Normal, or time to call the vet?
Snap a photo of a fresh dropping, or record 10 seconds of the flock. Nche’s AI screens it in seconds, tells you what to do next, and writes a short report your vet can read. Nche screens; your vet decides.
7 days free, then $49 a year or $4.99 a month. Cancel any time.
Keep watching as usual. Check again if a hen stops eating, sits hunched or her droppings change.
Common in chicks and young birds, and it moves fast. Call your vet today and ask about a fecal test. Keep the bedding dry.
This pattern can mean a disease that must be reported. Keep the flock in, don’t move birds, and wash hands and boots. Your vet decides what it is.
Often heat stress. Give shade, cool water and moving air now. If the breathing is still noisy once they’re cool, call your vet.
Example results · not a real flock
A photo or a sound. An answer. A report.
- Check your flockPhotograph a fresh dropping, or record 10 seconds of the flock, from your phone’s browser. Nothing to install, and no account for your first 3 checks.
- Get an answer in secondsLooks healthy, worth a vet visit, or isolate and call today, with what to do next.
- Send it to your vetA short report with the photo or sound and the result, so your vet starts from what you saw.
N-Anya reads droppings
Trained on droppings from farms where a lab confirmed what each bird had. It looks for signs linked to coccidiosis, salmonellosis and Newcastle disease.
N-Ntị listens to the flock
Ten seconds of sound. It listens for breathing problems, panting from heat, gasping and distress.
In trainingHonest numbers, and what we don’t know yet.
On 1,201 lab-confirmed photos, N-Anya told about 4 in 5 sick flocks to get checked, and wrongly alarmed about 1 in 5 healthy ones. Those photos came from farms in Tanzania, not backyard flocks.
We’ll measure both models on backyard birds, with samples vets have confirmed, and publish the results on our AI page, good or bad.
Nche’s founder keeps more than 550 laying hens in Nigeria and writes software for a living. Nche started on that farm, after coccidiosis showed how late a sick bird looks sick: an earlier look at what the droppings say, and a vet involved sooner.
Chinedu Okere · founder, software engineer and poultry farmer · The story
One plan. Everything in it.
Unlimited checks by photo and sound, a history for your flock, and reports for your vet. 7 days free: add a card to start, and if you cancel before day 8 you pay nothing.
$49 a year
2 months free · works out to $4.08 a month
- The first 100 members keep this price for life, as long as their plan stays active
- Cancel any time, in the app
$4.99 a month
$59.88 over a year
- The first 100 members keep this price for life, as long as their plan stays active
- Cancel any time, in the app
The short answers.
Is this a diagnosis?
No. Nche screens: it tells you whether a dropping or a sound looks healthy or is worth showing a vet, and how soon. Only a vet can diagnose and treat your birds.
Why does it sometimes say “call your vet” instead of naming a disease?
Some diseases, like Newcastle disease, must be reported by law in many countries, and only a lab test can confirm them. When the signs point that way, Nche tells you to isolate the flock and call your vet or animal health authority today, so the right people check.
Does it check for bird flu?
No. Bird flu doesn’t show reliably in droppings or sound. If birds die suddenly, have swollen or purple heads, or several get sick at once, call your vet or your animal health authority today: in the US, the USDA on 1-866-536-7593; in Nigeria, your state’s Director of Veterinary Services.
What happens to my photos and recordings?
They’re stored securely and used for your flock’s history and reports. They also help Nche’s AI get better, without your name or exact location, unless you turn that off in the app’s Settings. Privacy notice
Is there a free plan?
No. There’s a 7-day free start, then one plan with everything in it. You can cancel any time.
What about the Nche box?
The Nche box watches poultry houses of hundreds of birds, all night. It’s in prototype testing on farms in Nigeria. For a backyard flock, your phone is all you need.
Check your flock today.
7 days free, then $49 a year or $4.99 a month.