Making A Sliding Chicken Coop Door

If there is a vertical support beam already in the coop this would be an ideal place.

Making a sliding chicken coop door.

It was also time to replace the pop door that the chickens use to move from the coop to the run. 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. Long 2x4 vertically to the side of your coop wall with wood screws or corner brackets. Chicken coop sliding door the shed that houses my chickens is quite old.

The old hinged door opened up to the inside. You can also make a diy automatic chicken coop door and instead of using electricity or batteries use the chickens themselves. I have had to replace the battery a couple of times but this build has really worked well in this instructable i ll be showing how to make an easy automat. Find the area inside your coop that you would like your door to be.

It s been 4 years now since i built this chicken coop door and it s still going strong. If there are none secure one 30 in.