Chicken Farm Temperature and Humidity Monitoring

Freshliance COEUS-WIFI wireless temperature and humidity sensor is a sensor device developed for livestock and poultry breeding to control and adjust the temperature in the chicken house, and can be a system for intelligent real-time monitoring and control. 

The main purpose of climate control in modern day poultry production is to produce a healthier bird, which enables it to grow more efficiently and live in the most desirable and least stressful environment available. Getting it right involves deeper knowledge of the interaction between temperature and relative humidity. A good in-house climate results in lower mortality and reduced disease risk. Optimum housing control allows the birds to experience the best possible conditions in which to live and develop. In creating these optimum and best environmental conditions it enables the chicks to build up adequate immunity resulting in much lower stress levels in achieving their genetic potential, which in turn results in their meat being of a higher quality with better taste, consistency and texture.

Heat stress occurs when the chicken’s core body temperature increases to fatal temperatures because of poor heat loss and limited coping means. Environmental temperature and humidity play a role in heat stress. Thus it is key to measure both the temperature and humidity in the chicken house. The thermoneutral zone is the range of environmental temperatures that an organism can maintain their body temperature. For most poultry, the thermoneutral zone is between 60 and 75 F. This zone represents the temperature range where heat production is lowest. As temperatures increase towards 85 F, the chickens will adjust their behavior and decrease feed intake and production. These changes help prevent the chicken’s core body temperature from increasing. When air temperature increases towards 100 F, the chickens’ core body temperatures will increase to lethal temperatures unless relief is provided. These temperatures can shift depending on humidity, care and building conditions. High humidity decreases poultry heat loss from the lungs, which makes the birds more prone to heat stress. For older chickens, temperatures at 85 F with humidity above 50 percent places chickens in the danger zone. At 90 F and 50 percent humidity the risk increases to extreme. If misting or fogging at low humidities, monitor relative humidity to prevent excess moisture in the air that can worsen heat stress conditions.

You can choose the Freshliance COEUS-WIFI wireless temperature and humidity monitoring system to monitor the temperature and humidity 24/7 for chicken farm or chicken house environments, to report temperature and humidity values, and to maintain the quality standard in raising chickens and maintaining their health. The system consists of wireless loggers, and gateways, i.e. concentrators, which receive measurements wirelessly from sensors and send them over the Internet to the cloud platform – Freshliance Cloud. Real-time data can be viewed from mobile phones, computers, and tablets, and timely response to the abnormal chicken growth environment in the chicken house. You can set the parameter alarm limit for each monitoring point. The wireless temperature and humidity monitor will automatically send an audible and visual alarm when the monitored point data is abnormal. And the server platform will also send SMS/e-mail notifications to you. Freshliance COEUS-WIFI wireless temperature and humidity data logger not only monitors the environment but also provides you with analysis results and performance reports to keep all environments in the chicken house.