2019 International Conference on Robotics,Electrical and Signal Processing Techniques (ICREST)

Design and implementation of Automated poultry

farm with Distinguish Features
Md. Mahfujul Islam, Shaharya Sourov Tonmoy, Sazzad Quayum, Al Russel Sarker, Sumaiya Umme Hani, Mohammad Abdul Mannan
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)
American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
i.mahfujul@gmail.com, Shahariyasourov101@gmail.com, sazzad.quayum.bd@gmail.com, alrusselsarkereee@gmail.com,
sumaiya@aiub.edu, mdmannan@aiub.edu

Abstract— With the essence of state of art technologies, the overcome the challenges and have a more
modern era has emerged with new directions to the human life comfortable, modern and efficient poultry farm.
where the sole purpose is to make the human life more
comfortable and convenient. Smart control over poultry farming
is getting acceptable by the mass and this sector is flourishing
II. OVERALL SYSTEM DESIGN
due to its eminent necessity in mass scale. Automated poultry A. Block diagram
farm in one where different features are incorporated such as
food and water distribution, egg collection etc. All these actions To implement the automated poultry farming system, a few
are been done automatically, thus making the poultry farm more motors along with the microcontroller (Arduino UNO) and
efficient and profitable. This paper intends to introduce an idea different types of sensors, Hall magnet sensor, PMDC motor
where an automated poultry farm incorporating necessity etc.) were required. The below block diagram shows the
features such as dry food supply, water supply, and egg collection overall perception of the system where Arduino UNO as a
etc. has been the main concern. The paper also demonstrates a microcontroller will be connected with the motors and
prototype that explains each feature of the aforementioned work sensors.
and from the prototype, it has been realized that the responses of
individual components were highly satisfactory.

Keywords— Poultry Farm, Automation, Microcontroller,

Hall Magnet sensor, DHT 11

I. INTRODUCTION
Chickens are the most common and widely raised
poultry birds [1]. And thus nurturing these birds for mass
demand has become one of the most flourishing and
traditional business initiatives. Some chickens take less
time to become mature and generate profit. In order to
get a satisfactory profit out of the farming business, it is
vital to maintaining the inner environment of the farm, Fig. 1. System block diagram.
which requires proper temperature, optimum light
intensity and well maintained hygiene [2]. Proper hygiene
and care can minimize diseases and illness in poultry. If a
machine can automatically control all the crucial factors
and other environmental factors of a poultry farm, it may
reduce the overall cost in the long run by simplifying the
control and maintenance of the farmers. Smart or
automated poultry farm is one of the most splendid creations
of modern technologies which are now highly accepted
in different parts of the world [3]. Developing country
like Bangladesh where the poultry farming is well
accepted and also very grooming, it is vital to
take initiatives which can overcome the demerits found
in the conventional poultry farms. It was observed by
close research work that the traditional method of poultry
farming has some very concerning drawbacks that are
needed to be solved.

By taking all the above factors into consideration, this paper

mainly discusses the design and implementation of a Fig. 2. Over all schematic diagrams of the circuits.
poultry farm incorporating the new technology. The designed
poultry farm system may enable the farmers to

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B. Features of the proposal work are:
1. Automated Food Distribution
2. Clean Feed Water Supply
3. Automatic Egg Collection
4. Temperature and Humidity Control
5. Automatic Lighting and Intensity Control
6. Automated Litter Cleaning
1. Automated Food Distribution
Proper as well as timely food distribution is one of the key
factors that is required for a successful farming system. It is
very essential to be concern about feed management. An
automatic food distribution unit can be much more efficient
than a traditional manual system.
Fig. 3. Block diagram of automated food distribution
process.
The block diagram for automatic food distribution is shown
in Fig. 3 Here the proposed feature is designed for feeding
poultry broiler timely and delivering the proper amount of
food at the same time. This feature required a gear box 75
RPM DC motor, conveyor belt, Hall magnet sensor and a
servo motor which are connected to a microcontroller in
order to accomplish the desired operation.
Fig. 4. Dry Food Pot Initial State.
Fig. 4 shows the food pot’s initial position. After every five
hours’ interval, right-sided sensor is activated and pot
moves from right to left for cleaning the food tray.
Fig. 5. Dry Food Supply State.
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When the left sided sensor detects the pot, it will turn off
and start delivering the food from left to right until the right-
sided sensor detects the pot position which is shown in Fig.
5. When the left Hall magnet sensor detects the presence of
the pot, the motor starts to rotate anticlockwise and servo
motor opens up partially in order to deliver the food.
2. Clean Feed Water Supply
One of the very essential factors in poultry farming is to
provide water to the broilers on a continuous basis. So the
farmers have to make sure that the supply of fresh and clean
water is available all the time. The automatic water supply
feature will always provide the necessary water supply.
Fig. 6. Block diagram of clean feed water supply process.
This Fig. 6 is showing the block diagram for clean feed
water supply. This feature requires a water level sensor and
a water pump.
Fig. 7. Water Supply and Water Level Sensor.
The water level sensor is used to detect the maximum and
minimum level of water. The pump will start when the
water is at the minimum level. But when the water rises up
to the maximum level, the pump will stop automatically.
Necessary picture of hardware is given above in Fig. 7.
3. Egg Collection
The traditional method of egg collection is done manually,
which is ineffective and time-consuming. In this proposed
automated poultry farming system, eggs are collected
automatically once or twice a day. Here eggs are collected
in unharmed condition by a rotating conveyor belt which is
rotated by means of a gear box motor. This rotates at a
speed nearby 75 RPM.
Fig. 8. Block diagram of egg collection process.
The block diagram for egg collection is shown in Fig. 8.
This block diagram shows the proposed feature, which
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requires a conveyor belt so that eggs can be moved to the temperature. This system can also control the humidity and
assigned space in unharmed condition once a day. air flow of the cage by turning ON the fans.

