Over the last few years my family has been keeping ex-battery hens – they are about 18 months old and have had a horrendous life kept cooped up in small cages in large warehouses. As much as we love these little bundles of joys and eggs it can be a drudge getting up in the […]
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Entry for the “World’s Largest Arduino Maker Challenge” – An IoT Project with Windows10, the Arduino MKR1000, and Chickens. Story Completed App – Home Page Completed App – Connection Page Completed App – Egg Overview Page Things used in this project Hardware components Arduino MKR1000 × 1 Software apps and online services Microsoft Visual
The wife is into raising chickens and now that the daylight savings is getting near she wanted a way to keep the egg laying production in high gear. According to the material that she reads, chickens will maintain their egg laying production if they get 12 – 15 hours of daylight. I thought to myself,
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