Reviews by Scott H

Door was super easy to install as it fit my opening. All I had to do is drill 4 holes, mount it and hook up the optional solar panel and battery($50). Door is $180 so $230 set up that way. Thought about the photo sensor but it's just as easy and more convenient for us to set the opening and closing time. We have it open at 10 AM so they have a chance to lay eggs in the coop and close at 8:30 PM. They are in the coop at 7:45 so that works so far. When we are home we usually let them out manually before 10 AM. Our coop is a re purposed raised dog kennel so it did not have room above for guillotine style door and I'm glad to have found and purchased this door!



With the roof overhang and the ramp going downwards I have no problem with snow impeding the door. You can also get the door with right hand hinges.
I don't think wind would ever bother this door as it is very sturdily built (O.K., maybe hurricane). You can also adjust how far the door opens to help break the wind in the colder seasons. Say you want to give them a chance to get out but don't want that icy blast on them if they choose to stay in the coop.
The door seals up tight so no little raccoon fingers can get in there to pry it open.

After living with this door on a timer for a few months we added the photo sensor option that opens the door at first light and closes it when it gets dark. Works great. Got tired of changing the timer when our days started to get shorter. I would look out and the door would be open and it was dark. We have lots of coons here and I want that door closed when it gets dark!

Scott really worked with me to get the look my wife and I wanted. Pleasure to do business with...
I don't know how much feed this holds but I have filled it once (2 weeks ago) and it's still over half full. We only have 3 10 week old chicks though. Not an 11 pound feeder but not a 5 pounder either...

Here's a link to the thread that got me interested.....

I installed this on a covered bucket and it works as advertised. If you put it on a bucket with a lid and use the supplied filter, I don't see how it would plug up. Every couple of days I will take a towel and wipe out the cup to get rid of any debris that the chickens might kick up into it and that's about it. I do have the bucket mounted high and the chickens have to use a step to drink out of it. I am thinking of a way to cover the cup so I don't have to wipe it out as often. Shouldn't be too hard to come up with something. Try one, you'll like it.

So, after living with this for a while, I experienced the over flow phenomena that the other reviewer had. It happened right after cleaning it. I had spun it upside down to dump the water out of the cup like they show in their video and when I filled it back up it just kept coming out.
I emptied it out and turned it over to find 2 small screws holding it together. I took it apart to see how it worked and found a small float that rises with the cup water level and seals the the hole that fills the cup. I figured the float just got stuck and was not sealing the hole so I put it back together and it worked again. From now on I will be more careful cleaning it and if it ever sticks again just try tapping on it to unstick the float.
Still like it better than nipples for our coop!


I left my original review but I checked the water today and the cup was dry....I took it apart and cleaned it, put back together and it started to overflow again....I'm done with it.