Hello From Northern Illinois!

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!

I'd love to see the RFID tags if you don't mind showing us.

I am also interested in that app you wrote. After exploring several, I bought myself a 5x7" thick spiral notebook, and that's working well. It's what keeps me straight, as I have been incubating solidly since February.

We're glad you're here!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens. This is a great place to explore and hang out. Vizslas is a wonderful breed know them well

 

[krogen]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!

I'd love to see the RFID tags if you don't mind showing us.

I am also interested in that app you wrote. After exploring several, I bought myself a 5x7" thick spiral notebook, and that's working well. It's what keeps me straight, as I have been incubating solidly since February.

We're glad you're here!

Here's a golden comet with a chicken tag:

I chose white on red for visibility reasons. I've had some young hens hide (or run away) a number of times, and I think this color choice works well to spot them.

The tags are made from a flexible and durable plastic (TPU), with dimensions of 45.5mm × 19.5mm × 1mm (approx. 1.8" × 0.75" × 0.04"). They are embedded with a RFID chip, which has a range of 4.5m (15 feet), completely passive - no batteries.

I'm using a scanner from a Chinese company called Chafon, model H103:

It's shown here with the Manger app on iPhone 13 Pro, which I published on the iOS store back in March. The Android version is coming soon (couple months). At the moment, I am working on scanning chickens (identifying, counting, searching) with the app. Here's the iOS store url. The app is free.

I've been working on this in my free time for about a year and a half now, as I have a regular 40-hour job like most of us here, I imagine.

 

[BlueDawnRising]

Hi from east central Illinois! Welcome to this amazing community!

 

[Bsmac]

Hi

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?

Just over a year ago, March 2024. Purchased 25 Golden Comets baby chick hens.

(2) How many chickens do you have right now?

39. Hatched Plymouth Rock eggs back in January.

(3) What breeds do you have?

Just Plymouth Rock and Golden Comets, plus one mix-breed rooster that we got in the summer of last year.

(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?

Yummy eggs . But besides that...

(5) What are some of your other hobbies?

My day job is in software development. About a year and a half ago, I started to combine my chicken hobby with software. I built an app that I use for daily egg count as well as health and performance management of my flock. I recently also 3D printed RFID tags for my chickens, which can be used for counting and identifying them from a distance.

(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.

My wife breeds dogs, Hungarian Vizslas. We also have an Anatolian Shepherd, which we use as a chicken coop guardian. Lastly, one cat that is about to have kittens.

We have two little kids which so far share our interests in chickens, livestock and country life.

(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?

Ran across it on Google (I think some chicken health related things). I've known about BYC for a few months. Decided to join because I think I'm doing plenty of interesting things with my chickens, which I'd love to share.

Welcome to BYC! Enjoy!

 

[Debbie292d]

Here's a golden comet with a chicken tag:

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I chose white on red for visibility reasons. I've had some young hens hide (or run away) a number of times, and I think this color choice works well to spot them.

The tags are made from a flexible and durable plastic (TPU), with dimensions of 45.5mm × 19.5mm × 1mm (approx. 1.8" × 0.75" × 0.04"). They are embedded with a RFID chip, which has a range of 4.5m (15 feet), completely passive - no batteries.

I'm using a scanner from a Chinese company called Chafon, model H103:

View attachment 4117385

It's shown here with the Manger app on iPhone 13 Pro, which I published on the iOS store back in March. The Android version is coming soon (couple months). At the moment, I am working on scanning chickens (identifying, counting, searching) with the app. Here's the iOS store url. The app is free.

I've been working on this in my free time for about a year and a half now, as I have a regular 40-hour job like most of us here, I imagine.

This is brilliant and so informative! Thank you.

as I have a regular 40-hour job like most of us here, I imagine.

There are a lot of old folks here. We're sort of old and retired, but @sourland claims to be very old, so I'm not the oldest by far.