From Civilian to Chicken Rancher timeline.

[afveteran88]

Hope your chickens lay golden eggs. Mine don't, so the cost is somewhere around $40 per dozen. lol

 

[The Lazy L]

February 14th

Trying to get all the details worked out for when the coop arrives.

One thing I wanted was a thermometer in the coop. By panning the coop cam I could see both doors, roosting area and see what the temperature is.

Found a electronic one with hi-low, indoor and outdoor temp with LARGE LCD numbers for $25 at China-Mart. I bought it. Indoor temp would be the temperature of the coop and I would put the outside temp sensor...outside! Then I would know how much warmer the coop is compare with the outside temp.

Got home, ripped the box open and installed batteries. Reading the instructions I learn that the inside temp only registers down to 40 degrees! BUMMER! And when the coop cam is in night mode you can't read the LCD display. DOUBLE BUMMER.

Plan B.

I went to the local small town hardware store. Hanging all the top of the wall covered in years of dust is about a dozen circular thermometers. One has a cartoon picture of an owl. Clerk gets a ladder and brings it down. Made in 1998, $15 AND made in the USA!

When I get home tonight I'll put the thermometer beside my automatic chicken door. Hope the coop cam will be able to read it tonight.

Coop cam can be seen at: http://66.249.232.196 Username: visitor, password: coop (works with FireFox browser, IE if Active-X is enabled).

 

[The Lazy L]

February 24, 2012


I just called the Coop Builder. He has just a few finishing touches and wants to know if he can bring it out ... tomorrow morning?

Let me think about this....YES!

So everything is on schedule except for the ground being frozen.

I've got March and April to wench the coop into position, AC wiring, install the automatic chicken door and web cam. Build the 6' x 20' secured run.

And then wait till the middle of May for the call from USPS announcing the BOs have arrived!

 

[FreedomLover]

Gratz! Make sure to take pics!

p.s. can't access your webcam

 

[Freddys Cock]

Definitely a twit.

 

[Mahonri]

Congrats!

Can't wait to see pics of the coop installed etc... you've done some excellent planning!

 

[OCpeep]

Great work! Can't wait to see the final setup!

 

[joan1708]

Have you gotten it?

 

[The Lazy L]

Gratz! Make sure to take pics!

p.s. can't access your webcam

Try the IP address instead of the Domain name I posted

http://66.249.232.196

visitor
coop

Right now all you will see is the chicken door, thermometer and no trespassing sign sitting on my work bench. Plan is to move them over to the coop in the next couple of weeks.

 

[The Lazy L]

Have you gotten it?

Yes!

I was planing on dragging it (chain and come-along) and ramping it over the wood sidewalk and mud this evening to it's final resting place. Then install chicken door, camera and electrical.

Now I'm thinking about leaving it in the shop driveway to install the chicken door, camera and electrical. Why walk thru the mud back and forth 50 feet when I got a dry solid driveway to work off of?