When the door is closed it sits behind the board on the bottom to thwart raccoons and other small predators.
Sliding chicken pop door.
This refers to the size of the pop door.
The cord pulls the door up or lowers it.
Measures approximately 40 1 2 inches tall x 13 7 8 inches wide x 3 7 8 inches deep.
Using the provided screws connect the door opener to your chicken coop link the door opener cord to your chicken coop and you are done.
Some units come in one standard size 12 x 15.
Larger birds may not be able to squeeze through smaller holes.
Automatic chicken coop door opener with timer included auto vertical sliding pop door for poultry.
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.
Ideally it should also have a small lip in front of the positive stop to prevent predators from sliding open the coop door.
A chicken activated coop door you can also make a diy automatic chicken coop door and instead of using electricity or batteries use the chickens themselves.
This is ideal for most breeds.
A chicken pop hole door should be 6 12 inches above the level of the chicken coop floor so that the bedding doesn t block the doorway or spill outside.
The height of the chicken coop door from the ground outside doesn t matter as long as chickens have a ramp to access doors that are 18 24 inches high.
What size door do you need.