Chicken Coop Camera- recommdations needed please!

[mrskenmore]

Hi All!

Recently Amazon stopped supporting my cloud cam which i had mounted in the run of my coop to view my nine hens. I really liked this camera, it was plug in, wifi, night vision, motion sensored and stored videos for 24 hours. Multiple people could view on several different devices, there was an internet page interface so I could also watch on a big computer screen while at work. There was never any issues, and did well outdoors covered in the run for many years without a problem in the cold and snowy NY winters. Amazon replaced the camera for free with the blink camera. Within two hours my family and I do not like this camera. The picture is just okay, seems a little fish eye and distorted. It isn't continously recording with motion despite playing with the settings and more than one device cannot view at the same time!!

I also think there will be a monthly fee once my trial is up.

Could someone recommend a coop camera for me that they have and really like?

Specs needed:
Color camera
Night vision
Motion sensor
24 hour video storage with easy review
Able to view in app on multiple devices at same time
Internet web page viewing
Plug in
Wifi
No monthly fee (if possible)

Thanks in advance all- really Just want my old cloud cam back it was simple and worked great as you can see in the attached photo lol!!

 

[DickMidnight]

just buy a cloud cam on the secondary market. they’re all over ebay.

 

[mrskenmore]

just buy a cloud cam on the secondary market. they’re all over ebay.

How would it be supported if Amazon is stopping the interface?

 

[DickMidnight]

How would it be supported if Amazon is stopping the interface?

yeah wow i just read that. how bizarre.

i don’t have a good recommendation then, sorry.

 

[mrskenmore]

Yeah- bummer right? Does anyone know if the Wyze Cam V3 need a subscription service?

 

[NestingMillenial]

What about one from the concurrence, like the Nest from Google? (I don't think they keep full 24H of recording - they have a notification system + record a certain amount of hours for those detected events... I believe! I don't have one, so wait for first hand experience maybe

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

funny I was just talking to my huz about how fun it would be to have a camera in the coop to spy on the girls in the winter and keep an eye for who is laying. of corse not a 'need' but a 'want' I heard good things about ring cameras but they're just live (you could screen capture?) or wyze cameras

 

[mrskenmore]

I couldn't live without my coop cam- sometimes I put it on in the background to hear their sweet chirps and quarrels while at work

it is white noise- I will check out the wyze further and nest and ring cams

 

[Alagirl]

we have a Wansview camera in the run.
it was maybe 50 bucks, it is a plug in model, but they have batterie powered ones as well.
It is wifi and theoretically can be viewed from anywhere as well.
My husband runs it on his tablet and cellphone.
I should have tried it out before putting the chicks in the run, it has a siren option as well. It works well as 2-way communicator as well.
the nightvision is also pretty good, even if I can't tell the difference between my similarly marked chickens
I initially wanted something else (I think a blink) but like this one very much.
You can also move it around for a better view

 

[Raptor Chicken]

We use one of these for our home security cameras. It doesn't require any subscription and as long as its under cover (out of precipitation) it should hold up fine. It has for us. You do have to have A/C power though.


https://www.harborfreight.com/home/...n-tilt-smart-wi-fi-security-camera-57722.html