Flocking to digital: the future of poultry technologies

Although touted as the world’s most efficient protein, poultry producers actually manage their flocks with very limited information.
calendar icon 11 April 2018
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a rooster with blue plastic feet
Foghorn the Rooster with his new feet

Foghorn's feet were 3D printed by researches at the University of Calgary

a robot in a chicken shed
Octopus Robots, able to turn and aerate bedding with minimal disturbance to birds
a sensor hangs in a chicken shed
Big Dutchman's DOL 53 sensor

© Big Dutchman

a computer displays a graph alongside an image of eggs and some other devices
PMSI's monitoring and control systems
an egg carton viewed through an augmented reality app shows information about where the eggs came from and how well the hens were treated
CluckAR's augmented reality egg selection assistant
a chicken wearing a virtual reality device on its head
a virtual display showing different measurements

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