How to Control a Chicken Heat Lamp - With a Temperature Sensor.

I'm raising baby chicks. In the day my back room would get too hot, and at night it freezes. I got tired of turning on and off the heat lamp, and so I decided to automate the process. I used a Vegetronix soil temperature sensor, with a VegeHub WiFi hub and an AgriSwitch. The heat lamp plugs into the AgriSwitch. When it's too cold it will turn on a the heat lamp, and in the afternoon when it's too warm it will turn it off.
I can also get a text message if the temperature goes out of bounds. For example if the heat lamp burns out, which they often do.
Here are some parts that I used to build the system:
VegeHub( WiFi Data Logger): vegetronix.com...
Soil Temperature Sensor: vegetronix.com...
AgriSwitch: vegetronix.com...

[@simonspacek3670]

Amazing! We plan to build chicken coop this year (finally!) and this looks like something I may need.

[@freightmonorail]

Nice!

[@antoniosanford4675]

I want to handshake you with hoocho from hoochos 3d hydroponics systems and with 3dponics they 3d print hydroponics systems that would work great with what you have done. Great work! Also, do you ever think you'll do a livestream?