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babsbag
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So far revision 6 is working but I don't know that I will trust these when the does are in heat next year. I went to take a picture after having the phone in my pocket for a few hours and the battery was dead. Mine looks like the one posted above but I kept adding 2x4s to the sides to make it narrower so it looks rather "patched". I didn't want to just move the boards each time as that would leave my cut edges of fencing exposed.
The measurements on mine are
22' top
17" side
7" across the bottom of the triangle
opening is 29" off of the ground.
I also put plywood on the fence below the gate to keep the goats from standing on the fence, this is in stock panel so they were standing on the fence and giving themselves a boost over the gate.
When I built these I simply put the top and bottom board on one side of the fence and the sides on the other and the fence was sandwiched in between. Then I used my grinder to cut the fence. When I got them the way I wanted my plan was to add another board to cover the edge of the fence so there were no sharp edges and nothing to get a dew claw caught on.
@Bruce, I have 5 cameras, one pan and tilt, and the other are wide angle. Two of them are adjustable focal length and width but not software controlled, it is two screws that you have to adjust. We will see how that works. Trying to see the picture and adjust at the same time, in a barn, might be challenging. I will have to make it work on my phone as I am not hauling my laptop down there. It seems though that these two cameras have a horrible lag time on live video, and they aren't wireless. Video should be much much better on my local LAN, like 0 lag. That makes me not buy another one even if the other features are good.
My favorite cameras picture wise are Airsight X10 cameras, but right now I have one that is not working, can't get an IP address no matter what I try and I have tried it all. I used it a few years ago so I know it worked and I know what its IP address should be. Tried the reset and that didn't work either. So I am reluctant to by another one like it for fear that the cameras are not well made.
There aren't a lot of pan and tilt cameras that are not domes, and dome cameras are too hard to mount in my barn so I need a bullet type. They are also quite a bit more money. But I am going to try one on Amazon that has good reviews and this time get it installed before the return period expires.
If I didn't have a dairy to run and I didn't mind traveling I would install cameras for peoples barn professionally. I see questions about them all over FB, there is a big market out there.
Today I am going to build a new feeder. Yesterday I did CDT, pneumonia, and Multi-min shots on all the does but 4. I started to do feet buy couldn't find my good trimmers so decided I would do feet as they kid. Much easier to do a few a day than 50. I need to do bucks too...as soon as rut is over.
The measurements on mine are
22' top
17" side
7" across the bottom of the triangle
opening is 29" off of the ground.
I also put plywood on the fence below the gate to keep the goats from standing on the fence, this is in stock panel so they were standing on the fence and giving themselves a boost over the gate.
When I built these I simply put the top and bottom board on one side of the fence and the sides on the other and the fence was sandwiched in between. Then I used my grinder to cut the fence. When I got them the way I wanted my plan was to add another board to cover the edge of the fence so there were no sharp edges and nothing to get a dew claw caught on.
@Bruce, I have 5 cameras, one pan and tilt, and the other are wide angle. Two of them are adjustable focal length and width but not software controlled, it is two screws that you have to adjust. We will see how that works. Trying to see the picture and adjust at the same time, in a barn, might be challenging. I will have to make it work on my phone as I am not hauling my laptop down there. It seems though that these two cameras have a horrible lag time on live video, and they aren't wireless. Video should be much much better on my local LAN, like 0 lag. That makes me not buy another one even if the other features are good.
My favorite cameras picture wise are Airsight X10 cameras, but right now I have one that is not working, can't get an IP address no matter what I try and I have tried it all. I used it a few years ago so I know it worked and I know what its IP address should be. Tried the reset and that didn't work either. So I am reluctant to by another one like it for fear that the cameras are not well made.
There aren't a lot of pan and tilt cameras that are not domes, and dome cameras are too hard to mount in my barn so I need a bullet type. They are also quite a bit more money. But I am going to try one on Amazon that has good reviews and this time get it installed before the return period expires.
If I didn't have a dairy to run and I didn't mind traveling I would install cameras for peoples barn professionally. I see questions about them all over FB, there is a big market out there.
Today I am going to build a new feeder. Yesterday I did CDT, pneumonia, and Multi-min shots on all the does but 4. I started to do feet buy couldn't find my good trimmers so decided I would do feet as they kid. Much easier to do a few a day than 50. I need to do bucks too...as soon as rut is over.
i wanted to be the first to ask
