FLOCK & EGG TRACKER
ChickKeep
Flock & Egg Tracker
Five eggs today. Two thousand-odd by December.
ChickKeep is a counter you tap on the way back from the coop, wrapped in the rest of the paperwork a small flock generates — who is laying, who is broody, what the feed cost and when the last vaccination went in.
$3.99 once.
No subscription.
The whole app is really one button
You come in with eggs in a bowl. You tap plus, once per egg, and put the phone down. That is the loop the rest of ChickKeep is built around.
- A count per day, per flock
- Plus and minus for the fast case, a number pad when you would rather type it, and a date picker for the morning you forgot. Nothing is locked once the day ends.
- A laying streak that survives midnight
- Consecutive days with at least one egg. If today is not logged yet, the count runs back from yesterday instead of resetting to zero at 00:00 and making you feel bad about it.
- Weather beside the number
- Set a location and the card fills in the day's high, low and conditions, in Celsius or Fahrenheit. It is optional, and it is the only part of the app that touches the internet. Weather data from OpenWeather.
- Three quick-log buttons underneath
- Feed, health, vaccine — straight from the same screen, no menu-hunting.
What a year of tapping adds up to
Every January the year-in-review card works out six figures from what you logged and renders them as an image you can share. These are the six.
- 01
Eggs laid
Every egg you logged in the calendar year, added up.
- 02
Hens
How many birds are on the register at the time you open the card.
- 03
Average per laying day
Total eggs divided by the days that actually had a count, so a fortnight away does not drag the number down.
- 04
Best day
The highest single-day count of the year.
- 05
Feed spent
The price of every feed bag opened that year, in its own currency.
- 06
Cost per egg
Feed spent divided by eggs laid. It is usually the line people screenshot.
The register underneath the count
Birds are named, not numbered. Each one carries a breed, a hatch date, a photo, notes and a status you change as the year turns.
A bird can be
- Laying
- Broody
- Molting
- Pullet
- Rooster
- Retired
- Missing
- Sold
- Deceased
Chick batches sit alongside the named birds, with a hatch date, a starting count and a current count, so the ones you have not named yet are still on the books.
A health entry can be
- Mites
- Lice
- Respiratory
- Sour crop
- Bumblefoot
- Egg bound
- Injury
- Other
Pick the affected birds, write what you treated it with, and tick it resolved when it clears. Vaccinations are separate, with their own types — Marek's, Newcastle, infectious bronchitis, coccidiosis — a batch number and an optional reminder date.
Six screens from a real flock
Scroll sideways, or use the arrow keys.
Worth knowing before you install
- Everything lives on the phone. Eggs, birds, feed, health, vaccinations. No server holds a copy.
- No account. Nothing to sign up for and nothing to sign in to.
- More than one flock. Separate coops keep separate counts and separate charts.
- Feed priced in your currency. Each bag carries its own code, so nothing is silently converted.
- No backup, no export. The records live on that phone only. A new phone starts from empty.
- English only for now. The app has not been translated yet.
PRICING
$3.99once
ChickKeep is free to use and stays that way. A banner sits at the bottom of the screen unless you buy the unlock, which removes it permanently. The first fourteen days after install are ad-free so you can judge it properly.
- One payment, nothing renews
- No banner ad
- Support replies flagged as priority
- Future updates included
Questions
What does the $3.99 buy?
It removes the banner ad, once, for good. It is not a subscription and nothing renews. The first fourteen days after install are ad-free anyway, so you can see the whole app before deciding.
Does it need an internet connection?
Only for two things: the optional weather lookup, and the ad if you have not bought the unlock. Eggs, birds, feed, health and vaccinations are all stored on the phone.
Can I log eggs for a day I missed?
Yes. The counter card has an edit-another-day button, so you can pick any past date and put the right number in. The laying streak reads back from the last logged day.
Does it remind me about vaccinations?
If you put a reminder date on a vaccination record, ChickKeep raises a notification at 9am on that date. That is the only reminder it schedules — nothing nags you about eggs or feed.
Can I get my numbers out of it?
Not as a file. There is no spreadsheet or CSV export yet. The one thing that leaves the app is the year in review card, which renders as an image and goes to the share sheet.
Do I need an account?
No. No sign-up, no email address, no server. That also means there is no backup and no export: the records sit on that one phone, so an uninstall or a new phone starts you from an empty flock.
Start counting tomorrow morning
Name the flock, add the hens, tap plus on the way back in. The chart fills itself.