[HN Gopher] Photos of chickens, taken by chickens ___________________________________________________________________ Photos of chickens, taken by chickens Author : kapsteur Score : 192 points Date : 2022-06-13 19:36 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (chicken.photos) (TXT) w3m dump (chicken.photos) | switchstance wrote: | Did the chickens sign releases authorizing the use of their | photos? | dylan604 wrote: | If the chickens are going to be in public, there is no | expectation of privacy. I'd agree if the chickens were in their | coop, and they were shooting a long lens through the windows we | might be violating some privacy. However, running about in | public like this is totally fine without releases | oneeyedpigeon wrote: | You're thinking about this [1], aren't you? | | [1] | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_disput... | Havoc wrote: | Those are some healthy looking chickens | neoberg wrote: | If the author reads this: How does the downloading images from SD | card part work? | jacobbijani wrote: | gphoto2, specifically the --capture-image-and-download command | | http://www.gphoto.org/doc/manual/ref-gphoto2-cli.html | jahlove wrote: | > 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 that results in the | photo being taken, uploaded, and shared. | | Is it really "identical" though? A human knows they're taking the | selfie and sees the result. The chickens do not. | alar44 wrote: | Correct. He created a trail cam with a Canon 70D. | | I'm not sure why this is supposed to be interesting. | dylan604 wrote: | Because we're all boring nerds and seeing something other | than code all day amuses us. Happy to hear you're okay though | Hellbanevil wrote: | I found the $20 each egg interesting. Plus you need to pick | it up. | | Why would someone pay that much for an egg? | cosarara wrote: | 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. | deebosong wrote: | Make a novelty website dedicated to speed zone selfies. | actually_a_dog wrote: | Some of those chickens are better photographers than some | humans I know. | kokanee wrote: | I'm assuming the whole thing is a joke, but if we want to play | along with the pedantry, I would object on similar grounds: | | A motion sensor is not an "input device," it is a sensory | monitor with thresholds and triggers controlled by the | architect of the system, not the thing being monitored. This is | evidenced by the fact that several of the photos were triggered | by something other than the chickens, such as a lawn mower. | | If I create a system that drops paint on a canvas when the | temperature reaches 80 degrees F, it would be nonsense to | assert that the sun had painted a picture. I painted a picture, | and the sun was one of the tools I used in place of a brush. | alx__ wrote: | I guess it's more of a philosophical query. Who took the photo, | the chicken or the human ;) | dylan604 wrote: | But which came first, and does this tell us why it crossed | the road? | fsckboy wrote: | > _I guess it 's more of a philosophical query. Who took the | photo, the chicken or the human ;)_ | | and do I take the picture when I push the button on my camera | or do we really take the pictures when we start looking at | them? | hourago wrote: | And a legal one. If it's the human then the picture has | copyright, if it's the chicken then this are copyright free | pictures. | | Edit. Link to relevant Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi | ki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_disput... | cronix wrote: | It's more akin to butt dialing. | aleksiy123 wrote: | More like a chicken speed/red light cam. | tomjakubowski wrote: | There's no evidence the chickens know they're taking a selfie, | but that shouldn't stop you from imagining for fun that they | might. After all, absence of evidence is not evidence of | absence: perhaps chickens are not so vain as we are, and their | reaction when taking the picture is cool nonchalance. | jrwoodruff wrote: | The _about_ page seems pretty tongue-in-cheek. Later they talk | about the work ethic of the chickens, and offer eggs for $20 | /ea. | [deleted] | [deleted] | Adraghast wrote: | I take selfies every time I pass by a CCTV camera apparently. | LesZedCB wrote: | exactly, because "take" is the operative word, being a | positive action done by a subject. | dylan604 wrote: | better to take a selfie than having your image taken. | otherwise, you need liam neeson and his special skills or | you'll never get your image back | pelagicAustral wrote: | 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 the trip to the house about 30 meters away, just | these few ones. Of course they probably remembered the food but | I was still happy with my accomplishments in the field of | human/chicken colaboration. | dangle1 wrote: | 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. | b3morales wrote: | Befriending one of the more intelligent birds (jays, or | crows) is also very entertaining, though they are still | wild of course. | SoftTalker wrote: | Just don't betray their friendship, as they will not | forget it. | bstpierre wrote: | And