How To Make A Simple Chicken Coop Slide Door

We are doing the finishing touches on our new chicken coop and wanted to share our new pop door build.

How to make a simple chicken coop slide door.

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. Hopefully this will give you a few ideas of your own. 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. It s been 4 years now since i built this chicken coop door and it s still going strong.

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. There are two doors for this plan. Allow 2 to 3 square feet per chicken for the coop and at least 4 square feet per chicken for the outside run. 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.

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. The problem with a simple pop door is that you have to lock and unlock it manually in the evening and at daylight. Simple automatic chicken coop door. Put them together to make the overall design frame first.

The cord pulls the door up or lowers it. If you want to make this chicken coop then you can use the leftover or custom wooden planks and beams. 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. 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.