digital poultry

Muhammad Salem Al Ali

January 26, 2023

I do not hide that one of my friends, after reading my previous article on livestock, filled him with enthusiasm and investment motives, so he called me in a hurry, asking for advice and ideas, and because he is one of those who care about artificial intelligence and its applications, he asked me to prepare a mini-study for him on a project for raising poultry, in line with With the digital world, spinning pattern.

Of course, I felt happy with what he asked, not only because he was interested in investing in this vital sector, but also because he wanted to keep up with the times, and integrate its technologies in order to make the project a success, so I sought to present him the picture in a nutshell, and leave him the issue of thinking and choosing, and I arrived after many and many readings. From the readings, the poultry sector is nothing but a sector like other sectors, and it has its share of problems, difficulties and challenges, especially those related to the costs of establishment and production, the search for skilled workers, the care and feeding of birds and their protection from diseases and pests, as well as other issues such as competition and marketing, and the status of Strategies, as well as the environment and the responsibilities and obligations it imposes, and other matters and repercussions.

However, what is pleasing is the ability of artificial intelligence to confront all of the above and launch the poultry industry into a completely new era, which promises a lot of profitability and investment success, through monitoring and collecting data automatically before making a decision, and employing the Internet of Things and sensors;

And since artificial intelligence is able to learn through training and data analysis, it is able to classify the collected data and discover trends, which will help those in charge of the project to make the best decisions to reach the best products.

For example, poultry farms run by "robots" use many sensors to measure the birds' weight, movement patterns, and activity, as well as their health status, temperature, feed and water consumption rate, in addition to other devices that monitor farm conditions such as light, heat, humidity, carbon dioxide and ammonia levels. And oxygen, and many other points in the light of which treatment or intervention takes place to correct the course, and artificial intelligence can greatly reduce the daily interaction between humans and birds, and reduce the sources of infection and diseases, so that I read in one study about advanced sensors that monitor chicken cries , and captures calls and distress, then advanced computers analyze and compare them to determine the type of sound that each of them represents, and thus respond to them immediately, ensuring the happiness and well-being of the chickens!

I know that this talk seems a form of humor to some, but it is in fact based on proven scientific and biological foundations, and it confirms that the sounds and calls made by young chicks, as well as mature chickens, can predict the health and safety of birds, and at the same time they are an indicator Good for mortality and growth rates.

In addition to all this, and from an investment perspective that businessmen love, we can say that the productivity of artificial intelligence is incomparable with its human counterpart, as its error rates are very low, and it works around the clock, seven days a week, and it improves the efficiency of the poultry farm to the extent that Rapid and steady profit growth.

Yes, artificial intelligence is determined, whether we like it or not, to break into all fields, and will digitize everyone who encounters it and stands in its way. It is also certain that it will transform the current face of human activity, economic and social, and very soon we will have to choose between a smart chicken here and a digital egg. there! 

Founder of Suhail Smart Solutions

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