How To Make A Simple Chicken Coop Slide 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.

How to make a simple chicken coop slide door. There are two doors for this plan. The cord pulls the door up or lowers it. We are doing the finishing touches on our new chicken coop and wanted to share our new pop door build. If you want to make this chicken coop then you can use the leftover or custom wooden planks and beams.

Even though this automatic chicken coop door opener does not come with a door it is mains power enabled and comes with all the fittings for an exiting door. Simple automatic chicken coop door. A commercial or diy automatic chicken coop door is installed to keep your chickens safe from predators at night and to make it easy to let the hens out in the morning. When the door is closed it sits behind the board on the bottom to thwart raccoons and other small predators.

Hopefully this will give you a few ideas of your own. 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. However it has to be attached to an existing door that is not heavier than 8lbs and installed at least 1 inch from the top of the coop door. A chicken pop hole door should be 6 12 inches above the level of the chicken coop floor so that the bedding doesn t block the doorway or spill outside.

It s been 4 years now since i built this chicken coop door and it s still going strong. This is slightly more difficult to build than the simple coop but it will allow your chickens more space as well as the option of being outside. The bigger door is for humans to go in and manage the coop and the little door with the slide is for your chicks to go out. Put them together to make the overall design frame first.