Automated Feather Sexing Enhancing Poultry Production Performance

The Need for Automated
Feather Sexing

Sexing broiler birds enhances profitability by facilitating the optimization of feed strategies, promoting uniform flock growth, and boosting efficiency in hatcheries and processing plants.

However, manual feather-sexing presents major challenges. It demands a significant labor force, leading to inconsistent accuracy and operational uncertainties. Many parts of the industry have moved away from manual sexing, highlighting the need to modernize a once lucrative practice.

Discover how our new WingScan solution is changing broiler sexing.

Automated Feather Sexing System

Automated Feather Sexing System

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Meet WingScan

Revolutionizing feather sexing

Unlock the full potential of feather sexing with WingScan, TARGAN's cutting-edge solution. Delivering over 97% accuracy consistently, from the first chick of the day to the last, WingScan is transforming broiler sexing with unmatched precision.

Through the integration of engineering and biology, TARGAN developed WingScan to prioritize animal welfare while delivering unmatched performance. WingScan sets new standards for feather sexing speed and accuracy, ensuring optimal results for producers.

It's time to automate feather sexing with WingScan.

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Automated Feather Sexing System

The WingScan Benefits

Reimagining Hatchery Performance

Improve feather sexing productivity and performance at your hatcheries with WingScan.

Automation benefits

+Accuracy: Consistently delivering over 97% accuracy.
+High Throughput: Process up to 160k chicks per hour.
+Efficient: Outpaces manual feather sexing, shortening processing days.
+Reliability: Consistent all-day performance without throughput fade.

+Data Capture: Leverage captured flock data to make informed decisions.

Automated Feather Sexing System

The WingScan Benefits

Unlocking Downstream Value

Transform your production chain with WingScan and unlock unprecedented value across your farms and processing plants.

Benefits of feather sexing

+Management Flexibility: Separate female and male flocks allow for targeted feed, health, and barn management programs to target specific outcomes.
+Flock Uniformity: More consistent and predictable bird weights at catching and transport.
+Enhanced Plant Automation: Uniform birds benefit primary processing from stunning to portioning, deboning, and packaging.
+Maximize Yield: Uniform carcass size enables deboning systems to make precise cuts, enhancing yield and minimizing bone fragments. Reduced size variability lowers the risk of human error during manual deboning.

WingScan

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AUTOMATION

Reduces labor requirements while maintaining (or increasing) throughput potential.

MACHINE LEARNING

Consistently delivering over 97% accuracy from day one. Compatible with all feather sexable breeds.

VISION TECH

Vision systems swiftly and accurately determine chick sex, processing up to 160,000 chicks per hour, depending on configuration.

SORTING TECH

Sorting chicks with a welfare-focused, less invasive sexing process to optimize bird health

DATA CAPTURE

Enhances workflows, streamlining processes while utilizing data for performance tracking.

COMPUTING

Industrial communication systems enable efficient data processing for enhanced real-time monitoring.

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The Impacts of Feather Sexing on Uniformity

Utilizing WingScan for broiler sexing significantly enhances flock uniformity, leading to more consistent and predictable growth patterns. Below are graphs that compare the weight distribution of non-sexed and sexed broilers aiming for a target weight of 6 lbs (2.72 kg), showcasing the improved uniformity WingScan delivers to your operations.

Straight-Run: This graph presents the weight distribution for non-sexed (straight-run) birds, showing distinct curves for males and females and their combined average. The data shows average weights of 6.55 lbs (2.97 kg) for males and 5.65 lbs (2.56 kg) for females, with an overall average of 6.10 lbs (2.77 kg). This illustrates the variance in growth patterns when sexing is not applied.

Sexed: The subsequent graph highlights the benefits of sexing on broiler weight distribution. With sexing, birds show a much narrower weight distribution around the 6 lb (2.72 kg) target. The average weights for sexed males and females are 6.07 lbs (2.75 kg) and 6.02 lbs (2.73 kg), respectively, demonstrating a significant 24% increase in birds reaching the target weight.

Sources: Evaluating Uniformity in Broilers - Factors Affecting Variation | The Poultry Site | RossxRoss708-BroilerPerformanceObjectives2022-EN.pdf (aviagen.com) | EPMxRoss708-BroilerPerformanceObjectives2022-EN.pdf (aviagen.com) | YPxRoss708-BroilerPerformanceObjectives2022-EN.pdf (aviagen.com) | RossxRoss308-BroilerPerformanceObjectives2022-EN.pdf (aviagen.com) | 2022-Cobb500-Broiler-Performance-Nutrition-Supplement.pdf (cobb-vantress.com)