How To Build A Horizonal Sliding Door For Chicken Coop

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How to build a horizonal sliding door for chicken coop.

It serves its purpose but we recently had to replace the people size door and there s a leak in the roof that needs to be fixed. Chicken coop sliding door the shed that houses my chickens is quite old. You can choose the standard large or horizontal automatic chicken coop door to fit your coop. If i replaced the existing door with a sliding door that problem would be solved.

They definitely know when to come in at night and come out early in the morning to go on about their pecking and bug hunting. It was also time to replace the pop door that the chickens use to move from the coop to the run. It s been 4 years now since i built this chicken coop door and it s still going strong. Simple automatic chicken coop door.

The old hinged door opened up to the inside. We have found issues with different kinds of doors shavings dirt and dust ge. Even with a foot of straw bedding on the floor it s still easy to slide the door and if the ducks are bedded down by the door it disturbs them far less than a swinging door would. Making a diy automatic chicken coop door especially if you work makes taking care of your hens so much easier.

Greg walks us from start to finish through building a sliding chicken door. We know that chickens are animals that love routine. Far easier to just slide a door along the wall than pull it open.