Chicken sleep and coop cam

[LalaP]

So I installed a camera in my coop and it’s been a lot of fun watching what my girls get up to when I’m not around. The most fascinating part has been observing them sleep (Creepy? Maybe. Do I need to get a life? Probably.) I had noticed that at least one of them is always awake and I started wondering if they sleep in shifts and someone is always on guard. So I did some searching and found that yes that’s kind of true but it’s even more interesting than that. Here is a great article about chicken and duck sleep...

https://www.yourchickens.co.uk/news/the-strange-story-of-chicken-sleep-1-3520333

Chickens are so cool!

 

[HappyDuckie]

Thats so cool! What kind of camera do you use?

 

[LalaP]

Thats so cool! What kind of camera do you use?

The brand is vtech. Here's a link but I only paid $30 for mine from a different eBay vendor.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VTECH-VC93...142464?hash=item289a489f40:g:pxcAAOSwagxfMJ30

There are probably better ones. The app is a bit clunky but it's doing the job. The pan and tilt is nice and the night view is decent.

 

[Dinosaur Village Keeper]

I would love to know what you discovered! Did they sleep in shifts? How long after they go to bed to they go into a deep sleep so you can easily pick them up? Do they snuggle closer at night? What do they do when the rooster right beside them starts crowing at 3am?