the simple scale idea has been tried, it just didn't work weel.
its not that only one chicken stands on it but rather only a few..
and to get a good sample you need to use LOTS of scales. also its hard to
get only one to stand on it, and also to get it to stand fully on it and not
bounce the scale around.
Ryan


> Ok a simple solution would be to install a bunch of scales around the
floor
> of the coop at basically random points.  Even though the chickens stay in
> one spot, the sample would be random.  Make the scales so that only one
> chicken can stand on it (not sure how, that sounds like an ME problem or
> something for a poultry behaviorist or something).
>
> If you want a 100 samples install a few dozen scales.  I can't believe
that
> they are so territorial that they never move.  Do some filtering on your
> data to get 'typical' chicken size (reject chickens standing half off, or
> them jumping on the scale or whatever), average the results.
>
>
> Erik Reikes
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> Xsilogy, Inc.
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