they will tell their friends and children too, | apparently | memling wrote: | Related: Am I Liable for Murder if my Murder Attempts to | Commit Murder[1] | | [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/bestoflegaladvice/comments/k | i9gb1/i... | svachalek wrote: | Yes, they do have very clear personalities. We had one who | was very curious about people, just very interested in | following you and seeing what you do. It's probably food | related motivation, but more than simply seeking a handout | as most of them do. You could really see the gears turning | in there. | dangle1 wrote: | And they love it when you do digging projects and come | over next to you to see if there's anything good to eat. | frosted-flakes wrote: | This humorous children's short story comes to mind: | _Squabbling in the Vegatable Patch_ (it was an audiobook | cassette tape). Contains lots of chicken antics revolving | around exactly that. | | https://youtube.com/watch?v=4YCQY4GwlBM&list=PLU8JDCV_35G | GWW... | | I still have the original cassette tape from when I was a | child and still occasionally play it in my car radio (the | only tape player I own). | ekianjo wrote: | you dont need bazillions of neurons to showcase complex | behavior. also in humans a large part of our brain is to | help us move on 2 legs and keep us balanced. | mosseater wrote: | I know you are probably kidding about the 50 neurons, but | Red Junglefowl (what chickens are derived from) are working | with 221 million neurons. Which isn't that much in the | grand scheme of things, but more than double the amount | compared to a quail and about the same as a parrotlet or a | brown rat. | dylan604 wrote: | >50 neurons they're working with in life. | | so approximtely 10x more than me on mondays before caffeine | ashes-of-sol wrote: | Yeah, you wouldn't put out a trail camera and say "look at the | selfie this deer took!". I'm willing to grant the author a | little slack though considering this seems pretty tongue in | cheek | SomeBoolshit wrote: | Accidental selfies, but still technically selfies. | netule wrote: | Is a traffic camera photo a selfie? | sethbannon wrote: | This somehow makes me feel nostalgic for when the internet was | more irreverent. | braingenious wrote: | This was cool until I read about NFTs in the about section. What | a bummer of a way to take a cool project and make it shitty. | zwieback wrote: | I had chickens and also had deer constantly destroying anything I | was trying to grow, I hate those bastards with a passion. | | I was always hoping the chickens would chase the deer but they | just ignored them. | kerblang wrote: | Not a chicken, but this was my favorite | | https://chicken.photos/20220605091358 | vhiremath4 wrote: | So cute haha | dredmorbius wrote: | One^WSeveral of these chickens are not like the others. | h2odragon wrote: | lost me at "buy NFT" | [deleted] | pelagicAustral wrote: | Yeah, I know. 24 bucks as well. I can probably buy a few live | chickens myself with that kind of scratch. | dubswithus wrote: | I'd actually pay money to not have chickens live near me so I | don't have to hear them. | bombcar wrote: | Chickens (hens) are relatively quiet, it's the roosters | that need regulatin'. | tbyehl wrote: | My most vocal hens make quite a bit more racket than my | pair of roos. | robin_reala wrote: | Chickens are fine ("pok pok pok"), it's cockerels that you | definitely don't want near you. | mauvehaus wrote: | Learn from our mistake and maybe don't put the coop on | the same side of your house as your bedroom windows even | if you only have hens. | | They make plenty of noise if you're a light sleeper and | they want to be let out for the day. | saalweachter wrote: | Chicks retail at Tractor Supply for $4 for most breeds, with | 6 chick minimums (at least where I'm at). That yields a | minimum order of 6 chicks for $24. | tbyehl wrote: | A hen raised to laying age is worth more like $20-$50. | mauvehaus wrote: | The major costs of getting chickens are a coop, and if | you're in a place with bears, an electric fence to keep the | bears from destroying your coop and eating the chickens | contained therein. | | You might get lucky for a couple of years (we did), but now | we have two fewer chickens and a cock-a-doodle-gulag around | our coop. | | If you don't already own a hatchet, you may as well get one | up front. At some point you're bound to have to put one out | of its misery. You may as well not make it wait while you | make a trip to the hardware store. | | The principle of "buy once, cry once" definitely applies to | chicken feeders and waterers. The feeders that hold around | 30 pounds of feed are vastly superior to the smaller ones | and are worth the investment. The waterers that hold a 5 of | gallons and fill via a screw top are similarly superior. | | Also: chickens shit _everywhere_. Forget about carefree | gambols through your yard once you have chickens. | bicx wrote: | Someone actually paid for it though, so maybe chicken.photos | is on to something. | slickdork wrote: | Maybe it was the chickens who bought it. | dangle1 wrote: | Or even before that, at eggs "...are available for $20 each." | lofatdairy wrote: | Considering it's pick-up only without an address, I'm | inclined towards believing that that's dry humor. | Angostura wrote: | And it probably includes a digital download of the egg. | babypuncher wrote: | Yeah, the NFT nonsense really sours what is an otherwise | amusing project. It's not enough to make something cool, we | have to try an monetize it through an obvious ponzi scheme. | mitchdoogle wrote: | I don't get why people get so sour about NFTs. If you don't | like them, then don't participate - just like the thousands | of other things people do for fun or profit that you don't | participate in. This example is just a text link on a few | images - it's not even in your face or very noticeable, yet | several comments here have already voiced their aversion | babypuncher wrote: | Nothing happens in a vacuum. Society as a whole can be made | to suffer from the after effects of "optional" activities. | elliotpage wrote: | I'm afraid I cannot "Not participate" in the ecological | destruction they cause. | cpach wrote: | I really don't like NFTs, but I think it was a nice idea and | website though. Would never buy the NFT, I could see myself | buying a physical print though. | almost wrote: | Yeah it does take the shine off it doesn't it? | micromacrofoot wrote: | Great use of an old DSLR camera, the quality elevates this to | wonderful. | ch4s3 wrote: | I went to the about page and was not disappointed. Stompers is a | great name for a rooster. | tppiotrowski wrote: | A good reminder that one of the basic tenets of good wildlife | photography is to photograph at eye level. So if you want to take | a picture of your cat or dog, squat down to their level instead | of pointing the camera downwards. | jjice wrote: | Why is that? | tppiotrowski wrote: | I don't know the theory but I find these chicken photos more | aesthetic than photos of chickens taken from above. It might | have something to do with looking your subject in the eye... | KineticLensman wrote: | A good general principle in almost any photography is that if | you want pictures that are different from everyone else's, | just get down a bit. Most people take shots at their eye | level and don't even think to try a different angle | astrange wrote: | Or up. The way I think of it is people looking at your | photo shouldn't know how tall you are. | dredmorbius wrote: | _Unusual_ points of view. | | High, low, inside a pipe, from a tree, under water, where | people don't usually go / aren't allowed / can't access, | etc. | | Keep in mind that the unusual can become commonplace if | overused. Selfie sticks were initially a novel PoV. They | became cliche in about a week. | kQq9oHeAz6wLLS wrote: | If your pictures aren't interesting enough, you're not | close enough | wsgeorge wrote: | From my experience, pictures taken at the normal human | viewing height look uninteresting because they're taken at an | angle we're most familiar with, which doesn't have much | novelty. | | Photos taken at unfamiliar angles will present their objects | in ways we're not used to seeing. Which makes them less | familiar and more stimulating. Which is more interesting. | 0daystock wrote: | Chickens are beautiful creatures worthy of at the least the | respect we give to household pets. The unimaginable horror we put | billions of them through on an ongoing basis, while dissonantly | admiring their charm and brilliance, is a sobering realization. | LesZedCB wrote: | indeed, the line between "pet" and "food" is disturbing in both | where it's drawn, and it's fundamental relativism. | Lio wrote: | Dear, oh dear. Some of these chickens look like, er, deer. | | Nice work. | xisthesqrtof9 wrote: | $20 for an egg? That's just absurd. | steve_adams_86 wrote: | These chickens are famous, sir. | [deleted] | karaterobot wrote: | I think when you say the photos are taken by chickens, I was | imagining a chicken wearing a GoPro or something. These are | motion-activated pictures from a stationary camera. They're still | very cool though. | smm11 wrote: | No possible way chickens literally aren't T-Rex. | calibas wrote: | Some interesting legality here, if these photos are really "taken | by chickens" then they can't be copyrighted: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_disput... | | However, if this counts as being "taken by chickens" then it also | implies that when a burglar triggers a motion-activated camera, | the burglar owns the rights to the image. | WaitWaitWha wrote: | >The chickens are using an input device (the motion sensor) to | invoke a computer function [...] | | No, per the description and your legal context, the chickens | are not taking the pictures. | BarryMilo wrote: | You also don't own the copyright for pictures randomly | generated by computers, presumably this applies to chicken | randomization as well. | SV_BubbleTime wrote: | When I've rented cameras for photo shoots, I'm pretty sure I | own the photos and not the rental company, so this checks out. | | Maybe the BUY NFT link on every photo goes to accounts the | chickens own. Nothing about NFTs makes any less sense than | this, so why not? | mdturnerphys wrote: | There was a talk on this back in 2007: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_-1d9OSdk | akeck wrote: | NFTs, $20 eggs, etc. aside, this made my day. | swighton wrote: | I feel like calling these photos "taken by a chicken" is fairly | misleading. The photos are taken automatically when a chicken | wanders in front of a motion detector. | | To test the claim with a similar example, let's say I run a red | light which triggers a red light cam to take a picture of me and | my car. I don't think I can claim that I took that photo, or that | it is a selfie. | bombcar wrote: | The "gorilla selfie" case provides the best ruling we have in | the area at this time. