Is there a live petcam so i can keep an eye on my flock?

[Silkies~Polishes]

Ive been looking for a petcam that videos my chickens, not just takes pictures. I like to let my chickens be in a pen but im nervous that a bird or something will dig under the fence will get them. Does anybody atleast know of one? You dont have to own it i just need some possible ones to look at
Thanks!!

 

[jeepguy982001]

I don't use any but i've seen people on here use wireless webcams in their coops. Don't know anything about them as far as range or anything.

 

[BetterHensandGardens]

We have a cam in our coop, if you go to our blog here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/ and click on the chicken on the right hand side it will take you to our chicken coop cam. That camera is a Cisco WVC210, we also have a goat cam and that's a Panasonic.

 

[joan1708]

I can see the goats from above but I don't think the chicken cam is working.

 

[jeepguy982001]

same here about the chicken cam

 

[BetterHensandGardens]

Yes, it didn't appear to be working for some reason for awhile, but I just checked it and it worked - but now it's dark here so you can't see anything.

 

[Silkies~Polishes]

Okay the goat cam is cool! I like that the image is refreshed every 3 seconds which is as good as a video!

 

[TonysChickens]

I got dropcams ordered. Will be here in about a week. Will let you know how it works out soon. In the meantime you can check out what it is and how it works. I like the fact you can watch it even on your phone live

 

[Silkies~Polishes]

oh thats cool! that would be nice to have so wherever i am i can check on my chickens! especially if im bored somewhere i can watch them! although people might think im a chicken stalker!!!

hehe

 

[Gargoyle]

I use a Foscam wireless cam, it can be set up to view over the internet, so I can see them from anywhere. It has good infared capabilities, so I can see inside the coop at night. Setup is tricky unless you're a good computer geek, their tech support is rather limited but there is a good user forum.

Also, look into the Blue Iris webcam software, it supports hundreds of different types and brands of cameras (there are a lot out there of very varied quality- and there are cheap counterfeit clones of any good cams available on places like ebay, so be very careful where you make your purchase).