Donyou use a camera in your coop?

[Lenny loves chickens]

How many of you use a camera in you coop? If so what do you use? Is it expensive? Do you have a link? Do you like it? I want one but there are so many to choose from. Thanks for advice in advance.

 

[rosemarythyme]

That's not terrible....I just dont want it to fuzzy is it a specific ring or are the the same lol....I dont use technology alot I have things app on my phone and nothing else hahaha

It's the Ring Stick-Up camera w/ battery (as I don't have electricity in the coop). Though I'm sure by this point there's a newer or upgraded version, as mine is a few years old. Hmm, looks like the price has gone down too.

For set up you need a smart phone and a wifi connection that'll reach to the coop.

 

[Alohacayo]

How many of you use a camera in you coop? If so what do you use? Is it expensive? Do you have a link? Do you like it? I want one but there are so many to choose from. Thanks for advice in advance.

Wyze. Outdoor camera package. It does require WiFi, but is battery (no electric needed @ camera location). $90. It can be used without WiFi if you install a memory card. But then no live app viewing.

Love it. Because mom and my sister, and my grand niece/great grandniece watch it via the app quite regularly, I have to charge it abt once a week.

Picture quality is excellent. Water resistance is excellent.

Note: our lowest temp is 32°ish. Not much rain (except 7” in last 7 days…).

For the $, it’s great. Customer support is also awesome.

Screen captures:

 

[Isadora]

I hope nobody uses an explosive camera

 

[Lenny loves chickens]

I hope nobody uses an explosive camera

oops I should fix that .....

 

[rosemarythyme]

I use a Ring camera, but it is expensive - at the time I was looking for one, it fit all my criteria (battery powered, live feed, wifi, designed for outdoor use). Wyze is probably the most highly recommended camera on here, and relatively inexpensive to boot.

 

[wyochick10]

I use Ring stick up battery cameras also. I love them. They run on a rechargeable battery and just need wifi. I also recently got the Ring Chime Pro wifi extender that has helped with the consistency of my live feed.

Edit to say: I also have a WYZE cam that works well also. But I had trouble with it staying connected out in my coop.

 

[Alohacayo]

Wyze. Outdoor camera package. It does require WiFi, but is battery (no electric needed @ camera location). $90. It can be used without WiFi if you install a memory card. But then no live app viewing.

Love it. Because mom and my sister, and my grand niece/great grandniece watch it via the app quite regularly, I have to charge it abt once a week.

Picture quality is excellent. Water resistance is excellent.

Note: our lowest temp is 32°ish. Not much rain (except 7” in last 7 days…).

For the $, it’s great. Customer support is also awesome.

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To add: extra cameras are $50 for the battery/WiFi and the WiFi+plug in are $30ish. Price wise, they are superb. You can have up to 4 on each base station.

The base system is $90 for one outdoor battery/WiFi camera and base station. After that you can add cameras.

Also, yearly 100% storage/playback is a few $ a month or $15 if paid by the year.

App is very easy to use and can be shared as a live stream with anyone you want. Also has motion detection … all the bells and whistles.

If you can get WiFi out to your coop, it’s a really good deal imnsho.

Hth.

 

[Lenny loves chickens]

I use a Ring camera, but it is expensive - at the time I was looking for one, it fit all my criteria (battery powered, live feed, wifi, designed for outdoor use). Wyze is probably the most highly recommended camera on here, and relatively inexpensive to boot.

Hows the live stream? Is it clear at night and day?

 

[rosemarythyme]

Hows the live stream? Is it clear at night and day?

It's okay quality... at least enough that we can usually ID all the chickens even at night (as the camera is pointed at the roost). Sample screenshot below, which was saved at a little lower resolution than the actual footage since I was just trying to make a photo for an article: