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Mother Hen

Mother Hen

by Weston Bustraan

55 ratings
52 reviews
🌟 Lifestyle
$2.99

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  • Released
  • Updated
  • September 21, 2015
  • January 19, 2019

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Weston Bustraan
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Track your daily egg harvests, manage your flock with individual profiles and family trees, and monitor your poultry's expenses and income. This app helps you observe production trends and understand your flock's financial impact.

✓Daily egg harvest tracking
✓Individual flock member profiles
✓Family tree graph for breeders
✓Financial tracking for expenses and income
✓Observe production trends
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What users say about Mother Hen

Reviews of Mother Hen are mostly positive: the Lifestyle app is rated 4.1/5 from 55 App Store ratings. What users like most: easy to use and simple, great value for price. Top complaints: graph only shows short period, no login/backup feature. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 👍Easy to use and simple
  • 💰Great value for price
  • 📈Excellent for tracking finances
  • 🐔Great for tracking flock
  • 📸Ability to add multiple photos
  • 💡Customizable breed information
  • ✅Works well for business
  • 💖Love the app overall
  • 💯Best backyard chicken app
  • ✨Intuitive design
  • 📊Good for egg production analysis
  • 📚Detailed record keeping
  • 🥚Tracks individual egg layers
  • 🎨Allows custom breed creation
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Useful for small flocks
  • 👨‍🌾Great for hobby farmers
  • 💰Tracks sales and expenses
  • ✅Responsive developer

Negative things

  • 🐛Graph only shows short period
  • 🔒No login/backup feature
  • 🐛Finances page errors (sales as purchases)
  • 🐛App gets stuck on chart screen
  • 🐛Graph numbers repeat
  • 🐛Cannot edit or delete expenses
  • 🐛Data lost on phone update
  • 🐛Photos not editable
  • 🐛Birds disappearing from flock
  • 🐛Cannot delete pictures
  • 🐛Cannot rearrange pictures
  • 🐛Cannot see bird's age
  • 🐛Cannot log notes for daily egg count
  • 🐛Cannot tag feed costs to specific batches
  • 🐛Missing many bird breeds
  • 🐛Bug when adding hatch date
  • 🐛Egg count sometimes off
  • 🐛Cannot sort by poultry type
  • 🐛Cannot sort by egg color
  • 🐛Cannot add 'event' to whole flock at once
  • 🐛Black screen issue (graph in landscape)
  • 🐛Update not working well
  • 🐛Egg harvest issues
  • 🐛Cannot see data over multiple years
  • 🐛No option for 'other' breeds
  • 🐛No section for feather color
  • 🐛ABA/APA class limitations
  • 🐛No Android version
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What's New in Mother Hen

1.1.1

January 19, 2019

- Swipe left/right to switch between bulk and per bird collection modes - Added band color for birds - Added egg count for birds - Flock can now be sorted by: name, breed, egg count, or hatch date - Harvest date will now only reset to current when you've been away for more than 10 minutes - Added additional date ranges to finance statistics - Harvest graph can now be grouped by bird type and egg color - Purchased and Sold events now appear in both the Journal and the bird's history - Added custom life events - A long press on a bird picture will let it be set as the primary picture and thumbnail

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User reviews

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Help or Question

I’m loving the app so far. I’ve added my new babies and am finding everything pretty explanatory. I have one problem. I had a chick die and it did let me put that in the history but it not take her out of my flock. I wish I could keep her info in the app so remember my notes, but I wish it
Took her out of My Flock number. If I’m missing something, could someone fill me in please?
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TPH18TPH18

Simple easy to use

Have been using this app on and off for 7ish years. I love the simplicity of it. I can’t find another one that tracks eggs and feed costs as easily as this one. I like that I don’t have to name each chicken or create a flock. Just simple add your feed add your eggs or meat and it calculates it all up for you.
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mominaround04mominaround04

Almost perfect!

