Told you....you must  - execute the chickens....execute the chickens
chickens....execute the chickens
chickens....execute the chickens
chickens....execute the chickens

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Pogge [mailto:rpogge@MICHAELANGELO.NET]
Sent: Friday, 11 February 2000 7:19
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Chickens [NOT OT!]


> A couple of assumptions:
> chickens roam around in the barn--not caged like egg layers.
> Chickens like to eat/drink.

yes/yes/yes

> Two sections to the barn area with a chute in between.
> Scale is in the chute.
> chute is designed so only one chicken can be in the chute and on the scale
> at a time.
> Water is on one side, food on the other.
> Every chicken WILL move through the chute at least once a day and get
weighed.
> probably multiple weighings per bird, therefore increased accuracy/sample
> size.
> Use the scale you've got.

> Now for the pic part--stick a keeloq or other rf ID tag on each bird for
ID
> that triggers the scale when it goes through.
> Track weight gain per bird on an individual basis.
> Gate the outlet of the chute to a holding area for the nice fat ones, or
> for the underweight culls, by age of bird, etc.

err.... that is the bad part we are talking more than 1,000 houses
containing 5,000 birds each ouch :-)

> Gee, that ought to be worth free chicken for life. :-)

when someone comes up with the correct answer that may very well be
possible!