Making A Sliding Chicken Coop Door

The mobile hen house door frame is made with the same boards as the structure.

Making a sliding chicken coop door.

Place where the sliding door of the chicken tractor is inserted. Screw in two hinges per door one about four inches from the top of the door and the other about four inches from the bottom. 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. As it shifts to a lighter weight the door closes.

Note that you may need a third hinge directly in the middle depending on how tall your chicken coop is. You can also make a diy automatic chicken coop door and instead of using electricity or batteries use the chickens themselves. 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 chicken tractor door frame is finished.

The ones i ve seen on youtube are brilliant and. 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. Build a cheap movable chicken coop.

I ve designed what i believe to be a more simple method of creating a self locking chicken coop sliding door.