Poultry house software that ties every reading to the flock that was in the house
Poultry house management is the daily running of a grow out or layer house: ventilation, water and feed readings, mortality counts, litter, downtime and the biosecurity log a service technician signs. The federal numbers around it are specific. An organic house must give 1 linear foot of exit area for every 360 birds, and an operation crosses the Large CAFO line at 125,000 chickens. Neurobird keeps every reading against the flock and the house it came from.
Neurobird Poultry House Management in short
- Log daily house readings against the flock in the house rather than against a calendar
- Count mortality by house and by day so a weak end of a barn shows while the birds are still there
- Keep litter, downtime and cleanout dated per house and carried across flocks
- 125,000 Chickens other than laying hens at which an operation using other than a liquid manure handling system is defined as a Large concentrated animal feeding operation. 40 CFR 122.23
- 82,000 Laying hens at which the same Large CAFO line is crossed without a liquid manure system, falling to 30,000 laying hens or broilers where manure is handled as a liquid. 40 CFR 122.23
- Pricing runs 149 to 1100 US dollars per month across 3 tiers. Early access is free.
What poultry growers and integrators actually deal with
Why it stays broken
A poultry house is a building, a flock and a contract at the same time, and each of those keeps its own paperwork. The controller records the environment, the integrator records the settlement, and the grower records everything else by hand. Nobody has joined the three, so the reading that would have explained a poor flock sits in a drawer once the birds are gone.
An organic poultry house must provide at least 1 linear foot of exit area for every 360 birds, measured across the base of the exit.
Broiler and Poultry Meat Exports: The United States is the world’s second-largest broiler meat exporter, and exports are a valuable source of income for the industry.
What the rules say about poultry houses
Federal permitting thresholds, the space standards an organic house must meet, and the flock definitions used for disease control.
Chickens other than laying hens at which an operation using other than a liquid manure handling system is defined as a Large concentrated animal feeding operation.
40 CFR 122.23Laying hens at which the same Large CAFO line is crossed without a liquid manure system, falling to 30,000 laying hens or broilers where manure is handled as a liquid.
40 CFR 122.23The number of birds allowed per linear foot of exit area in an organic poultry house, measured across the base of the exit and distributed so every bird can reach the outdoors.
7 CFR 205.241Ceiling on organic broiler indoor stocking density per square foot, against 3.0 pounds per square foot for layers in floor litter housing and 4.5 pounds in aviary housing.
7 CFR 205.241How long a group of poultry must be segregated from another group before a state agency may treat it as a separate flock for avian influenza purposes.
9 CFR 146.1Share of total United States red meat and poultry disappearance taken by poultry meat in 2024, with 13.6 percent of the poultry meat produced that year exported.
USDA Economic Research Service, Poultry and EggsNeurobird Poultry House Management Inspection Tracking Platform
One record per house and flock: the placement, the daily readings, mortality by day, litter and downtime, the service visits and the biosecurity log a technician signs.
- 1Log daily house readings against the flock in the house rather than against a calendar
- 2Count mortality by house and by day so a weak end of a barn shows while the birds are still there
- 3Keep litter, downtime and cleanout dated per house and carried across flocks
- 4Hold every service and biosecurity visit with the person, the reason and the date it happened
What changes with Neurobird Poultry House Management?
The same work, read left to right: how it runs today, and how it runs once the record is in one place.
| Today | With Neurobird Poultry House Management |
|---|---|
| Ventilation and water readings are written on a clipboard in the house and typed up on Friday, if at all | Log daily house readings against the flock in the house rather than against a calendar |
| Mortality is recorded by day but not by house, so a bad end of a barn is invisible until settlement | Count mortality by house and by day so a weak end of a barn shows while the birds are still there |
| A biosecurity visit is signed on paper that lives in a cabinet nobody opens until an inspector asks | Keep litter, downtime and cleanout dated per house and carried across flocks |
Who is this for?
The same house, three different operations.
You run four to eight houses
Readings, mortality and downtime all pass through you. You need the numbers by house so a settlement conversation has evidence behind it.
You run table egg houses
Density, perch space and exit areas are inspected against a written standard. You need the house configuration recorded, not remembered.
You service many farms
Service visits, biosecurity and flock performance sit on different farms. You need one view that compares houses without a call to each one.
The house board, as a grower would run it
Tick a reading to file it and watch the house move through the flock cycle with the numbers intact.
Tap an asset to log a scan and timestamp the inspection.
How does Neurobird Poultry House Management work?
Place the flock
Placement date, bird count, house and contract are recorded once, and every reading after that hangs off that flock instead of off a week number.
Read the house
Ventilation, water, feed, temperature and mortality are entered where the reader stands, on a phone, and stay attached to the house they were taken in.
Close the flock
Cleanout, downtime and the settlement close the flock, so the next placement starts on a house whose history you can actually read.
Poultry house management software questions, answered
Key terms
- What is poultry house management?
- It is the daily running of a grow out or layer house: ventilation, water, feed and temperature readings, mortality counts, litter, downtime and the biosecurity log. Federal rules put hard numbers around it, from 1 linear foot of exit area per 360 birds in an organic house to the 125,000 bird line at which a farm counts as a Large CAFO.
Does this replace our house controller?
No. The controller runs the house. This records what the controller and the walker saw, keeps it against the flock, and holds the readings after the birds are gone, which the controller does not.
How does it handle several houses on one farm?
Every reading belongs to a house and a flock. Mortality, water and downtime are compared across houses on the same day, which is how a failing end of a barn becomes visible before the settlement rather than after.
Can it hold biosecurity and service records?
Yes. A visit is a dated record with the person, the reason and the signature. When an inspector or an integrator asks for the log, it is a search rather than a filing cabinet.
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Where the requirement comes from
Primary sources, straight from the regulators.
- 40 CFR 122.23, concentrated animal feeding operations The bird counts that decide whether a house sits inside the federal water permitting programme.
- 7 CFR 205.241, organic livestock living conditions Indoor and outdoor space, perch space, exit areas and light hours for organic poultry houses.
- USDA AMS, organic livestock and poultry standards The rule those space standards came from, and the compliance dates attached to it.
- 9 CFR 146.1, National Poultry Improvement Plan definitions How a commercial flock is defined for testing and disease control, including the 21 day segregation rule.
- EPA, laws and regulations that apply to your agricultural operation Which federal programmes reach a poultry farm, from water to air to waste handling.
- USDA Economic Research Service, Poultry and Eggs Federal measurement of production, consumption and trade for the sector.
How much does Neurobird Poultry House Management cost?
Priced per operation because houses, flocks and contracts belong to a farm rather than to a seat. Readings, flocks and service visits are unlimited on every tier.
- Up to 8 houses
- Unlimited flocks
- Daily reading capture
- Mortality by house
- Unlimited houses
- House to house comparison
- Biosecurity logs
- Settlement export
- Many growers
- Field team scheduling
- Flock performance reporting
- Priority support
Get free early access
Early access means we model your house layout, your reading sheet and your settlement before you type anything, and you keep the account free while we do it.
Straight answer on where this is: The software is in development. Nothing is purchasable today. Early access means you shape it and pay nothing while we build.
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