Best Lambing /Calving Camera

Dickie10 · 19-11-2025 12:59PM #1

Looking to put in decent set of cameras for lambing, anyine recommend companies? im in East Midlands area so Meath, West Meath, Kildare would be local enough

PoorFarmer · 19-11-2025 04:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058428652/best-lambing-calving-camera

https://reolink.com/product/argus-3-ultra/

https://reolink.com/product/argus-pt-ultra/

I have a few different ones of these around the place. All set up myself. Fairly straightforward to get them connected. Have a few good deals for Black Friday I think. All mine are WiFi and running off the solar panel. I get around 4 months out of them before I have to charge them.

Dickie10 · 19-11-2025 09:29PM

ah ok, i would like to get a company in to do the whole thing as i havent time or knowhow on any of that, is thier a company called hikvision? i heard good things on? anyine ever get them or are they still on go. literally just want them to come and set me up i wouldnt have a clue on anythiing like that

PoorFarmer · 20-11-2025 08:48AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124001887#Comment_124001887

Hikvision are a brand of camera, very good from what I've heard but at the higher range of cost.

Several companies advertising on Donedeal for calving/lambing systems

https://www.donedeal.ie/all?words=calving+camera

DJ98 · 11-01-2026 11:54PM

Did you get sorted with a camera setup after @Dickie10, also looking for a full set up for lambing.

Dickie10 · 13-01-2026 01:14AM

a man is coming out to look at it

Tileman · 21-01-2026 05:52PM

I used agri cam . Very good. Have it’s. Few years now . Never an issue. Was dear the day I put it up compared to buying and sweeting up myself but sometimes it’s better to get the experts in. Just quicker and less hassle and tax deductible

funkey_monkey · 21-01-2026 07:06PM

I want to increase coverage of our sheds with cameras. Is there any point going for fixed cameras or should I get another 1 or 2 PTZ?

Also I want to have one in the yard to catch folk arriving in yard. Presume that'll be fixed, but what additional features should I go for. I think ANPR would be out of budget, but anything I should be watching for in terms of trigger mechanism or intelligent capture software? Intent is to have it connected to a PVR.

Current camera is a Hikvision so I'll be sticking with that brand.

emaherx · 23-01-2026 12:30PM

Comes down to your own preference and/or shed layout. I put up enough fixed cameras to cover calving pens and cows on slats. I wouldn't have managed with one or 2 PTZ due to layout. Fixed cameras were cheap and no waiting for camera to pan around.

My preference for a big open shed would be a PTZ to monitor as much a possible of all of the cows but a fixed camera above calving pens, assuming it can capture the whole pen and enough resolution for a digital zoom.

Logic being able to monitor multiple calving pens on a single screen at the more critical point of calving.

Don't have cows now but still check on calves with the cameras.

Niallers87 · 23-01-2026 01:57PM

anyone know any good suppliers and fitters of these cameras in Clare? Feel free to Pm me the details if you would like to

Best Lambing /Calving Camera

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