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<blockquote data-quote="Mattigil" data-source="post: 7142051" data-attributes="member: 152094"><p>Hey, this is my first post on this forum and to be honest, not sure if my post is going to be any use at all as I'm not a farmer.</p><p></p><p>But I'm just commenting mainly due to your 4th question.</p><p></p><p>1) only had chickens for around 3 years and quails for around 4 years (sadly the quails all got killed a year ago) and first year of having ducks.</p><p></p><p>2) not had an issue yet regarding the chickens or ducks getting attacked, but our quails were killed by either weasels (or stout or similar) or rats. The ducks and chickens are in a large secure space outdoor, with the ducks having an extra electric fencing around their perimeter.</p><p></p><p>3) not used any automatic system but seen quite a few on YouTube and those people seem to be fine, except a few times where 1 or 2 of their chickens are left outside and it's closed.</p><p></p><p>4) I think it would need a more sophisticated system than just the number of animals expecting to go inside. For example if you input 4 chickens to cross a line into their hut and then for the door to shut, if lets say 3 walk in, one of those 3 walks out and then back in, it would generally count that 4 have walked in where as only 3 have walked in and your 4th will be stuck outside. I'm just looking at it from an engineer point of view also as I'm trying to think of how your system would work sufficiently. Unless there is a chip or a code on their leg tag for example that could be detected once they enter the hut and then it's programmed such that 4 different pre known codes or chips enter then for the doors to close, I can't think of another way.</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry if I've not help or answered any of your questions well, but your post intrigued me and I thought I should contribute to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattigil, post: 7142051, member: 152094"] Hey, this is my first post on this forum and to be honest, not sure if my post is going to be any use at all as I'm not a farmer. But I'm just commenting mainly due to your 4th question. 1) only had chickens for around 3 years and quails for around 4 years (sadly the quails all got killed a year ago) and first year of having ducks. 2) not had an issue yet regarding the chickens or ducks getting attacked, but our quails were killed by either weasels (or stout or similar) or rats. The ducks and chickens are in a large secure space outdoor, with the ducks having an extra electric fencing around their perimeter. 3) not used any automatic system but seen quite a few on YouTube and those people seem to be fine, except a few times where 1 or 2 of their chickens are left outside and it's closed. 4) I think it would need a more sophisticated system than just the number of animals expecting to go inside. For example if you input 4 chickens to cross a line into their hut and then for the door to shut, if lets say 3 walk in, one of those 3 walks out and then back in, it would generally count that 4 have walked in where as only 3 have walked in and your 4th will be stuck outside. I'm just looking at it from an engineer point of view also as I'm trying to think of how your system would work sufficiently. Unless there is a chip or a code on their leg tag for example that could be detected once they enter the hut and then it's programmed such that 4 different pre known codes or chips enter then for the doors to close, I can't think of another way. I'm sorry if I've not help or answered any of your questions well, but your post intrigued me and I thought I should contribute to it. [/QUOTE]
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