You can also make a diy automatic chicken coop door and instead of using electricity or batteries use the chickens themselves.
Making a sliding chicken coop door.
Simple automatic chicken coop door.
I have had to replace the battery a couple of times but this build has really worked well in this instructable i ll be showing how to make an easy automat.
As it shifts to a lighter weight the door closes.
The idea is to use the combined weight of the chickens as they climb onto the roosting bar to sleep at night to pull the cables and pulleys and pop the door open.
It was also time to replace the pop door that the chickens use to move from the coop to the run.
Chicken coop sliding door the shed that houses my chickens is quite old.
It serves its purpose but we recently had to replace the people size door and there s a leak in the roof that needs to be fixed.
It s been 4 years now since i built this chicken coop door and it s still going strong.
If there is a vertical support beam already in the coop this would be an ideal place.
If there are none secure one 30 in.