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  1. pcgboca

    Review: Wi-Fi Enabled Automatic Chicken Coop Door by JVR

    i cant find the manual but i recall having to press a reset switch on the coop controller board. Now there are several versions of this controller board so be careful but it should be labeled. here is my board and it is clear at least 2 buttons - i think 3 but i cant see which to reset
  2. pcgboca

    Comment by 'pcgboca' in item 'Review: Wi-Fi Enabled Automatic Chicken Coop Door by JVR'

    they say they have a solar panel - as this runs on 120V A/C but the brick uses very little power and I guess the base system runs on 12 V - so YES - I would power an inverter and leave this at 120V but there is a bunch of ways to get this solar powered.
  3. pcgboca

    6 Month Old Rhode Island Red Rooster - Starlord - Free to a Good Home!

    I hope so - after raising them it is hard to give them up but we knew this might happen. I have a chicken box and am ready to travel :lol:
  4. pcgboca

    6 Month Old Rhode Island Red Rooster - Starlord - Free to a Good Home!

    Presenting a 6 month old Rhode Island Red Rooster - Starlord - Free to a Good Home! Raised by us from Chick (Approx. 1 week old) My zone does not allow roosters and we were in denial for the last 4 weeks or so as this cutie grew up. But unfortunately he has found his voice and the neighbor...
  5. pcgboca

    2024 BYC Calendars are HERE - Free Shipping to US Addresses!!!

    Done - Ordered! Christmas gift for my Chicken Moma!
  6. pcgboca

    Hello everyone chicken newbie here..

    this! We can get our chickens to follow us over Niagara Falls if we wanted - just need worms and cricket treats :cool:
  7. pcgboca

    Needed even better wireless in the Coop/Run area.

    it is an outdoor weather rated "Access Point" - basically a Antenna for a WI-FI System. Normally you have a router on your desk with tiny 4 or 5" antenna - this is an outdoor version of that basically
  8. pcgboca

    Needed even better wireless in the Coop/Run area.

    I needed even better wireless coverage in the Coop/Run area. I am a self-confessed "Chicken Stalker" and also I am trying to be a good "Chicken Daddy" and have the auto coop doors which require Wi-Fi working 100%. All things considered I had the outdoor Access Point so why not use it. This is...
  9. pcgboca

    Roofing choices for covered run?

    I voted for uncovered. In my case I had a few hawks hovering and looking like an Alfred Hitchcock movie along with a large group of squirrels in the tree above. I wanted open and as natural as possible so I went with this. 50% shade cloth with wide mesh. Like bird netting...
  10. pcgboca

    What did you do with your flock today?

    Where can I learn more about these studies? I am interested and have learned lots using NIH resources on the web about health and nutrition. fascinating stuff to me
  11. pcgboca

    Spoiling My Chickens with a New Picnic Table for Treats

    my birds are savages - like all of them with good DNA. :cool: I am super impressed at how civilized they are being. My wife and i are like what's up? Something in the feed slowing them down? :D They are enjoying life...... and here is another short video of that in action, only one bird...
  12. pcgboca

    Chicken Farmer Teaching Others How To Raise Chickens!

    how about augmenting Solar with Generator far away (few hundred feet) that would work to ensure 30 days for incubation cycle. depends on your ability to support a decent solar system and how many watts you need.
  13. pcgboca

    Plantation, FL Ordinance Change Thread

    a long time ago far far away in another galaxy I fought a similar fight for a different cause. It took 2 years but got ordnances changed and the process worked. Now it did not hurt in my case I passed out flyers and blanketed City hall with 200 folks at the first meeting ensuring our agenda...
  14. pcgboca

    Coop Upgrades for the flock! The girls deserve the best.

    Coop Upgrades for the flock! The girls deserve the best. :cool: So I wanted to do better as these birds get bigger and first thing I felt was these bars were too narrow and too low. I added 2 bars up high at first as this is a tiny big box coop. But I am a newbie and the new bars were thin...
  15. pcgboca

    Spoiling My Chickens with a New Picnic Table for Treats

    here is a 40 second clip of them enjoying it. https://djisupportvideos.s3.amazonaws.com/CH04175528.mp4
  16. pcgboca

    Coop run ground cover

    I can never let my savages out again! :D until I finish the skirt on the 14' shed. :cool: Chicken Momma had a heart attack when one of her girls got out and was hold up under the shed. I heard about that for a few days and have yet to install the $100 skirts I purchased as that is a big job -...
  17. pcgboca

    Coop run ground cover

    My run which I just built is 10 X 12 or so. It is L shaped as it goes around a tree and is tucked in a corner with lots of shade and uses the existing shadowbox fence for the 2 back walls. I choose to go "El-Natural in terms of the surface. Dirt. it was there before me. I use real tree limbs for...
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