remote temperature reading

[bemac]

Finally getting cold in Texas. I have 12 - 5 week old chicks and wanted to monitor the coop temp while in my house. I found this and thought I'd share.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321897208054

It has a strong signal and I can read it anywhere on my acre. It may have alarms but I just want to monitor if I need to close coop windows etc.

I'm in the process of building a webcam that has current weather and temp data at the coop. I travel and want to be sure they are comfortable.

I'd love to hear if any of you have been working on this.

Thank you,
Bruce

 

[odysseychicken]

I hope you set it to "chicken" instead of "beef".

I have a weather station from L. L. Bean that has remote sensors. I mounted a sensor inside the coop and one outside the coop. The display unit is next to my bed. I can see the outside temp, the temp in their coop and the (much nicer) temp in my bedroom. It also has a clock. I think you can have up to three remote sensors but extras are sold separately (it only came with one).

I like the idea of a web cam and have thought about doing it but the fact that I can't get internet access at my house makes it a no go. I would have to buy the chickens their own cell phone with a data plan and use it as a hot spot.

 

[bluema]

haha I've never seen meat thermometer used in coop before!

You might also want to look into using wireless thermometer and humidity sensor. At Lowes, they're about $20.
http://www.amazon.com/AcuRite-00611...srs=11102085011&ie=UTF8&qid=1448059865&sr=8-2

In TX it doesn't get so cold that chickens will be in danger, so you won't need to set alarms. ; )
It depends on the breeds, but you generally won't have to start worrying unless the temps dip in the negatives, more like below 20 when they start to suffer.