It's a girl!!! But she needs a name!
Greg Darnell
dad - Rampal (Dutch warmblood). Bay with 3 white socks and a star.
Name - K?????? (Dutch babies start with K this year, but we don't
have any ideas yet)
Mom (Patty) first started showing signs of discomfort Tuesday about
7PM, lying down and breathing hard for a while. She walked the stall
from 3AM-7AM Wed morning, then relaxed and showed no signs
at all the rest of the day. We have a video observation system in the
(heated) office to watch on, and my wife was sleeping there for the
third night. The sounds from the monitor woke her up, and first she
thought "that's a funny shadow under her tail ... no, it's a baby!".
Baby came at 342 days, Patty never did wax up, so like the book says
waxing isn't always guaranteed. The baby was up on her feet in about
20 minutes and nursing within an hour.
I'm glad we got the video system this year; you can see and hear just
about everything, stay warm, and not bother mom peeking in whenever you
hear a noise. It won't work in the dark, but I put a dimmer on one of
the stall lights and a faint light was plenty. It's a Magnavox system
we got from Sears and it's the best $250 we ever spent. We also have
an intercom to the house, where I was, but after hearing nothing at
10:30PM I started the dishwasher so I missed hearing anything until my
wife called me.
So now we need a name. My wife was thinking of "Kolor Purple" but I
personally like 1-word names for warmbloods, like Krystal. Perhaps the
name of a Dutch or European painter that starts with a K and is somewhat
feminine? Any art historians out there? Any and all suggestions welcome!
Greg
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Adrienne Regard
>Born 11:15 PM, March 18; mom - Painted Purple (TB, ISR approved),
> dad - Rampal (Dutch warmblood). Bay with 3 white socks and a star.
>Name - K?????? (Dutch babies start with K this year, but we don't
> have any ideas yet)
How 'bout "Kinesics" meaning "a systematic study of the relationship
between nonlinguistic body motions and communication"?
"Kinesthesia" - a sense mediated by end organs located in muscles, tendons
and joints and stimulated by bodily movements and tensions:
I also kinda like "King James Version", but some may object to that....
Adrienne Regard
arlene.m.osborne
> Born 11:15 PM, March 18; mom - Painted Purple (TB, ISR approved),
> dad - Rampal (Dutch warmblood). Bay with 3 white socks and a star.
> Name - K?????? (Dutch babies start with K this year, but we don't
> have any ideas yet)
>
> personally like 1-word names for warmbloods, like Krystal. Perhaps the
I originally thought of Kall Me Purple, but your wife's idea is close!
Arlene
Greg Darnell
> In article <10...@tetons.idaho.amdahl.com>, g...@idaho.amdahl.com (Greg Darnell) writes...
> >we got from Sears and it's the best $250 we ever spent.
> be using. $250 sounds VERY reasonable to me. What was the model you got? How
> difficult was it to install? Is that the cost of one camera/monitor combination?
>
Oops, I was wrong about the price, it was $299 new. That includes one
black&white camera, 57 feet of cable, and the b/w monitor which can
sequence up to 4 cameras. A weatherproof enclosure costs $50, 100 feet
of cable is $30, and a wide-angle lens is $80. The camera has a built-in
microphone and is powered via the coax cable so there is not a separate
power cord, so you don't need an electrical outlet near the stall.
The audio is one-way like the video, i.e. you can't talk back from the
monitor to the camera.
I couldn't find the system in our new Sears catalog, nor could the local
Sears franchisee (who in general is pretty clueless), so I went back to
an old catalog to get the prices. Since it's a Magnavox, you should be
able to get a dealer to order it. I have seen similar systems from
Hyundai and others in electronics junk catalogs like Damark and DAK.
It's easy to install, just take the monitor and camera near the stall
and find a good location for the camera (using the monitor to check
your positioning, since the camera doesn't have a screen like a
camcorder), put it up with the mounting bracket (included with camera),
then move the monitor to where you want it, run the (1/4" diam) cable, and
you're done. I would recommend the weatherproof enclosure for the camera
even for indoor use if your barn gets dusty - ours sure does. Maximum
recommended cable length is (I think) 300 feet.
It is an old-technology vidicon tube-type camera, so the low-light
sensitivity isn't great, but that's one reason it is affordable.
It seems to have better sensitivity than one's own eyes and a 40-watt
bulb for a 24x12 stall was more than enough to see everything, so I put
a dimmer switch on it.
One feature I have been trying to take advantage of is that it has a
VHF output from the monitor you can set to channel 3 or 4. This means
that you can connect it to one of those "VCR Rabbit"-type transmitters
and send the output to your house if it's close enough to the barn.
Ours is 300' away so the wireless ones didn't work, and I have been
trying to use an older wired version, but the signal strength doesn't
seem to be enough to make it the whole distance.
The newer solid-state cameras have orders of magnitude better low-light
sensitivity, but they also cost a LOT more. You may be able to
buy a used tube camera setup from a security company, since many of
them are replacing the old tube style with solid-state versions.
If anyone has any more questions about the system, feel free to
email me.
Barbara Roy
>I'm glad we got the video system this year; you can see and hear just
>about everything, stay warm, and not bother mom peeking in whenever you
>hear a noise. It won't work in the dark, but I put a dimmer on one of
>the stall lights and a faint light was plenty. It's a Magnavox system
>we got from Sears and it's the best $250 we ever spent.
I'd like to know more about this system and about systems that others might
be using. $250 sounds VERY reasonable to me. What was the model you got? How
difficult was it to install? Is that the cost of one camera/monitor combination?
Barbara Roy, Weeg Computing Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 52242
Meadowacres Arabians
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Disclaimer: My opinions are solely my own and may change daily.
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