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Tell me I'm not the only one with a webcam in the coop...

Discussion in 'Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance' started by MakNugget, Jul 13, 2010.

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  1. Jul 13, 2010 #1
    MakNugget

    MakNugget Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I get the eye-roll for every enhancement I make to the coop, and this certainly wasn't an exception when I decided to make use of a spare webcam in the coop.

    Now if I'm not with them outside, I'm watching them (like right now [​IMG] at work) remotely. Have I gone off the edge (yet?) or do I still have enough room for some chicken insanity to grow on?
     
  3. Jul 13, 2010 #2
    dsqard

    dsqard Crazy "L" Farms

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    It depends on how many chickens you have and how many coops you have. If you have only one coop, you have plenty of room for more chicken insanity!!! [​IMG]
     
  5. Jul 13, 2010 #3
    my3chickens

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    I'm jealous!! If I had a webcam I would get no work done!! I'm 3 months into my new chicks and I am officially obsessed so don't feel bad.
     
  7. Jul 13, 2010 #4
    SandyK

    SandyK Chillin' With My Peeps

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    We are building a new coop and just put the wire for a webcam along with water line and electric in the trench. I'm so excited!!
     
  9. Jul 13, 2010 #5
    MakNugget

    MakNugget Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Quote:Oh, I have plenty of room for that kind of growth. I just started with the whole chicken thing so I'm at my initial limit of 3 in our city. The coop/run was made big enough to accommodate more later if we should find adding more a 'necessity', lol.

    I'm pretty much obsessing over their comfort and needs more than my own!

    Quote:We're pretty much at the same pace, mine are at 13 weeks last Friday. I think I'll start to lose it when the girls finally start the egg song!
     
  11. Jul 13, 2010 #6
    Mak

    Mak Chillin' With My Peeps

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    A webcam in the coop makes you a crazy chicken person?? Seriously not!! When we first decided to get chickens, a webcam was must! LOL There's one on the run, too, but it's pretty limited on what it can see right now. Hubby is working on that... [​IMG]

    For the coop:
    http://koopkam.homedns.org

    For the run:
    http://koopkam2.homedns.org

    For both:
    username is guest
    password is chicken

    Not much to see in the coop right now. They are all outside! And the run camera is not in a very good position right now, nor is it completely focused correctly. Working on that....
     
  13. Jul 13, 2010 #7
    bigstack

    bigstack Chillin' With My Peeps

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    WELL.... Mines not really a web cam! LOL but I do have a security cam with night vision in my coop and 1 in the brooder and 1 looking out over the run! Does that count? I got a really good deal on a security system from an out of buisness store. I have the 4th cam looking out over the porch and driveway. I can add 4 more and see all at once or 1 at a time. I can even set it to only transmit/record when motion is detected. Its a fancy system! I got VERY lucky!!!

    God Bless!
     
  15. Jul 13, 2010 #8
    dahlia333

    dahlia333 Chillin' With My Peeps

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    After we put our chicks in the coop yesterday, my husband said "now I have to set up a webcam"....
    We already had one for the brooder.
     
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  17. Jul 13, 2010 #9
    MakNugget

    MakNugget Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Quote:LOL... I would have had one for the brooder but I couldn't find the darned cam! Still looking for the other one that'll probably be in the run.
     
  19. Jul 13, 2010 #10
    xxleandraxx

    xxleandraxx Out Of The Brooder

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    Think you've got a way to go yet [​IMG][​IMG] sound as bad as me though my horse was due bubby had rough idea when she was due so had a baby monitor set up outside ready for any noise tell ya what my cats were nt my favorites for about a month making me run in and out the house at 1am [​IMG][​IMG] [​IMG][​IMG]



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