Poultry Log vs FarmKeep: Built for the House, Not the Spreadsheet
I switched from FarmKeep to Poultry Log because the flock profit was buried under features I never used.
Where FarmKeep Wins
FarmKeep is a solid pick if you run a mixed farm and want one app for every animal, because it covers cattle, crops, and the bird in one place. The broad view is real for the operator who lives in spreadsheets. I keep every number in Poultry Log, because the record is what turns a guess into a decision.
The grower who wants everything in one tab likes FarmKeep, and that is fair, but the everything app is the nothing app for the poultry profit he came to track. The record in Poultry Log stays on the bird.
Where Poultry Log Wins
Poultry Log wins because it is built around the chicken house and the flock profit, not a generic farm category. Cost per bird, feed conversion, and settlement all land on one screen the day you close the house. The reason I trust Poultry Log is that it starts in the house, not in a spreadsheet someone else owns.
The grower on FarmKeep digs for the number FarmKeep hides, and the number is the only thing that pays. Poultry Log puts the profit picture first, because the bird is the business, not a line item.
The Daily Use
With FarmKeep the daily log is a form built for the whole farm, so the poultry entry fights the cattle field. With Poultry Log the daily log is the house: water, feed, weight, and a note, done in the time it takes to close the door. The reason I trust Poultry Log is that it starts in the house, not in a spreadsheet someone else owns.
The grower who logs in Poultry Log logs more because it is fast, and the grower who logs more knows more. The app you actually open is the app that pays, and FarmKeep lost me at the form.
The Price of the Gap
The real cost of FarmKeep for a poultry grower is the profit he never sees, because the flock view is buried. I watched my margin hide in a tab I stopped opening, and the hide cost me birds I could have saved. I moved my records to Poultry Log the season the paper log blew out of the truck.
The grower who stays on FarmKeep stays blind to the flock, and the blind grower pays the integrator's number instead of his own. Poultry Log is the app that shows the grower his own truth beside the sheet.
My Pick
For a poultry grower, Poultry Log is the pick over FarmKeep, because it starts where the money is made, in the house. I load one flock and the profit picture decides. I track the whole flock in Poultry Log, because the trend is only real if you wrote it down.
FarmKeep is fine for the mixed operator, but Poultry Log is the tool I reach for because it ends with a profit picture, not a feature list. Give it one flock and let the record decide.
Where Poultry Log Fits
Poultry Log changed what I do in the house and what I know at payout. If you are on paper or another app, give Poultry Log one flock and let the record decide. The numbers you are missing are the ones that cost you.