not 10,000 at a time though!
heheh


> Obviously you are all missing the point! Everybody knows that the only
> reliable way to count chickens accurately is with a rolling-pin - of
> coarse!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brent Brown [mailto:brent.brown@CLEAR.NET.NZ]
> Sent: Friday, 11 February 2000 1:54
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Chickens [NOT OT!]
>
>
> OK. So you like the vision based idea but not my weighing idea.
> I think it is unlikely that just looking at the birds has much potential
> for accuracy, unless maybe you train them stand on a line, look
> straight at the camera and hold their wings up...
>
> How about a mixed system: vision based to count the number of
> chickens on a platform (say 10m x 10m) which is weighed. That
> way I still get $500 right?
>
> >
> > ahh but the chickens are not in cages!
> > they run free on a large floor.... :-)
> > and we are talking a LARGE number of chickens...
> > and BIG houses....  some near a football field in length.
> >
> > thanks though
> > Ryan