SmartHatch: An Internet of Things–Based Temperature and Humidity Monitoring System for Poultry Egg Incubation and Hatchability
Ronaldo C. Maaño, Roselyn A. Maaño, Pedro Jose De Castro, Enrico P. Chavez, Susana C. De Castro, Cielito D. Maligalig
Abstract
Poultry farming involves monitoring, regulating, and sustaining chick production. Poultry farming yields chicken eggs, which can be increased by combining traditional methods with technology. Monitoring, regulating, and sustaining chick production are all part of the poultry egg incubation process. Temperature-humidity monitoring during poultry egg incubation requires a long-term energy source for optimum performance and operation. This study involved designing and developing an IoT-based poultry egg incubator temperature and humidity monitoring system. The prototype comprises Arduino MKR 1000 microcontroller and DHT 11 temperature-humidity sensor. The Arduino IoT Cloud serves as a cloud-based platform for managing and monitoring the real-time status of temperature and humidity to prevent hatching failure. The success rate of fifty tilted eggs was evaluated, and the result shows that the hatchability rate is 95.24%.