Poultry industry is the second largest industry of animal husbandry and plays an important role in the development of animal husbandry. The fine farming of poultry is gradually gaining attention in recent years, and timely and effectively obtaining information on individual poultry body temperature, behaviour, movement posture and physiology and other indicators through effective means has become the focus of fine poultry farming. This paper expounded the research and application of sensors in poultry growth physiology, and mainly from the aspects of poultry breeding environment, body temperature, behavior and physiological indicators, and summarized the research and application of sensors in poulty production at home and abroad in recent years, put forward the problems existing in the field of sensors, and the prospect of comprehensive and efficient application of sensors in poultry breeding in the future.