Foaling camera

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I'm afraid that I'm a bit of a fraud posting in here but thought it would be the biggest font of knowledge.

Looking for the best but fairly low cost camera that i could use in the barn to monitor my ewes that will be lambing soon.

There is a power supply to the barn but it would not be lit overnight so a night vision mode is essential.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
 
Depends how much money you have. You can get proper calving cameras that spin about and you get basically a 360• view and zoom and what not, or you can go to makro and get a bog standard security camera.

Mine was a bog standard one but it's wired so I have to have a line running from the stable to the house which was a bit difficult. Glad I only need one at a time!
 
does the barn have access to internet or would you need to have one wired direct to the house? as equi has said there are a lot of cameras available and what you buy will depend on the size of the barn and what you want it to do. static ones that cover a stable size area will be a lot cheaper than a movable one that will cover different distances. if you look up calving cameras that will give you an idea of setups that will work in a barn
 
Wimbles said:
I'm afraid that I'm a bit of a fraud posting in here but thought it would be the biggest font of knowledge.

Looking for the best but fairly low cost camera that i could use in the barn to monitor my ewes that will be lambing soon.

There is a power supply to the barn but it would not be lit overnight so a night vision mode is essential.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Why are you not lighting it at night? we used to always keep lambing sheds lit as there is less disturbance when you go in.To be honest if you dont pay decent money the night vision will be rubbish anyhow . Tip feed them in the evening most will lamb in daylight hours. We have all singing and dancing 360o cameras for calving but they are anything from £600-1000 or more a piece but I can watch from anywhere and control the camera so theres no blind spots in the sheds. They are being set up in the foaling paddocks this year as calving will be finished we are just putting poles up this week.
 
Hi, depending on the size of the shed and the area you want to cover you may be able to set up wifi on the yard using the mains power supply (will need to be supplied from the main property) using a DELVO wifi extension. (these basically use the electrical cables in the house and the barns to transmit the "wifi" signal between buildings) we use this and our buildings are around 150m away yet we have wifi in them. then you can get a night vision camera (work day and night) or two and connect to the wifi (no cables but will need power) and away you go. Delvo kits are around £120 and cameras FOSCAM are from around £75 upwards. These can be connected to the smart phone for viewing anywhere in the world through wifi and motion detection if needed. total cost around £200 to £300.
 
popsdosh said:
Why are you not lighting it at night? we used to always keep lambing sheds lit as there is less disturbance when you go in.To be honest if you dont pay decent money the night vision will be rubbish anyhow . Tip feed them in the evening most will lamb in daylight hours. We have all singing and dancing 360o cameras for calving but they are anything from £600-1000 or more a piece but I can watch from anywhere and control the camera so theres no blind spots in the sheds. They are being set up in the foaling paddocks this year as calving will be finished we are just putting poles up this week.
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Unfortunately the barn and land are not our own and the farm owner gets rather cross about lights being left on so we are a bit stuck. The whole situation isn't the best as OH's house is the one by the farm but my own house is further away. I have to rely on OH to alert me but in all fairness he's not the most attentive and I was hoping to be able to gain a little more control of the situation.

Happy to pay a decent amount but as we're a small scale operation, (only 12 ewes to lamb) then I wouldn't like to go mad.
 
Springs said:
Hi, depending on the size of the shed and the area you want to cover you may be able to set up wifi on the yard using the mains power supply (will need to be supplied from the main property) using a DELVO wifi extension. (these basically use the electrical cables in the house and the barns to transmit the "wifi" signal between buildings) we use this and our buildings are around 150m away yet we have wifi in them. then you can get a night vision camera (work day and night) or two and connect to the wifi (no cables but will need power) and away you go. Delvo kits are around £120 and cameras FOSCAM are from around £75 upwards. These can be connected to the smart phone for viewing anywhere in the world through wifi and motion detection if needed. total cost around £200 to £300.
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This sounds brilliant and like it might work quite well for my situation! Thanks
 
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