The invention discloses a method and a
system for monitoring
egg laying performance of a laying hen zone of cage-rearing laying hens. Wherein coops are arranged side by side, a conveying belt is arranged below the coops, and a
machine vision detection device with a
CCD camera and a lighting device is arranged at the conveying outlet end of the
conveyor belt; chicken lay eggs and the eggs leak fromthe bottom of the hencoop and fall onto the conveying belt, after all eggs are laid, the conveying belt is started, the eggs pass through the
machine vision detection device in the conveying processalong with the conveying belt, the
CCD camera is triggered to
shoot and obtain conveying belt surface images with the eggs, and egg contours in the images are obtained through
image processing. And counting is performed to obtain the number of eggs, and
processing is performed to obtain the coop area position, the egg color, the egg size and the egg weight of each egg, thereby realizing real-timemonitoring. According to the
system, the change conditions of the
egg laying number, the egg weight and the egg color of each
egg laying area every day can be monitored, the egg laying performance andthe
health condition of the laying hen area are monitored, the
system is simple, and the cost of breeding equipment is saved.