First off I really enjoy this app - it’s really cheap and works well for the price point. A tutorial would be nice as some feature took me a second to figure out but overall easy to use. The only thing I have any issues with is my graph will only display roughly a week and a half or so and not the entire log of egg records. A small complaint but I’d love to be able to see the whole visualization of the graph from furthest back to current.
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I wanna love it but mehI wanna love it but meh

The best app for chicken lovers 🤍

Absolutely love this app! The best backyard chicken app I’ve ever used. The only thing I’d improve on is the family tree graph, (so you can see both parents on the graph and not just one at a time).
We love using this to keep track of all our chickens and hatches, and I love that you can add multiple photos to see all the different stages of your babies growing up!! 10/10!
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Ivylife24Ivylife24

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I loved this app up until my phone was destroyed and I lost all the data I had on my app over the past 3 years since there isn’t a log in for this app I’m guessing there is no way to save it
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Reported Bugs

21 issues

Chick death not removed from flock count

Bug

Graph only displays a week and a half

Bug

Lost all data after phone update (no backup)

Bug

Finances page turns sales into purchases

Bug

App gets stuck on Chart screen

Bug

Graph numbers repeat (0 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 5)

Bug

Cannot edit or delete expenses

Bug

Birds disappearing from flock list

Bug

Photos not allowed to be edited

Bug

Cannot delete or rearrange pictures

Bug

Adding hatch date crashes the app

Bug

Egg count is off

Bug

Update not working well, graph inaccessible

Bug

Egg harvest doesn't work right

Bug

Switching between harvest meat and egg to change color/amount

Bug

Black screen issue (graph in landscape mode)

Bug

Bug when adding hatch date to a flock member

Bug

App needs to be opened and closed to access all features

Bug

Egg count is off

Bug

When adding daily egg count and clicking notes, nothing pops up

Bug

Crash when checking 'x' when adding hatch date

Bug
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Requested Features

59 requests

Tutorial for new users

Feature

Display entire egg record graph

Feature

Family tree graph showing both parents

Feature

Login/account for data backup

Feature

Custom date ranges for finances

Feature

Show harvest graph over all time

Feature

Color wheel for egg colors

Feature

Crop option for uploaded photos

Feature

Pop-up for adding lineage/hatch dates for multiple chicks

Feature

More breeds available

Feature

Ability to edit/delete expenses

Feature

Multiple flocks for individual records

Feature

Option to separate meat birds and egg layers

Feature

Option to separate chickens and turkeys

Feature

Record egg orders for later

Feature

Add hatch date option when adding new birds

Feature

Mass add log entries for multiple chickens

Feature

Spot to add feather/coat color

Feature

Spot for band number near chicken's name

Feature

Illness with date schedule

Feature

Veterinarian schedule

Feature

Immunizations and supplements list

Feature

Banding labels or ID marks

Feature

Temperament field

Feature

Housing location field

Feature

Marking for feeding types

Feature

Add Muscovy ducks

Feature

Account feature for data backup

Feature

Delete pictures option

Feature

Rearrange pictures option

Feature

See bird's age

Feature

Calendar with daily/weekly egg totals

Feature

Hatching options integrated with finance

Feature

Way to track hatches

Feature

Add hatching to the app

Feature

Weekly averages of egg production

Feature

Option to log entry for multiple chickens at once

Feature

Spot to add feather/coat color

Feature

Spot for band #

Feature

Tag feed costs to layer or meat bird batch

Feature

Android platform version

Feature

Manually add breeds not in list

Feature

Color sub-type field

Feature

Hatch calculator/reminder

Feature

Add peacocks

Feature

Section for feather color

Feature

Add custom ABA/APA class combinations

Feature

Present data over the life of the flock (more than one year)

Feature

Option for 'other' breeds

Feature

Bar graph for eggs vs line graph

Feature

Ability to choose a year for finances and egg totals

Feature

Misc sale button for other items

Feature

Add 'event' to whole flock at once

Feature

Graphs for egg production

Feature

Choose which photo is master for a flock member

Feature

Spot to note bird location

Feature

Hatching eggs as an expense

Feature

Category for guineas

Feature

Running tally sheet for eggs after sales

Feature

FAQ

What does the Mother Hen app do?

The Mother Hen app is designed for poultry owners to manage their flocks. It allows you to track daily egg harvests, monitor individual birds with profiles and family trees, and keep a record of your flock's expenses and income.

What are the main features of Mother Hen?

Key features include a 'Harvest' tab for daily egg collection tracking to observe production trends, a 'Flock' tab for managing individual bird profiles with names and pictures, and a 'Finances' tab to track expenses like feed and income from selling eggs or meat.

Is Mother Hen free to use?

Yes, based on the provided information, the Mother Hen app is available for free and does not appear to have in-app purchases or advertisements.

Who would benefit from using this app?

This app is ideal for anyone raising chickens or other poultry, whether for personal use or for selling eggs and meat. It's particularly useful for those who want to keep detailed records of their flock's productivity and financial performance.

Can I track more than just eggs?

Yes, the app allows you to track expenses related to your flock, such as feed costs, and income generated from selling eggs or meat. This provides a comprehensive financial overview of your poultry operation.