Mother Hen

Name: Mother Hen
Price: 2.99 USD
Rating: 4.1 (55 reviews)
Author: Weston Bustraan

By: Weston Bustraan

Lifestyle

Features & Capabilities

Mother Hen is an all-in-one poultry management tool. Harvest logs daily egg counts to monitor production, while Flock keeps track of each bird with photos and names and provides a family-tree view for breeders. Finances tracks feed costs, other expenses, and revenue from eggs or meat.

Built from a real-world need after your wife's egg-tracking app stopped updating, it's designed for anyone raising chickens (and other poultry) who wants practical tools that fit into daily coop routines. Feedback is welcome as you tailor it to your flock.

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By:

Weston Bustraan

Rating:

4.10

(55)

Version:

1.1.1 Last updated: 2019-01-19

Version code:

829967381

Creation date:

2015-09-21

Compatible devices:

Size:

21.92MB

Price:

2.99

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Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-09

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 196,813 ▼ 76

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Developed by:

Weston Bustraan

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mother-hen/id1039650803

User Reviews

Mother Hen is praised for its simplicity, affordability, and solid bird- and finances-tracking features, with good support for large flocks, per-bird egg logging, photo notes, and data export. However, users repeatedly point to drawbacks: no cloud backup or cross-device syncing, limited long-term graph/history and calendar views, lack of bulk entry for multi-bird updates, an incomplete breed list, and photo-management quirks. Overall, it’s a strong, cost-effective flock-keeping tool that would benefit from synchronization, broader analytics, and bulk-operation improvements.

Pros

Simple and intuitive to use
Affordable price point with effective tracking of eggs, feed costs, and finances
Scales well to large flocks with per-bird logging (eggs by hen) and breed information
Data export for charts/reports
Photo feature and ability to add breeds/customize birds

Cons

No cloud backup/account or cross-device syncing; data can be lost
Graphs/history are limited; hard to view long-term trends/all-time data; calendar/egg totals view is missing
No bulk/multi-bird data entry; updating many birds individually is time-consuming
Breed list is incomplete; adding missing or custom breeds is cumbersome
Photo management has bugs/limitations (editing/deleting photos is not straightforward)

Recent reviews

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?

by TP*****, 2026-02-22

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.

by mo*****, 2026-02-17

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.