This chicken controlled
coop door closer and
opener is by far the most out of the box solution I’ve seen…and I’ve
seen a lot of chicken coop door openers. It uses the combined weight of
each bird through a system of pulleys to operate the door.
I love the fact that it
doesn’t need an electrical hook up or solar panels for power.
It looks like it might be a
challenge to build. The end of the Youtube video directs the viewer to
Ebay, but a quick search there turned up nothing.
Chicken controlled coop door
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Anna & Mark
Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton are a pair of back-to-the-landers who have been homesteading for over a decade.
I love the idea and it would save me a trip to the coop every night. But, I expect 9 of my chickens would lock the 10th chicken out for the night.
Steve — Yep, that’s the troublesome part — tweaking it just right so you don’t end up leaving a bird outside. I suspect that’s why the inventor hasn’t managed to turn it into a product yet.
My husband designed an auto chicken coop door which opens in the a.m. & closes in the p.m. with a timer. He made his own circuit and motor. We’ve been using it for about a year now and it’s wonderful! We just have to occasionally adjust the timer as the days get longer so that it closes later.