How To Make A Horizontal Sliding Chicken Coop Door

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How to make a horizontal sliding chicken coop door.

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. Standard door door size 9 x 13 mounting area 12 x 32 179 00. The old hinged door opened up to the inside. Not straining the motor is important for a smooth operation of the door.

The height of the chicken coop door from the ground outside doesn t matter as long as chickens have a ramp to access doors that are 18 24 inches high. It was also time to replace the pop door that the chickens use to move from the coop to the run. An automatic chicken coop door opener not only allows your chickens to enter and exit the coop easily but also enhances the security of their home. You can also purchase parts and priority shipping below.

Chicken coop sliding door the shed that houses my chickens is quite old. The most recent example of this was my determination to install a sliding barn door in my chicken coop. Just like a chicken waterer and an automatic feeder is necessary for keeping your birds healthy an automatic chicken coop door opener keeps your chickens or ducks safe from prowling predators. You can choose the standard large or horizontal automatic chicken coop door to fit your coop.

Simple automatic chicken coop door. 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. A chicken activated coop door. Typically cheaper automatic openers will raise and lower doors of up to 1kg in weight.

It s been 4 years now since i built this chicken coop door and it s still going strong. We have found issues with different kinds of doors shavings dirt and dust ge. 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. You can also make a diy automatic chicken coop door and instead of using electricity or batteries use the chickens themselves.

Click on the image for dimensions and price. Greg walks us from start to finish through building a sliding chicken door.