Comments on: Auto Coop Door Prototype

By: Jeannette

Jeannette — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:32:16 +0000

Hi !!!!!

Look at what I found.

http://www.discounthomeautomation.com/Add-A-Motor-Chicken-Coop-Motor-AAD20

Is htis a new thing? I Havenot seen it before. Anyone tried it yet?

By: al

al — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:58:35 +0000

Red!!! I LIKE IT !!!I am going to use this on mine. i am going to use one of those stepdown transformers.You must convert AC power to DC.Got to go will let you know how it works out .Thanks for the idea

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:49:30 +0000

FINALLY! I have a large regular sized door on our coop and don’t want to cut a hole in it as you have for your door. I need a door closure, like in commercial buildings, something with the hydrollic piston. I think I can take your basic concept and adapt it to my needs. We just had a fox attack last night which wipped out ALL 60 of our exotic chickens. We also lost all but 1 chicken last fall with 2 different attacks, so these we all new chickens only 3 months old. Very very bad!!! We have fox traps set so I hope to get the #$%&@’s that did this. Thanks for the wonderful invention, I think you should work on it, get the buggs worked out, make several different adaptions for different doors, etc. and then patten it and have McMurry Hatchery sell them for you! I will be your first customer if I haven’t made one by then.

By: jason

jason — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:12:05 +0000

Please would you be able to tell me how much your desgn cost over all and how heavy it was, as i am evaluating your idea for my GCSE project, if that is ok with you. As i am planning to create my own auto coop door. Thanks

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:07:19 +0000

Now that is a new idea, thanks for posting red! Anybody familiar with these motors and how they work? Do they have built in limit switches? How strong are they? How far is the “throw” on them?

By: ~red

~red — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:59:28 +0000

How about using a motorized car antenna to open and close the door. If mounted upside down, the antenna would move a specific distance and then shut off. If one could somehow attach the door to the antenna itself, then the door would both open and close with specific force as well.

Just a thought.

By: cb

cb — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:26:45 +0000

Hi Rob. have you given any thought to using a eletric car door system?+ – pull system. I know GM has been using a cable pulley system and you might find a cheap one at a salvage yard the cables could be run in the tracks and everything hidden and still incorporate a timer to open and close. the window would be encased in a frame and predators could only push on the door with out much success at gaining entry.basically it would have a picture frame on the outside with the door disappearing into the siding above the door, also a manual switch could be used to operate the door.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:45:34 +0000

It is all outside of the coop and under the roof. It is currently all out in the open so I can test and tweak it. Eventually I’ll put the bits in enclose housings which will keep it safe from the elements.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:40:13 +0000

Is all this gadgetry on the inside or outside of the coop? If inside, don’t the hens peck it or hit it with their wings? If outside, how is it weather-proofed?

By: Markie

Markie — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:01:56 +0000

Genius!