Coming Soon: Hatching on Cam

[mrs. twigg]

Hi, all!

We haven't been around in a bit, life just kinda gets in the way sometimes... Mr. Twigg always was the busier poster, but rest assured, I'm always lurking!!!

Last Spring, we tried our hand at hatching some mail order Buff Orpingtons in a marvelous incubator built by Mr. Twigg with great success!!!

We kept four hens (all we got!) and one rooster and a couple of weeks ago, we set 12 of their eggs!!!

Two eggs were clear, so we are down to ten that should be hatching starting Friday, possibly Saturday. We've got the webcam all set up, so if anyone is interested in taking a peek, feel free at www.bracken.name Just click on "tulsacam" and you'll have a front row seat to all the action!!! (the link generally works best in IE)

Here's hoping to ginormous hatch rates for all!!!

Enjoy!!

 

[chickens4jojo]

Oh yea!! I will be "watching!" What a neat idea.

Here's to a great hatch rate.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

I remember you husband doing this before.I would love to watch chicks hatching since I have my bator packed away.... for now

 

[twigg]

We have a better camera now. It's inside the incubator, and can be moved around by the viewer.

Works best in Internet Explorer, and it's ok to install the Active-X control. It's just for the pan-tilt-zoom

 

[1mommahen]

twigg, I have that same camera in my coop! It's great to watch! Happy Hatching!

 

[twigg]

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Hi Stevie.

Good to see you again

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

wow, you can control the camera angle??? What if 10 people are trying to move it at the same time?

BTW, would love to know all about the camera, software, etc. you are using!

Good job!

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

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Hi Stevie.

Good to see you again

Its goods to see ya to. Long time no chat lol

 

[twigg]

1st egg has pipped.

It might be a little early .... we'll see.

 

[twigg]

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Hi Nifty,

Camera is a Panasonic Bl-C131A

For home use it is simply an IP adress on our local network .... for internet it is a page on my website that links to Panasonics free domain hosting servers.

Set up is easy, and I am deeply impressed with it.

It also carries very good audio. We turned it off as y'all don't want to hear the conversations in our dining room