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.

How to make a simple chicken coop slide door.

Allow 2 to 3 square feet per chicken for the coop and at least 4 square feet per chicken for the outside run. When the door is closed it sits behind the board on the bottom to thwart raccoons and other small predators. 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. It s been 4 years now since i built this chicken coop door and it s still going strong.

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. 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. 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.

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

Simple automatic chicken coop door. 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. The cord pulls the door up or lowers it.