Making A Sliding Chicken Coop Door

There are no nails used in this chicken coop project.

Making a sliding chicken coop door.

When the door is closed it sits behind the board on the bottom to thwart raccoons and other small predators. I ve designed what i believe to be a more simple method of creating a self locking chicken coop sliding door. 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 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.

Bolts are also used for the assembly of the door parts. Build a cheap movable chicken coop. The mobile hen house door frame is made with the same boards as the structure. You can also make a diy automatic chicken coop door and instead of using electricity or batteries use the chickens themselves.

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 chicken tractor door frame is finished. The ones i ve seen on youtube are brilliant and. As it shifts to a lighter weight the door closes.

The cord pulls the door up or lowers it.