Making A Sliding Chicken Coop Door

Build a cheap movable chicken coop.

Making a sliding chicken coop door.

The chicken tractor door frame is finished. As it shifts to a lighter weight the door closes. You can also make a diy automatic chicken coop door and instead of using electricity or batteries use the chickens themselves. When the door is closed it sits behind the board on the bottom to thwart raccoons and other small predators.

There are no nails used in this chicken coop project. 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. The mobile hen house door frame is made with the same boards as the structure. 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 ones i ve seen on youtube are brilliant and. Note that you may need a third hinge directly in the middle depending on how tall your chicken coop is. 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. Place where the sliding door of the chicken tractor is inserted.

The cord pulls the door up or lowers it.