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30th June 2008

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From a recent Re-nest blogpost about the Eglu urban chicken coop:  “The only way to make eglus better would be to rig a system so that you’re notified when a egg has been laid. There are probably a million ways to do this, but one way would be to install weight sensors under the roosting nests that would know what the nests weigh without a chicken in them. If a chicken got out of the nest and it was slightly heavier than it was previously the sensor would be alerted (granted, it would have to be incredibly sensitive so it could sense even the smallest weight change). The sensor would be connected to a networked computer, which would then send an alert, either via email or SMS, to let you know you have an egg waiting for you. If you wanted to get even more nerdy, you could install small lights and a webcam in the nest to monitor your roosting hens while you were at work. We haven’t seen a hacked Eglu yet, have you?” Oh, apparently this guy figured out the web cam part, but I’d put money on my husband for the SMS application. :)

From a recent Re-nest blogpost about the Eglu urban chicken coop: 

“The only way to make eglus better would be to rig a system so that you’re notified when a egg has been laid. There are probably a million ways to do this, but one way would be to install weight sensors under the roosting nests that would know what the nests weigh without a chicken in them. If a chicken got out of the nest and it was slightly heavier than it was previously the sensor would be alerted (granted, it would have to be incredibly sensitive so it could sense even the smallest weight change).

The sensor would be connected to a networked computer, which would then send an alert, either via email or SMS, to let you know you have an egg waiting for you. If you wanted to get even more nerdy, you could install small lights and a webcam in the nest to monitor your roosting hens while you were at work.

We haven’t seen a hacked Eglu yet, have you?”

Oh, apparently this guy figured out the web cam part, but I’d put money on my husband for the SMS application. :)

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