Category Archives: Chickens

Misty to the vet.

Posted on 29/11/2016 by AlanM52

Our silver laced Wyandotte Misty has a egg problem. Diagnosed as egg yolk peritonitis, she will need antibiotics and a hormone implant.

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Chooks a point-of-lay

Posted on 11/09/2016 by AlanM52

Last month the younger Pekins reached point-of-lay, I’m using the CCTV cameras to keep track of traffic flow to open and close gates as needed . That’s Peaches, Honey changed her mind so off for another walk to let her … Continue reading →

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Days getting longer

Posted on 07/08/2016 by AlanM52

Wow…5.30pm and the chooks have only just gone to bed, the days must be getting longer! Sunset this evening 17.37 EST

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Garage CCTV system

Posted on 06/08/2016 by AlanM52

Preparing for our annual council waste collection, here the chooks are very busy rummaging through some of the pruning’s. Chooks rummaging through garden pruning’s.

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Checking on the chooks

Posted on 04/08/2016 by AlanM52

Waiting in the car for ET while out shopping so checked in on the chooks back home.

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Good night…

Posted on 02/08/2016 by AlanM52

Just put the chooks to bed.

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Motion Activated Sprinkler

Posted on 22/07/2016 by AlanM52

After the failure of the water solenoid pictured here managed to swap for a larger one.

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Motion Activated Sprinkler

Posted on 21/07/2016 by AlanM52

A bit of a rest after house cleaning and then off to the garage to make final preparations for water testing the unit. Found some click-on barbs at Bunnings so I’ll change the plain barb on the left for one … Continue reading →

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Motion Activated Sprinkler–continued

Posted on 19/07/2016 by AlanM52

Another session did some prep work on the plastic box and after drilling some holes actually got some wiring done! Using a strain relief cord bushing to secure the power lead, we can wire in the sensor to the transformer … Continue reading →

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Motion Activated Sprinkler–continued

Posted on 17/07/2016 by AlanM52

Off to the garage to do some more thinking and planning… Found a more suitable US Robotics modem (remember them) 20V AC power adaptor so cracked open the case to pull out the actual transformer.           … Continue reading →

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