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No doubt they could enter this contraption into a Rube 
Goldberg contest :)

On Wed, 21 May 2008 12:55:39 -0400
 paxamicus AT earthlink.net wrote:
> I knew getting Roy and Gene together could be fun and 
> interesting.  
> Automatic self powered chicken swatters.  : -D
>
>
>
>
> On May 21, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Gene GeRue wrote:
>
> > I stopped focussing on it when I considered that 
> > sometimes hens, or
> > more especially pullets, will sometimes sit on the 
> > threshold as it is
> > getting dark. If the door came down and she went in, all 
> > would be
> > fine, but if she backed out or just squatted, which is 
> > more
> > predictable from chicken brains, then she could be 
> > injured. So I guess
> > there needs to be a sweep that first swats her behind 
> > before the door
> > comes down.
> >
> > I wonder how much time and money one could invest in 
> > perfecting such a
> > system. Of course the world would then beat a path to 
> > our door holding
> > out wads of money. Right?
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