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Look out, Colonel Sanders.
Watch your back, Misters Perdue and Tyson.
Coop, the world’s first smart chicken coop
Theres a new chicken king in town.
Weve probably put 10,000+ hours into designing this chicken coop, which is hilarious, AJ Forsythe admitted recently.
He co-foundedCoopalong with Jordan Barnes, whos also Coop CMO Chicken Marketing Officer.
Coop, the world’s first smart chicken coop
The pair aims to use technology to transform one of the quainter things American families do: raise chickens.
They often begin by growing lettuce or tomatoes, Barnes adds.
That veggie patch in your backyard, the carrots and parsely and whatnot?
Smart alerts detect predators such as skunks and racoons and can automatically ping you if danger is detected.
Thats like the gateway drug to chickens.
Sure, changing the industrial food chain is a big, hairy, audacious goal.
Eggs are big business, and farming isn’t for everyone.
And Barnes is clearly up for the challenge.
Tyson Chicken has already blocked me on Linkedin because I troll them so hard, she told me.
The Tech: How smart is Coop?
And that’s partly because of audio detection, Barnes notes, a feature Coop calls Cluck Talk.
Even the companys URL is cool:smart.coop.farm.
Ive always wanted to do the intersection of smart home IoT meets backyard agriculture.
I built my first chicken coop from a dresser I found on Craigslist, Forsythe said.
So look out, Big Poultry.
Your future plans might just have been scrambled.
