How To Make A Horizontal Sliding Chicken Coop Door

Greg walks us from start to finish through building a sliding chicken door.

How to make a horizontal sliding chicken coop 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. Simple automatic chicken coop door. Not straining the motor is important for a smooth operation of the door. Like many of you i ve become a bit obsessed with hgtv s fixer upper and chip and joanna s house makeovers featuring shiplap white subway tile and everything farmhouse.

The reason the chicken pop hole door isn t at floor level is because most chicken coops need bedding. The old hinged door opened up to the inside. A typical coop door can weigh 4kg however an aluminum counterpart measuring the same size will be 0 3kg. It was also time to replace the pop door that the chickens use to move from the coop to the run.

You can also purchase parts and priority shipping below. Better more robust motors will raise a 4kg coop door and not strain themselves. You can choose the standard large or horizontal automatic chicken coop door to fit your coop. 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.

A chicken activated coop door. Typically cheaper automatic openers will raise and lower doors of up to 1kg in weight. 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. The most recent example of this was my determination to install a sliding barn door in my chicken coop.

Click on the image for dimensions and price. Chicken coop sliding door the shed that houses my chickens is quite old. You can also make a diy automatic chicken coop door and instead of using electricity or batteries use the chickens themselves. 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.

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.