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_disput... | ruined wrote: | no, let's support this line of thought. argue in court that the | state has violated both the 4th amendment and copyright on your | red light selfie. this could be incredible. next up, | surveillance images and news media of political demonstrations | [deleted] | jaboutboul wrote: | Noah Kalina at it again. | TamDenholm wrote: | "The purpose of a rooster is to yell at the top of its lungs all | day and prevent the humans from sleeping past sunrise." | | Excellent about page. | bryanrasmussen wrote: | It's nice to see that Gary Larson is still going strong, I think | should make a cow tools site next | https://twitter.com/Bondcliff2008/status/1530207754358431744 | rexreed wrote: | Aren't these just trail cam pictures? | markozivanovic wrote: | >Do the chickens lay eggs? >>Yes. They are the best fresh eggs | you've ever tasted. They are available for $20 each. Pick up | only. | | Wow, some expensive eggs! Is it because these chickens are now | celebrities? :) | | Kidding aside, I just bought a box of 10 eggs today for 4 euros | (~4,15USD) and thought that was a bit expensive. Also from free- | range chicken. | | I can find "egg prices around the world", but I can't find a | single site where I can filter results by the size of eggs and | type of chickens. Here's an idea for a really unneeded SaaS! | alx__ wrote: | I'd guess they're purposely inflated to cut down on people | asking to buy them | SV_BubbleTime wrote: | Colloquially called the "Fuck off price". | | _"We don't want to do it, but if you are really going to pay | this, we'll make it happen."_ | | I was quoting some wood deck and lawn work this spring. I had | four people come out to quote, and two gave me fuck off | prices about 3-4x what I eventually paid. | | EDIT: for reference on good eggs, I've found duck eggs to be | superior to chicken eggs. | dredmorbius wrote: | _I've found duck eggs to be superior to chicken eggs._ | | Especially if you're interested in hatching ducklings. | iamtheworstdev wrote: | i suspect it's sarcasm. that's not the price of eggs anywhere | in the USA. | reaperducer wrote: | _Wow, some expensive eggs!_ | | Maybe it's a typo. Perhaps he meant $20/dozen. | | Which is still expensive. I get my eggs from a farmer 30 miles | out of town, and she only charges $8/dozen, and that includes | delivering it to my doorman. But I only order when she's | recently slaughtered another farm animal, to make it worth the | trip for her. | dylan604 wrote: | I don't think you're looking high enough. Try looking over | your head as that's where this bit of humor sailed ;P | colechristensen wrote: | The people I've known who raise chickens quickly reach the | level of "please take these eggs, please!" | euroderf wrote: | 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. | layer8 wrote: | According to that criterion the eggs I buy are apparently | fresh, though I usually wish the whites were more runny when | I use them. | silisili wrote: | 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! | SoftTalker wrote: | 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. | Angostura wrote: | Oddly enough you don't want your eggs too fresh. I remember | my grandmother saying that you can to keep them for a | couple of days before eating - something about the texture | of the white | Enginerrrd wrote: | I think that's only for making hardboiled eggs. | | The whites don't separate from the shell well if they're | too fresh | Enginerrrd wrote: | >...though I don't know what even plays a role determining | that. | | Age is definitely one big factor. The longer they sit the | lighter they get. But I suspect diet also plays a big role, | and to a lesser extent, lifestyle/overall health | a1pulley wrote: | 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. | wiredfool wrote: | Or you toss in beet peel scraps. | robga wrote: | Chicken feed. | pavel_lishin wrote: | Another fun piece of chicken-centric art is Igorrr's Chicken | Sonata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFxDOV6IwHk | Kudos wrote: | When my postman activates my doorbell camera by approaching the | door, is he taking a selfie? | | This is somewhat charming surveillance footage at best. | dylan604 wrote: | Did the imaging start when the mailman pushed the button? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-06-13 23:00 UTC)