Sliding Chicken Pop Door

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.

Sliding chicken pop door. Automatic chicken coop door opener with timer included auto vertical sliding pop door for poultry. 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. The cord pulls the door up or lowers it.

This refers to the size of the pop door. Measures approximately 40 1 2 inches tall x 13 7 8 inches wide x 3 7 8 inches deep. 189 95 free shipping. 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.

4 6 out of 5 stars 50 ratings. 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. Some units come in one standard size 12 x 15. 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.

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