coop door

  1. Heartsopenwide

    Adorstore.com auto door

    Does anyone have this door and have it installed sideways, so it opens like a sliding glass door instead of up and down? Owner said many customers have installed this way. Hoping someone on here has and can share pictures and videos
  2. B

    Issues With Automatic Coop Door in Winter

    Hey there! We got an automatic coop door this past summer and it was working great, however, now that winter is here and the sun is lower in the sky in the northeast, we are having issues with the door having enough light in the morning to open. It closes at night fine but for some reason the...
  3. C

    Automatic door and predators

    Little background: I've automated my coop door and lights, to close and go off at sunset and open and go on at sunrise. I use half an hour offset, but I am in the city so little worries for predators. Fast forward: I am a regular at a farm close to the city, between the city and the woods. The...
  4. Pixelsaurus

    Do I need a chicken door between Coop and Run?

    So we have quite the fortress of a chicken run. Hardware cloth all around the run including skirting under the soil around the perimeter. Half of the roof is metal. The other half we initially had just bird netting, but then upgraded to chicken wire - then added corrugated plastic roofing...
  5. How To Make a Sliding, Self-Locking, and Predator-Proof Chicken Coop Door

    How To Make a Sliding, Self-Locking, and Predator-Proof Chicken Coop Door

    Want a secure flock, but don't feel like hand locking a latch or padlock on your coop door every night? Well look no farther! This vertical door slides easily with the small tug of a string that is conveniently located outside your coop. Most importantly, the coop door self locks from the inside...
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    • Category: Housing & Feeding Your Flock
  6. Coop Defender Gold by My Favorite Chicken

    Coop Defender Gold by My Favorite Chicken

    Coop Defender™ Gold has an enhanced door lifting capacity of 2 lbs. No minimum or maximum door heights. A highly durable cord which has a breaking strain of 50 lbs. Low maintenance. Easy-to-use: Integrated fully featured LCD screen. Opens in the morning & closes in the evening automatically by...
  7. S

    Automated Coop Door Development Project

    My name is Stacey and I am a student from the UK. For my University engineering project, I am developing an automated chicken coop door, currently still in the design stages of the product. The initial design is to have a motorized door and frame that can be bolted onto any pre-existing coop or...
  8. DogsnDucksMT

    Auto Duck/Chicken Door - Best ones for the $$

    My ducks are super spoiled and my husband thinks I'm nuts for not wanting to leave them for a day. They have a very nice house that is heated and has electricity, nice size etc. Their door is operated by myself at night to lock them up in evenings after they put themselves to bed. I',d really...
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    • Forum: Ducks
  9. d4ve

    Coop door safety mechanism

    Has anyone created a good safety mechanism for automatic coop doors? I built a door for my coop early this year, with a timer and a metal door that slides down on a 12v actuator. Looks a bit like this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HRT5WD2/?tag=backy-20 We got a new batch of chickens...
  10. analyticalblonde

    Auto Coop Doors?

    Has anyone used this product? JVR Automatic Chicken Door Coop Opener Kit, Waterproof Light Sensor Controller Actuator Motor, 12V DC/Solar Battery Power (Light Sensation) 14 out of 19 users on Amazon give it a 5-star rating followed by 2 giving 4-stars, 2 giving 3-stars, and 1 giving a 1-star...
  11. Tsheaby

    My DIY Automatic Chicken Door

    When I got chickens for the first time last year, my husband thought I was absolutely crazy as I surprised him with my new little fluff ball babies. I was so excited and had big plans to build them a coop during the time they were in the brooder. About 2 weeks before they were due to make their...
  12. olayak

    Automatic Coop Door?

    Hi, I'm trying to decide on an automatic coop door. I was thinking of the Poultry Butler or Ador1 or the Pullet-shut chicken door company https://chickendoors.com/ . I love the wifi option on the Coop Tender but I read somewhere that it closes too fast and some chickens have died after...
  13. H

    11wk old Rhode Island Red babies

    I've seen them once go into their coop on their own... Today I went to check their water, and found them with their mouths hanging open. They have some shade in the run, they have water, and they have an open coop. Why won't they use the coop? They have had an actual coop door for over a week...
  14. sailorone

    Smoke detector

    there are various battery/electric coop doors in the market. No smoke detector to work with said coop doors to allow the chickens to get away from the fire event, from the coop door manufacture. Why is that? To date I have found one detector with a out put contacts that will open the door. It is...
  15. E

    Door to coop

    I'm curious for ideas for the door to the coop, that is Not powered by electricity And also doesn't require manually being open and closed twice a day. I was curious about hanging something in front of the door like a flap of carpet that they can push their way through in and out of. I am aware...
  16. LoveMyChickies8

    Automatic coop door

    JT thanks for the videos of your coop door. I am gathering information to get an automatic door on my coop. I have had a raccoon get to my flock and killed all but 2 of them. So it has to be really secure. I don’t mind buying a premade one or building my own. Just want the most secure and safe...
  17. Ijhtxnurse

    Need help with how to finish my coop

    Hi! So I'm pretty new to this and have very little experience with building things. I started my coop about a month ago. I looked at different coop plans, bought materials, and went from there. I'm posting a picture of where I'm at with it now, I know I obviously need a door & to add chicken...
  18. SAINTSCHICKS

    Automatic coop door danger?

    Last night I found one of my girls dead in the run. There were feathers everywhere around the walk up and the automatic door area. The door was open (should have been closed) . The read out on the door said it was jammed. Has anyone heard of the door killing a chicken? I can't find any other reason.
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