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Don't be so cheap 
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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Listen, you guys ...
Noone will buy this because they need access to VS97! This is a offered as a Collector's Item. That kind of stuff tends to be a lot more valuable in the original packaging, especially of the plastic foil is not broken.
I can easily imagine collectors willing to pay a significant amount of money for this item. Maybe CP is not the right forum. I wouldn't expect it to be - we are developers, makers and users of software. Not collectors.
So hang onto this item until you com across true collectors, even if the CP response you have received is rather discouraging.
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I have little Houdinis Hendinis.
I think animals are compromising the fence around the chicken run because they keep finding ways to escape.
They like eating grass, so they're always trying to get out of their run. Grass won't grow wherever chickens are because they scratch at it and eat it until it's gone from the roots, so their run doesn't have any.
The other day, the neighbors dog was loose and cornered my escaped chickens. I have anxiety and am prone to panic attacks, and I had to talk myself down from one quickly and chase after the dog. I twisted my ankle in the process. It still hurts.
Himself went to LA to a conference for 4 days, and every day the chickens were getting out. I had my head on a swivel, was getting paranoid and really anxious. I was miserable the whole time.
It got to the point where I insisted we get rid of the chickens. That's a fight I wasn't winning, so I at least am making him set up Wyze cams in the run.
Because I already have WSL running and Wyze only works on Android or iOS I got Windows Subsystem for Android running, and apps sideloaded from google store. I now can run linux, android, and windows apps like native applications. It's brilliant.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Yeah, but why would the chickens want Linux or Android? 
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Could the "Why did the chicken cross the road" mystery finally be solved? 
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I thought the solution was "It was stuck to the pervert"?
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They probably wish *I* didn't have it. It allows me to run the Wyze wireless camera app from my PC. It's only available for android and iOS so I use WSA to make it go.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I'm wondering if you can't connect it to Codeproject image AI and check if the chickens are about to run off. Then maybe you could find something that the chickens would be drawn to, like a sound or image color, and lure them back from the fence? Maybe you could share the chicken footage and we could all have a go at it 
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Dried grubs. I trick them all the time. They can't resist them.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Put a photo of Colonel Sanders next to the fence and see if that gets them to behave 
Hogan
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Be careful what you program. For some reason this reminded me of a comment in the Turbo C++ (yes I'm that old) documentation for the Sound function.
/* Emits a 7-Hz tone for 10 seconds.
<pre>
True story: 7 Hz is the resonant
frequency of a chicken's skull cavity.
This was determined empirically in
Australia, where a new factory
generating 7-Hz tones was located too
close to a chicken ranch: When the
factory started up, all the chickens
died.
Your PC may not be able to emit a 7-Hz tone. */</pre>
ref: 7 hertz - the resonant frequency of a chicken's skull - Everything2.com
"Mistakes are prevented by Experience. Experience is gained by making mistakes."
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So you don't need a fence...
But In all seriousness 7 Hz is very low frequency, and a normal small camera could never emit this frequency in airborne transmission anyway. Think of a subwoofer, which mind you also doesn't emit much at 7 Hz. The key is the size of the vibrating object when you go toward a lower frequency, as the effective transmission in the low-frequency range is dependent on volume displacement of air.
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Like you don't have enough on your plate.
Time for some extra crispy.
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honey the codewitch wrote: so they're always trying to get out of their run.
So an above ground or below ground problem.
Above ground should be easiest as you can do a visual inspection. Perhaps fencing was not done carefully on a corner.
Below ground involves digging. Perhaps a trench and just move the barrier below the ground. There are other options like stakes or area along fence with larger well packed rocks.
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The issue is there seem to be animals - I suspect raccoons, much as I love them breaching the perimeter. So every day it's a potential surprise, a new escape spot. It's quite awhile to do a full perimeter check, and even when I have, I've missed some hard to see spots.
The solution we're going with is cameras. They don't wander far quickly. All I need to do is as soon as I find they are missing (things get quiet out my window) roll back the cameras and see how they got out.
Edit: They are remarkably stupid animals, with very short memories, and gluttony overrides any good sense they might otherwise have. Ergo, it is easy to lure them back with dried grubs.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
modified 3-May-23 16:08pm.
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I all seriousness, CodeProject AI Server connected to one of several home automation applications might solve your problem. @sean-ewington has written several such articles.
I have one that trained a model that detected Racoons, Skunks, Dogs, Cats, Squirrels, ...
With the right configuration, you could turn on a bright light, sound a siren, or make a Scarecrow move. The possibilities are limited by your imagination as I believe your fabrication and programming skills are up to the task.
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"Mistakes are prevented by Experience. Experience is gained by making mistakes."
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honey the codewitch wrote: I suspect raccoons
Racoons will kill chickens. Which would be obvious. But perhaps they are going for the feed instead. Although seems like that would be obvious as well.
honey the codewitch wrote: The solution we're going with is cameras. They don't wander far quickly.
You would rather chase them around once a week versus just insuring they don't get out in the first place?
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jschell wrote: Racoons will kill chickens
Right but the chickens are locked up in the coop at night when the raccoons are about. I think they're just breaking into the run itself.
jschell wrote: You would rather chase them around once a week versus just insuring they don't get out in the first place?
Ensuring they don't get out in the first place is easier said than done.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Did they saw see Chicken Run (2000) - IMDb[^] by chance?
M.D.V. 
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modified 4-May-23 17:32pm.
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Is there a scarecrow to keep chickens in and varmints out?
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Badfinger
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Build a second fence around the coop, and then loose a dog in the outer run.
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Ugh, but then we'd need a dog. The cats would protest, and so would Himself. So would I for that matter. But otherwise, solid plan. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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honey the codewitch wrote: Wyze only works on Android or iOS
The beginning of the end. Simple example, maybe, but it shows that Windows is becoming less and less relevant as time goes by.
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dandy72 wrote: it shows that Windows is becoming less and less relevant as time goes by.
And it is mostly due to windows (owner company) itself
M.D.V.
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Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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