Gender Classification for a Day-Old Gallus Gallus Domesticus Using Image Processing

In the poultry business, pullets have the vital role in their species which make them valuable than cockerels. In order to sort them, hatcheries hire chick feather sexers. Nowadays, different countries are in need of chick sexers but the shortage in sexers are due to low income of farmers. In order to provide a solution to this shortage, the researchers have come up with a device that can classify a newly-hatched day-old chick’s gender based on its wing's feather pattern. The study used an image processing algorithm to determine the edges of the shaft and compare it with reference images. The study tested and evaluated the system using a sample group of day-old chicks and compared the result with a chick gender classifier and the chick’s actual gender when its physical characteristics started to show.