The chicken you rear now has more luxuries than you can imagine. Learn more about our process hereĭid you know that the cage systems of keeping chicken were first in California before other states? Do you find opening the chicken coop door every morning and closing it at night cumbersome? Well, you do not need to look any further automatic chicken doors are here to make work easier for you and life enjoyable for your brood. We may earn a commission through products purchased using links on this page. I will post with any issues i may have at a latter is reader-supported. To open manually, you have to unplug and replug the unit. May have to reprogram the unit to the wifi. Somewhat lighter material than I expected. Can be operated by remote, phone, or by voice through GH. The old pullet shut would swing the door open which was an issue if there was any drifting snow. Moves slow enough so as not to act as a guillotine. Works with existing solar and battery with a provided pig tail to splice with. So now we can have the door open by asking google to do it. Again, though unadvertised, it was compatible. I noted the app wasn't the same brand name so took a guess and searched if it was compatible with our google home devices. This works at a distance allowing us to open or close the door from the house. Also I had not expected there to be a pocket remote. No need to run electric to the hen house since we will be moving it later. Just for giggles, I attempted to attached the battery and solar panel I had remaining from the old door closer, and by golly it worked. I hope I don't have to do this each time the electric goes off. I then unplugged it and took the mounted door to the coop and attached it. I downloaded the app for the phone and set it up on the wifi. Found I had the door in backward causing the hinge to catch on the plywood. I ran it through its paces, opened, closed, repeat. The instructions were lacking a bit, and English must have been a second language, but over all, it went together smoothly. It took about 15 minutes to mount the hardware. I grabbed a 1/4 sheet of treated plywood and cut the recommended size door. Those would be easy to replace if I decide to do that. The door guides also seemed a bit flimsy. The gauge of metal used for the door seemed a bit light, but I guess it will work. The door panel was hinged in the middle and folded in half. ![]() I quickly opened the package to ensure it had a door included. The package I received was much smaller than I expected. We plan on relocating the coop to a different area in mid-summer. Our coop is about 170 feet from the back door and we like letting the 45 girls forage the back yard throughout the day while we are home. For comparison, we used a pullet shut door for 4 years. I recently installed the JVR Chicken Coop Door Opener. Thanks for stoping by and happy homesteading! ![]() Zone Maps of Asia provided by /u/encogneeto.No shaming to vegans or for animal processing.This will help keep things organized among other things. Please try and use reddit tags like, ,, , or homestead specific like, ,, etc. ![]()
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