Sliding Chicken Pop Door

Larger birds may not be able to squeeze through smaller holes.

Sliding chicken pop door.

Automatic chicken coop door opener with timer included auto vertical sliding pop door for poultry. 4 6 out of 5 stars 50 ratings. The idea is to use the combined weight of the chickens as they climb onto the roosting bar to sleep at night to pull the cables and pulleys and pop the door open. 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.

What size door do you need. When the door is closed it sits behind the board on the bottom to thwart raccoons and other small predators. 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. 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.

The cord pulls the door up or lowers it. This is ideal for most breeds. Some units come in one standard size 12 x 15. 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.

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. This refers to the size of the pop door.