Assessment of Ultra Wide Band device for monitoring chicken behaviour reared free-range

The aim of the project is to monitor and characterize the kinetic behaviour of chicken reared free-range environment. The main parameters to be monitored are the number of steps and the number of peckings effected by each animal. This paper contains a description of the system implemented and the test carried out to validate the reliability of the system itself. The preliminary estimation done with the UWB device showed good accordance with the real behavior of chicken. Further trials should be done to show the technical reliability of the device as well as the accuracy and precision.