Sliding Chicken Pop Door

A chicken activated coop door you can also make a diy automatic chicken coop door and instead of using electricity or batteries use the chickens themselves.

Sliding chicken pop door.

The cord pulls the door up or lowers it. 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. 4 6 out of 5 stars 50 ratings. The door slides along a channel made by screwing a 1x4 on each side of the door then attaching another piece of 1x4 that s offset one inch from the first piece.

Measures approximately 40 1 2 inches tall x 13 7 8 inches wide x 3 7 8 inches deep. When the door is closed it sits behind the board on the bottom to thwart raccoons and other small predators. 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. Larger birds may not be able to squeeze through smaller holes.

Using the provided screws connect the door opener to your chicken coop link the door opener cord to your chicken coop and you are done. Some units come in one standard size 12 x 15. Ideally it should also have a small lip in front of the positive stop to prevent predators from sliding open the coop door. What size door do you need.

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