How To Make A Simple Chicken Coop Slide Door

Simple automatic chicken coop door.

How to make a simple chicken coop slide 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. 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.

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. The problem with a simple pop door is that you have to lock and unlock it manually in the evening and at daylight. 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. Allow 2 to 3 square feet per chicken for the coop and at least 4 square feet per chicken for the outside run.

There are two doors for this plan. We are doing the finishing touches on our new chicken coop and wanted to share our new pop door build. 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. The cord pulls the door up or lowers it.

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. Put them together to make the overall design frame first. When the door is closed it sits behind the board on the bottom to thwart raccoons and other small predators. 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.