The hen House

This unit that I designed and built uses a PIC16F684 micro, 3 AAA batteries, a solar cell array and a motor to automatically open the chicken house door every morning. “Morning” is detected when at least 30 minutes of dark is followed by at least 30 minutes of light, this is important to avoid false triggering due to torches, headlights, shadows etc.

The software also gives the motor a little 100mS “jiggle” every 30 minutes to reduce the possibility of ice causing a major jam.

Micro stays asleep for most of the time, and only wakes up every 2 seconds (due to a watchdog) and counts the number of wakeups to ensure that a light sample is taken every 4 minutes. Only a continuous sequence of 8 light or 8 dark readings will set or clear a day/night flag. Current consumption is around 10uA most of the time, and then around 500mA for 4 seconds during the motor operation. The door is opened until the limit switch is reached.

2 buttons (on the right hand side of the enclosure) allow for manual opening and closing. Any press of the buttons causes the PIC to come out of sleep immediately, ensuring instant reaction to button presses.

The door is opened by the motor and a simple pulley wheel with fishing line attached to the door. The door can’t be closed automatically, so it must be done manually while pressing the “close” button to unwind the pulley while the door is slid across by hand. The motor has a built in 300:1 gearbox to ensure high torque and low speed.

If the automatic opening function fails to reach the limit switch within 8 seconds, the motor is switched off anyway and the LED gives a “blink-blink-blink…….blink-blink-blink…..” to warn the owner of a jam. Any button press resets that condition.

The solar cells provide enough energy for several openings per day, so should be fine for the expected 1 op per day!

Enclosure is an IP67 rated box with a transparent lid. The only “breach” of the enclosure is a 0.5mm hole for the 0.4mm fishing line to exit.

All electronics and solar cells are sprayed with conformal coating, so a little damp shouldn’t be a problem.

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2. Meat breeds. Among the characteristics of the meat breeds may be mentioned large size, gentleness in disposition, slowness in movement, poor foraging proclivities, as a rule poor laying qualities, late maturity and persistent broodiness.

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Game 1 : 07 June, 2008

▷ 2set Round 16 of Group G on Arena MSL 2008

Lomo[fOu] vs. Kwanro[saM] @ Colosseum 1.0

◈ Kwanro was defeated in the set 1. Well, this match is one of the most wonderful aerialist that Lomo’s wraith micro made us shudder to think of whats surprising. Also, it is certain that Lomo made the spark needed to remind you of BoxeR who made an early stage of Wraith micro. We can say that “Lomo, your trademark is a secret weapon of your own Wraith”. We all know that Kwanro got into a panic after his workers were all but annihilated. Too bad Kwanro’s fighters to be cooped up around his headquarters as it’s like being in the hen house. Kwanro desire to up the round 8 was frustrated by Lomo’s wraiths.

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Game 2 : 14 May, 2009

▷ 5set Round 48 of Group 9 on Avalon MSL Survivor Tournament 2009

Lomo[fOu] vs. Kwanro[saM] @ Destination

◈ Will Kwanro go to first base of the round 36 of Avalon MSL 2009? We all know that Lomo’s coin has been downside up because his first advance to the attack was absolutely useless after his whole regiment was annihilated by Kwanro’s Mutalisks, 4 tanks down, a lot of marines and medics dying. Kwanro’s Mutalisk switch was absolutely a key for to win that game because he seemed to be almost dead after so many drones were killed by one-shot and one-kill.

Kwanro said “I’m free of Lomo’s wraith harassment, but I would pressure your first expansion located in your front door as well as your bunker to be taken out “. And then, Lomo replied “first, catch a ton of my Wraiths if you can, and I keep bugging you to give up as long as your drones are born.

His Wraiths went pretty well and killed Kwanro’s workers a lot, but Kwanro knocked him out at one shot (a strong combination of Hydras + Mutalisks).

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If you are thinking about just building a smaller coop, you might even be able to get away with using recycled timber instead. Asking around for scrap pieces of wood can also be one way to locate some materials to use, but bear in mind if youre going to go this route there is a higher chance youll have to pull some nails and may wind up with a chicken coop that isnt exactly matching. If youre really looking for the absolute most cost effective method though, then its likely something that you will want to think about and consider.

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1. Egg Chicken Breeds. The most noteworthy characteristics of the egg breeds are : Small size, active and nervous temperament, early maturity, non-broodiness, good foraging habits, and sensitiveness to cold.

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Doors drummer John Densmore and Iranian musician Reza Derakshani meet to record an album at Hen House Studios. The clip features studio footage and extensive interviews. The results of these recording is what John calls, “Peaceful sounds from the axis of evil,” and a CD entitled “Reza — Ray of the Wine” available for purchase at www.HenHouseStudios.com-www.HenHouseStudios.com
Hen House Studios is a record label and documentary film company in Venice, California. First made famous by their unique concept to record musicians for free in exchange for the right to film them, Hen House has grown to a premiere, web based multi media company featuring music videos, CDs, DVDs, and podcasts all produced by the studio.
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freestyle at hen house and memorial dance god Michael Jackson peace!!

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