Since many years LTZ provides Excel templates and production charts to keep track of commercial and parent stock ocks. Production performance as well as a comparison with the respective standard can be seen at rst sight on graphs and tables. When maintained on a weekly or (better) daily basis, problems can be detected early enough to nd appropriate reactions and solutions. Yet there is one major disadvantage of these tools: only one le per aous ocks or even the average of last ocks are dicult. Our new service is the answer to this: a web-based, easy accessible data managing and monitoring tool for parent stock and commercial ocks, to nd under

http://ltz.ockman4u.com. A license management system declares dierent rights to use the application (e.g. input of data and reports of own ocks only / allowance to see sophisticated comparisons / allowance to access the Lighting program etc.), thus rights can be set up according to the needs of the customer. Now there’s only one hurdle to take before using our new web application: apply for a customer access at ts@ltz.de and sign our mutual non-disclosure agreement. You will receive a customer number, a username and a password, and then let’s get started with http://ltz.ockman4u.com!

Dr. Anke Förster and Dr. Michael Lüke Technical Service

The main advantages are:

> The customer can easily collect and record data of his own ocks

> Single ock results are shown as graphs and tables, they compare performance with our target standards and provide useful information

> A peer report ranks the customer’s own ocks according to egg number / HH

> A worldwide database is built up, which gives reliable information about the performance of our birds and makes calculations and analysis much easier

> The (anonymous!) comparison with similar ocks in the database (e.g. egg colour / climate / housing system.) is a valuable and interesting evaluation

> With the input of additional information such as housing system, density, climate etc. even more reliable comparisons are possible

> The Lighting Program software for open houses is implemented

> More LTZ programs can be included if necessary

> Input and treatment of economic data is in the pipeline


Fig. 1 – General Information
Input forms and reports are looking familiar to those who have experience with our Excel templates, but everyone will be able to work with the program very soon. Most of the features are intuitively understood, moreover the program comes with a manual, where rst steps and FAQs are explained and illustrated


Fig. 2 – Input of data
Data input is done on a daily or weekly basis, with some control functions to avoid mistakes (e.g. input of more eggs than birds is not possible, egg and body weight has to be within a reliable range).


Fig. 3 – Diagram and table of performance
Several reports and output formats are integrated to show information of single ock performance, such as egg production and liveability, feed and water consumption or body weights.


Fig. 4 – Peer report of own ocks
Peer reports (“TOP 20”) show either a ranking of the customer’s own ocks or the best comparable ocks in the system:

Fig. 5 – Peer report of whole database