What do I buy to set up a chicken cam?

[Grammahen]

Could someone give me some good advice on what I should purchase to set up a chicken cam in the coop and what to do to post the views on line?
I have new chicks under my silkie mom and would love to view them on my computer and share the experience with my family and friends.

Thanks!

 

[geese'n'chickenlovr]

well,i recommend that you should buy a outdoor cam that they use for hunting and finding deer in their traps.Is the silkie mom and chicks outside,or inside?If inside,just use a web cam

 

[Grammahen]

They are snug inside the coop. Any recommendations on which kind of web cam to buy that works well? Is there a special cite to upload the images to? Can I upload them to my BYC page?
Thanks

 

[geese'n'chickenlovr]

You can make a website and put your webcam on your website so everyone here and your family can see too,and if the inside of the coop can get wet,then use an outdoor cam

 

[bodie4]

You can get a wireless webcam for $150-300, then link it to a site like ustream. Not cheap but doable. I've been thinking about it(we had a wired 1 set up for the brooder), there is even ones w/ nightvision. These all need ac power though.

 

[CountryRoosterUSA]

http://www.justin.tv is a good place where you can broadcast in live streaming video to the world.

here is an example, give it a second to load.

http://www.justin.tv/vasalini#r=3DNv5b4~

 

[sacrifice]

I have decided that when I re-do my coop for the birds that I have coming, I will have a web cam inside the coop and in the run. I am seriously considering one of the Panasonic Wireless Network Camera for one or both of the placements. Or, I may just stick a spare laptop in a safe place in the coop and put a few of my existing webcams in it.

I have a website where I have a streaming cam and a static cam which I view while at work - sort of a security system. I use TinCam as software for the static cam (my cam refreshes every 20 seconds using Java, not meta-refresh, and you can adjust the capture rate to whatever you want), and an old and mostly broken program for streaming (which is not working anymore

). TinCam streams, but I do not like how it does it as it is a .wmv stream. WebcamXP is a great streaming program though, and I have used it in the past if you want to go that way.

There are many options available, but I think that the panasonic network cams which only need to communicate with a wireless router and do not need access to a computer (other than initial setup), may be the way to go. Oh, and get your own website rather than rely on a manufacturers site which may or may not be around when you most need it.

Now even I am confused

 

[Mark and Carolyn]

i'm thinking about this

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Linksys...mera/9506652.p?id=1218116137449&skuId=9506652

but carolyn wont let me spend any money right now so yeah!

 

[Thinkchicken]

Well, I personally would recommend a network camera, but the setup may be fairly involved. It depends on the on the network strength though, if you don't have a good signal where the camera would be I would recommend running an Ethernet cable to the camera or just using a game cam. Then there is the price, most network cameras range from $100 - $300, if you are or know someone tech-savvy enough there are tutorials on the internet about building network cameras for far cheaper, I personally built a network camera for my broody mother Silkie and am currently streaming if you would like to watch: chickencam.cf. Feel free to ask me any more questions.