Breeder farm and hatchery monitoring
Henlytics monitors breeder houses and hatchery rooms: temperature, humidity, CO2 and ammonia where the birds and eggs are, current on the fans that keep the air moving, and alerts on your phone. A breeder flock and a hatchery batch carry more value per square meter than anything else on a poultry operation, so a few hours of bad conditions cost more here too.
- Breeder houses and hatchery rooms on one screen
- Independent of incubator and climate equipment
- Alerts that repeat until acknowledged
What Henlytics watches here
- Climate and ammonia in breeder houses
- Temperature and humidity in setter and hatcher rooms
- CO2 in rooms full of eggs and chicks
- Chick holding room conditions
- Current on room and house fans
Where breeder and hatchery value is at risk
A breeder flock is too valuable to check twice a day
Breeders are kept for a long production life and each bird represents many future chicks, so a night of heat or bad air has a cost that runs well beyond the house.
Continuous readings and a history per house make it possible to show buyers and vets what conditions the flock lived in.
Hatchery rooms need their own record, apart from the machines
Incubators control their own internal climate, but the room air they draw from also needs watching, and a room that drifts puts every machine in it under strain.
Temperature and humidity probes in each setter, hatcher and holding room give that record independently of the incubator equipment.
CO2 builds up fast in a room full of eggs and chicks
Developing eggs and newly hatched chicks produce CO2 continuously, so a room with weak air exchange climbs quickly.
The GF-201 CO2 detector shows the level on its own display in the room and reports it to the phone at the same time.
A stopped fan in a hatchery room is a batch at risk
Room ventilation removes heat and CO2 that the eggs and chicks keep producing, so a fan failure turns into a problem within hours.
A current sensor on each fan motor reports when it stops drawing current, whatever the switch position says.
Monitoring for breeders and hatcheries
- Climate, CO2 and ammonia The same instruments in breeder houses and hatchery rooms, each with its own limits.
- Fan and power alarm Know when a room or house fan stops, before heat and CO2 build up around the eggs or the birds.
- Every house and room on one screen Breeder farms and the hatchery side by side, with the history kept per location.
Further reading
- CO2 during brooding How CO2 behaves in a closed, heated space full of young birds.
- What happens when ventilation fails How quickly a full house or room heats up, and how to hear about it in time.
- Monitoring without replacing the controller Adding independent sensors and alerts beside equipment that already runs.
Questions farmers ask
Does Henlytics control or connect to incubators?
No. Incubators keep running on their own controls. Henlytics monitors the rooms around them, with its own temperature, humidity and CO2 sensors, and alerts your phone when a room goes out of range.
Can breeder farms and the hatchery be on one account?
Yes. Every house and every room appears on the same dashboard, grouped by site, and the people you add get alerts for the locations you choose.
Which sensor is used for hatchery rooms?
The THS-100 temperature and humidity probe, and the GF-201 CO2 detector where CO2 matters. The probe comes in several housings, including sealed ones for rooms that are washed down.
Can the CO2 detector raise a local alarm in the room?
Yes. The GF-201 has two alarm relays with configurable levels, so it can drive a siren or a light in the room as well as sending the phone alert.
Watch the rooms your eggs depend on
Tell us about your breeder houses and hatchery rooms and what is on the walls today. We will come back with a setup and a quote.