How To Build A Horizontal Sliding Door For Chicken Coop

The kit is light but strong enough to act as replacement for your chicken coop that has horizontal sliding heavy doors.

How to build a horizontal sliding door for chicken coop.

Even with a foot of straw bedding on the floor it s still easy to slide the door and if the ducks are bedded down by the door it disturbs them far less than a swinging door would. If i replaced the existing door with a sliding door that problem would be solved. Chicken coop sliding door the shed that houses my chickens is quite old. It serves its purpose but we recently had to replace the people size door and there s a leak in the roof that needs to be fixed.

Click on the image for dimensions and price. 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. It s been 4 years now since i built this chicken coop door and it s still going strong.

You can also purchase parts and priority shipping below. Far easier to just slide a door along the wall than pull it open. Fixing is very easy and can suit nearly all coops to get you up and running in just a few minutes. We know that chickens are animals that love routine.

We have found issues with different kinds of doors shavings dirt and dust ge. The old hinged door opened up to the inside. You can choose the standard large or horizontal automatic chicken coop door to fit your coop. 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.

Greg walks us from start to finish through building a sliding chicken door. To ensure resistance against corrosion the runners and the door are manufactured using the best quality aluminum. Standard door door size 9 x 13 mounting area 12 x 32 179 00. They definitely know when to come in at night and come out early in the morning to go on about their pecking and bug hunting.