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  • scarabin21

    i set up a camera in the chicken coop so i can see when there are eggs to collect. the girls won't be around till it gets dark but here it is anyway :)

    http://scarabin.net/chickencam/

    it updates every 5 mins or when there's movement

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    • Can you install a poll in there?pango
    • nice mood lighting for when it's business time.Gnash
    • dig the cock illy. yours?Gnash
    • nah just found it somewhere. the red light doesn't disturb their sleep so i can have it on all the timescarabin
    • i'd love to have a coop. nothing like fresh eggs :)Gnash
    • *polepango
    • coolmoldero
    • chickens are filthy animals. I'd rather pay the minimal cost for a dozen eggs at the store than to deal with all the chicken shit everywhere.fooler
    • < hey, this image is updating as well :)Gnash
    • cotdsarahfailin
    • cleanliness hasn't been an issue. they'll eat your whole garden, though!scarabin
    • Ohhh shit! Image updates!!pango
    • this should have it's own little corner of the front pageGnash
    • Pin it! Pin it to the front!pango
    • Scarabin's chickens and OBBTKN's kittens. in a fight. who would win?pango
    • when do they morph into dark lil scarabin creatures and begin feeding on our souls? Or do I just have to watch, wait and see?PonyBoy
    • They got big butt!pango
    • chick of the dayutopian
    • Sweet!bezoar
    • *repeatedly taps screen*detritus
    • how many chickens do you have?drgs
    • just the twoscarabin
    • This is gonna be bigger than April!!garbage
    • + the rooster, otherwise they will not lay any eggs?drgs
    • Wake up Scarab... there are a ton of eggs to collect ;)OBBTKN
    • nah, they lay eggs anyway, around one a day. for ones that hatch you need a rooster thoughscarabin
    • expecting a couple tomorrow, obbtkn!scarabin
    • Nice project mate, fresh eggs are ace!OBBTKN
    • this is fun! i ince had a live cam with a goldfish but yours is much better!SimonFFM
    • real question: what are you feeding them? My old neighbor would give them only flax seed... most delicious eggs.PonyBoy
    • Big Brotherpablo28
    • simon. You need a live cam on one of your photoshoot.pango
    • lol drgs you need to go back to page one of farming for dummies my friendset
    • Feed them eggs? Then you'll get double eggy eggs, init drgsset
    • what an evolutionary curse it must be, to lay eggs all the time
      imagine that      drgs
    • the chickens are gone?
      *switches to OBBTKN's kitten channel      drgs
    • It's basically a periodset
    • No egg this morning. Total let down.monospaced
    • Scarabin - are the Chickens for eggs or for sacrifice to the dark gods?microkorg
    • scarabin's dragon eggs cam!ernexbcn
    • i feed them corn and kitchen scraps, mostly. and incidentally set, i save their eggshells, grind 'em up and feed it back to themscarabin
    • it helps them form new shells. they also spend a lot of time digging around for rocks and bugs and stuffscarabin
    • i'll see if they like flaxseed, i think i have some around!scarabin
    • EGG!Gnash
    • *opens champagnedrgs
    • I missed it!monospaced
    • I see one! hahaset
    • Dat ass

      http://i.imgur.com/B…      set
    • Here's a question... are chickens aware it's a lifeless egg, or are they attached to it as if it were their young...set
    • ... and are in constant destress when they're taken away daily?set
    • rex will puff up and make a warning sound if i disturb her during or right after laying, but they seem uninterested in what happens to their eggs laterscarabin
    • that's page 4 of farming for dummies ;)monospaced
    • Aaargh, it's daylight there and nighttime here.. my brain can't handle the lightdetritus
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