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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
- 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 thatdrgs - the chickens are gone?
*switches to OBBTKN's kitten channeldrgs - 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