Self-tending Chicken Coop
Postworks, Alameda, CA, USA
ID: APS1
Relevant Skills: structural, sensing, automation
Chickens are jungle fowl and thrive in the wild in proper conditions. The project involves designing and building a coop which is fully self-tending. The chickens should be able to pit themselves away for the night and it should be impossible for predators to get the chickens. Furthermore, the coop will need to have a self-tending run that allows them a place to kick droppings away and be collected for a vermi-composting bin or other reuse.
Other requirements
The sponsor has a lab and testing setup in Alameda and would like the students to spend time there working on the projects, where they will be deployed. If you select this project you will need to be willing to travel to Alameda using your own means.