typically, when humans perform
repetitive tasks they get tired or lose concentration. Robots
dont!
An example of a robotic process in the modern cage egg
industry is the use of integrated conveyor belts to collect and
transport eggs to the packing room. Conveyor belts eliminate
the need to handle eggs.

What can robot (automation) do in the poultry

industry
traditionally labour intensive and involved repetitive actions by workers
These tasks had been automated in Layer industry:
Eg. - Feeding birds,
- removing manure
- collecting, counting, grading and packing eggs
Automation in broiler production:
Eg. - hatched chicks can be automatically transferred from the incubator
to the broiler shed floor and bird growth
- monitor using automatic weighing platforms.
- Information from the weighing platform also improves the precision
management of the birds for their feed or environmental
requirements

Controlled environment
Fully automated systems are controlled by a
computer which monitors various sensors for
- temperature,
- humidity,
- gas levels (smell) and so on.
Ventilation (fans and vents) is managed by the
computer to maintain the environmental parameters
within the desired comfort levels.

This lecture highlight the automation for the

the production of Layer and Broiler. The
breeder farm technology is given less priority
(but it is equally a lucrative business).

Another aspect in poultry

production is
Feed production industry
Highly automated

Have to understand traditional

methods of poultry production:
Free range rearing
Backyard rearing with fence semi intensive
Intensive system

Systems of Rearing
Extensive
Free range (Kg. style, sleep on tree branches)

Semi-intensive System
Backyard system,

Intensive System
Cage
Individual cages
Multiple cages Group Cages Colony Cages

Deep Litter System

Slat System
All-slat system
Slat and litter system

Individual Cages

Cage System

Group Cages

Tier cages

High Rise

Deep Litter system

Slat System

All Slat
Slat and Litter system

HOUSING
Advantages of an Environmentally Controlled shed:

Improved feed conversion ratio

Better quality bird meat
Increased productivity and health of the chicken
Reduced mortality
One extra batch (or cycle) per year per shed
Fully system controlled with no manual controls
Records can be stored and retrieved for 5 years

HOUSING
Controlled Environment House

Equipments
1. Lighting

10.Nest box

2. Brooders

11.Sprayer

3. Chick guards

12.Filler flat

4. Feeder

13.Shovel

5. Waterer

14.Coops

6. Debeaker

15.Trolleys

7. Toe clipper

16.Blow lamp/Flame gun

8. Dubbing scissors

17.Measuring cylinder

9. Automatic vaccinator

18.Candler

Lights
Incandescent Lamp

Fluorescent Lamp

Kerosene Lamp

Brooding

Infrared brooding

Gas brooding

Battery Brooding

Chick Guards

Feeders
Tube Feeder

Trough Feeder

Automatic feeding

Waterers
Automatic filling type

Nipple drinker

Automatic Vaccinator
Tube Connection
Syringe

In ovo Vaccination

Egg Counter

Chick counter

Nest Box

Sprayer

Filler Flat

Transportation Coops

Chick Tray

Sexing

Debeaker

Beak
Cutter

Dubbing Scissors

Candling

Candler
Mass Candler

Individual
Candler

Blow Lamp

Ammonia Checking

Layer Farms Project

Environmental Controlled Close houses

with independent

Microclimate
Bio security Solution for Avian influenza
Saving in infrastructure
Energy saving solution

The company which construct the project claim

benefits as follows:
Low mortality
Better feed efficiency
1KG more egg mass per layer per year
High level condition for rising and egg storage
Prefabricate and Modular houses with schedule
and budget control
Environment friendly houses and systems
Poultry manure solution
Automation system with computerized controlled
Remote control houses
High durability and minimum maintenance
High cost effectiveness

Side view of proposed layer farm house

Plan view of proposed layer farm house

Layer farm house under construction

Eggs being carried to processing center by conveyor

An Example of an Automated
Layer Farm set-up