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Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by a1pulley »

silisili wrote: post #40
euroderf wrote: post #33

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Fresh chicken eggs are da bomb. The egg whites cohere and do not spread out in a puddle. You might be buying organic eggs (or free range, or wot-evs) but if the whites are runny and spread out in the pan, the eggs are NOT fresh.

One thing that always stood out to me about fresh/real chicken eggs I got from my father was the color of the yolk. Much, much darker than store bought, though I don't know what even plays a role determining that. Hoping to get a coop up later this year and start experimenting!

Yolk color is a function of xanthophyll in the diet. Backyard chickens tend to get food scraps that contain more xanthophyll than there is in commercial feed, which is why backyard eggs yolks tend to be more orange. If you want more orange in your yolks, you can feed your chickens stuff like marigolds or cooked carrots.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by alar44 »

jahlove wrote: post #2

> Are these chicken selfies? > Yes. The chickens are using an input device (the motion sensor) to invoke a computer function (the capture method on the Pi), which invokes a series of events that results in the photo being taken, uploaded, and shared. > This is identical to a human using an input device (tapping a button) to invoke a computer function (the post method on Instagram), which invokes a series of events th…

Correct. He created a trail cam with a Canon 70D.

I'm not sure why this is supposed to be interesting.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by cosarara »

jahlove wrote: post #2

> Are these chicken selfies? > Yes. The chickens are using an input device (the motion sensor) to invoke a computer function (the capture method on the Pi), which invokes a series of events that results in the photo being taken, uploaded, and shared. > This is identical to a human using an input device (tapping a button) to invoke a computer function (the post method on Instagram), which invokes a series of events th…

By that logic, I am taking a selfie every time I speed in front of a speed camera, or I drive in front of an average speed zone camera.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by b3morales »

dangle1 wrote: post #18
pelagicAustral wrote: post #12

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Yeah, probably not the same at all. When I was kid I used to work summers on a family-owned free-range chicken farm. I remember being fascinated by the behavior of chickens. I also spent a lot of time figuring out if they could remember me, and some did remembered and where more keen on approaching, they were totally conditioned by the fact that I used to give them some different kind of grain food. They even made th…

After my wife convinced me to get chickens, I went from being ignorant and dismissive of chickens to loving having them in our backyard. It's impressive how distinctive their personalities are given the approx. 50 neurons they're working with in life. It's like having toddler dinosaurs bumbling around and having little adventures for your entertainment.

Befriending one of the more intelligent birds (jays, or crows) is also very entertaining, though they are still wild of course.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by SoftTalker »

silisili wrote: post #40
euroderf wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fresh chicken eggs are da bomb. The egg whites cohere and do not spread out in a puddle. You might be buying organic eggs (or free range, or wot-evs) but if the whites are runny and spread out in the pan, the eggs are NOT fresh.

One thing that always stood out to me about fresh/real chicken eggs I got from my father was the color of the yolk. Much, much darker than store bought, though I don't know what even plays a role determining that. Hoping to get a coop up later this year and start experimenting!

The color of the yolk depends on what the chickens eat; it doesn't really indicate anything about the nutritional content of the eggs. Supermarket "organic" eggs that have a dark yellow yolk might just mean that their chickens' diet included pigments that caused that. A true free-range chicken that had a more wild diet including insects and seeds other than wheat or corn will also tend to have eggs with a darker yolk.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by slickdork »

bicx wrote: post #49
pelagicAustral wrote: post #4

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Yeah, I know. 24 bucks as well. I can probably buy a few live chickens myself with that kind of scratch.

Someone actually paid for it though, so maybe chicken.photos is on to something.

Maybe it was the chickens who bought it.
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