# 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.

- URL: https://neurobird.com/poultryhouse/
- Product: Neurobird Poultry House Management Inspection Tracking Platform
- Niche: poultry house management
- Buyer: poultry growers and integrators
- Status: in development, open for early access
- Updated: 2026-08-22

## What Neurobird Poultry House Management does

- 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
- Hold every service and biosecurity visit with the person, the reason and the date it happened

## How it works

1. **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.
2. **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.
3. **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.

## From the source material

> 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.

Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Poultry and Eggs, https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/animal-products/poultry-eggs

## Industry context

- **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. (source: 40 CFR 122.23, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/122.23)
- **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. (source: 40 CFR 122.23, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/122.23)
- **360 birds** The 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. (source: 7 CFR 205.241, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/205.241)
- **5.0 pounds** Ceiling 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. (source: 7 CFR 205.241, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/205.241)
- **21 days** How 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. (source: 9 CFR 146.1, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/9/146.1)
- **51 percent** Share 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. (source: USDA Economic Research Service, Poultry and Eggs, https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/animal-products/poultry-eggs)

## Pricing

- Single farm: $149 per month
- Multi farm: $449 per month
- Integrator: $1,100 per month

## Questions

### 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.

## Sources

- [40 CFR 122.23, concentrated animal feeding operations](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/122.23)
- [7 CFR 205.241, organic livestock living conditions](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/205.241)
- [USDA AMS, organic livestock and poultry standards](https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/organic-livestock-and-poultry-standards)
- [9 CFR 146.1, National Poultry Improvement Plan definitions](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/9/146.1)
- [EPA, laws and regulations that apply to your agricultural operation](https://www.epa.gov/agriculture/laws-and-regulations-apply-your-agricultural-operation-farm-activity)
- [USDA Economic Research Service, Poultry and Eggs](https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/animal-products/poultry-eggs)

## Contact

- office@neurobird.com
- https://neurobird.com/