Broiler house monitoring
Henlytics monitors broiler houses from chick placement to catch-out: ammonia, CO2, temperature and humidity at bird level, current on every fan and feed left in every silo, with alerts on your phone. In a house stocked to its limit, a problem that goes unnoticed overnight costs the whole flock, not a few birds.
- Works with any climate controller
- One controller per house
- Alerts on every phone on the farm
What Henlytics watches in a broiler house
- Temperature and humidity at chick height
- CO2 while the house is closed for brooding
- Ammonia as the litter builds up
- Current on each tunnel and side-wall fan
- Feed level in each silo
Where a broiler flock is lost
A broiler cycle is short and the birds grow fast, so the house changes every week and so do the risks.
The first week decides the flock
Chicks cannot hold their own body temperature in the first days, so a cold spot or a heater that drops out shows up later as uneven weight at catch-out.
A temperature probe at chick height tells you what the chicks feel, which is not always what the controller sensor on the wall reads.
A closed, heated house trades air for warmth
Keeping the house closed to save heat lets CO2 and ammonia rise, and the right balance changes every night with the weather.
CO2 on the same screen as temperature shows when minimum ventilation is too low to be worth the heat it saves.
The heaviest birds are the most exposed to a fan failure
In the last week the flock produces the most heat, so a stopped fan on a hot afternoon becomes an emergency in far less time than early in the cycle.
A current sensor on each fan motor reports a fan that stopped turning even while the controller still shows it switched on.
Ammonia climbs as the litter ages
Litter that started clean carries more moisture and nitrogen every week, so ammonia is usually a late-cycle problem that starts early.
Watching the trend from week two onward shows which houses need litter management before the reading reaches your limit.
Feed demand climbs faster than the delivery schedule
Consumption rises fast through the cycle, so a silo ordered on last week's rate runs out sooner than expected.
Seeing the level fall day by day on the phone makes the next order a decision rather than a guess.
Monitoring for broiler houses
- Ammonia, CO2 and climate Bird-level readings through brooding and grow-out, with different limits for each stage.
- Fan and power alarm Know within minutes when a tunnel fan stops or the power drops, especially in the last week.
- Feed silo level Follow feed left in every bin as consumption climbs through the cycle.
- Dashboard and alerts Every house on one screen, and the conditions of each flock kept on record after catch-out.
What to watch at each stage of the cycle
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Before placement
Check the house has reached its target temperature at floor level, not just at the controller sensor, before the chicks arrive.
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Brooding
Watch chick-height temperature and CO2 together, with tighter limits and alerts to the person on night duty.
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Grow-out
Move to wider temperature limits, add ammonia limits as the litter ages, and follow the silo level against rising demand.
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The final week
Treat fan current and high temperature as the critical alerts, because the heaviest birds tolerate the least.
Guides for broiler growers
- CO2 during brooding Keeping chicks warm without letting CO2 climb in a closed house.
- A drop in water intake as an early warning Why water use often changes before the birds look sick.
- What happens when ventilation fails How quickly a full house heats up, and how to hear about it in time.
- Safe ammonia levels in a poultry house Where to measure, what the limits are, and why the night reading matters.
Questions farmers ask
Can I use different alert limits for brooding and grow-out?
Yes. Limits are set per sensor and can be changed at any point in the cycle, so brooding can run tight temperature and CO2 limits and grow-out can move to wider ones.
Does the system need to be removed between flocks?
No. The controller and sensors stay on the walls through clean-out. Sealed probe housings are available for houses that are washed down.
Will Henlytics work in an open-sided house?
Yes. Temperature, humidity and feed level matter in any house, and a current sensor can watch the fans an open-sided house does have. Ammonia and CO2 are most useful when the curtains are closed at night.
How many houses can I see at once?
All of them. Every house on the farm, and on other farms you run, appears on the same dashboard and in the same phone app.
Put a sensor where your chicks are
Tell us how many broiler houses you run, how they are ventilated and which controller is on the wall. We will come back with a setup and a quote.