Fig. 9. Conveyor Belt Running. Fig.11. Temperature measurements using Potentiometer.

The Automated egg collection system is shown in Fig. 9,
where eggs will be collected by rotating conveyor belt once
every day.

4. Temperature and Humidity Control

The climate inside of a poultry house influences the health
of birds. Respiratory, digestive and behavioral disorders of
birds are most likely to occur if the climate conditions are
not up to the standards [4]. The following factors must be
(a) (b)
measured for effective farming
Fig. 12. (a) Cooling fan and (b) Heater.
• Temperature
• Relative humidity
When the environmental temperature exceeds the set
• Air speed and air movement
temperature, a fan will turn on and heater will turn off which
is shown in Fig. 12.
The system is designed to control these parameters by using
temperature and humidity (DHT-11) sensor that can
5. Automated Lighting and Intensity Control
measure the temperature along with the relative humidity.
Broilers are influenced by the length, strength, and spectrum
Also, a fan is used as an air cooler and lights are used as a
of light. Light can be used as a supervision tool to enhance
heater. This feature can achieve the desired condition for the
the fowl progression, egg weight and egg production [5]. In
birds by turning ON and OFF the lights and fans. Block
order to maintain proper light intensity, a system is required
diagram and pictures of hardware are given below.
to control it automatically. For such system, light dependent
resistor (LDR) sensor is used to measure the intensity of
light. Block diagrams and pictures of hardware are shown
below.

Fig. 13. Block diagram of automated lighting and intensity

control.

Fig. 13 shows the block diagram where one LDR sensor is

connected as an input to the Arduino Uno and light sources
Fig. 10. Block diagram of Temperature and humidity
are connected as outputs. When the intensity of light is
control process.
below the required room light intensity, lights will turn ON.
When the intensity is above, the light will turn OFF to
Fig. 10 shows the block diagram where temperature and
maintain the level.
humidity (DHT-11) sensor were used to achieve the
aforementioned features by using a potentiometer; the
required temperature can be set very easily which is shown
in Fig. 11. When the room temperature is below the set
temperature, the heater will turn ON in order to reach the
temperature. When the room temperature is above the set
temperature, cooler or fans will turn ON to decrease the

Fig. 14. Room light intensity Control Using LDR

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Fig. 14 showing the hardware implementation of LDR. It
actually measures light intensity in Lux. The Lux is the unit
of luminous flux per unit area.
6. Automated Litter Cleaning
A poultry farm produces a lot of litter which can bring in
many diseases such as bird flu, avian influenza, mushy
chick, infectious coryza etc. One of the main reasons behind
these diseases is the toxic gas created by these litter.
Fig. 15. Block diagram of Automated litter cleaning
process.
The block diagram for automated litter cleaning is shown in
Fig. 15. This proposed feature requires a pump. After every
6 hours’ time interval, the cleaning pump will turn on
automatically in order to clean up the surface.
Fig.16. Waste Cleaning.
Fig. 16 shows the device that can clean the litter after every
six hours. A cleaning pump and Arduino Uno were used to
implement the automated litter cleaning feature.
III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
From the above review, we find out that, our system works
properly and all the features response according to their
functions. Actually, we don’t have any physical data and
any output results. We run our system and it works properly.
For the discussion part, we want to say that, initially we
have found some difficulties for choosing different types of
motors but after some study and observation we found
suitable motors that we have used for different applications
like water supply, food distribution etc. Eventually, we
easily choose the microcontroller “Arduino UNO” and its
machine language is very easy to code and understand.
That’s the thing really help us to achieve our goal. Although
sometimes errors can be occurred due to the default
mechanism of the sensors, there is no particular solution to
overcome this kind of situation. Rebooting the whole system
is might one kind of solution but changing and calibrating
the sensors after a certain period of time is essential for
getting good results. Overall we can say that, for getting
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good operation of all the features, proper maintenance is
required.
IV. CONCLUSION
In order to face the upcoming crisis on the poultry farming
sector and meet the required demands, it is imperative to
develop a well-controlled and robust structured automated
poultry farming system that will provide a vital contribution
in the economy of a country. The introducer system is an
automated poultry farm with its unique features such as –
food and water supply, temperature and humidity control
and a poultry waste cleaning system. This system provides
overall protection of the farm and minimizes the effects of
environmental fluctuations. It ensures the health of the
poultry in good condition; the physiological parameters like
temperature, humidity, moisture, light intensity in the farm
are well monitored and controlled with the least human
intervention. Thus, this automated system can be very useful
for farmers as they can easily access and control the system.
With respect to the present research view, these certain
features which are integrated into a single automated system
will provide more reliability to the poultry farmers who are
currently following the traditionally manual and inefficient
procedures. This device can even be modified and designed
with advanced technologies. And green energy
conceptualizations, such as - A full standstill system which
will use its own renewable energy resources like rooftop
solar panels or biomass produced from the manure of the
poultry. As we can assume the upcoming crisis in the
poultry farming sector, the required challenges and demands
cannot be fulfilled by the inefficient manual system. In the
field of a poultry farm, these challenges are expected to be
successfully managed, which will ultimately make a
significant contribution to the economy of a country.
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