Posts by PeterW

Yes, I built my own automatic door based on a reference design by C.Fabien.  You can find pictures and a video of my door here: http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5580098#p5580098.  It cost less than €30...

I also built an auto door based on C.Fabiens design.  From an earlier thread (http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=384109&p=3)...Pop Door.  As previously mentioned, I built an automatic door based the...

@Resolute:  I dread to think what the total overall cost is but here goes...The initial lot of timber (4 sheets OSB, all the 2x3, 7x1, 5x2 etc) came to somewhere around €300.  Then there was probably another €100 on top of that...

I made a video of my coop door in operation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpaKISz672gAt the moment it opens at 8am and closes at 6pm.  That'll need frequent adjustment as the evenings get longer...we had 2 chickens locked out a...

3 months on. Thankfully it hasn't taken me that long to finish the coop, although it has become one of those never ending projects where I keep thinking of things to change or add.  The chickens have been in the coop since mid...

So it's nearly 6 weeks since I last posted an update.  The coop project got put on hold for a while as we decided to take advantage of some good weather to paint the house.Anyway, finally the chickens have moved into their new...

Thanks!  That's one of our 6 cats who I think have all been sleeping in the coop all this week.  They won't be too impressed being evicted when it's time for the chickens to move in.

Another week gone. Most of the siding is now up and my wife is taking advantage of the good weather to start painting.  Progress on the front wall was SLOW because I hadn't really figured out how to build in the nest box and do the...

An update on my progress:I settled on a minor variation of the 8x6, walk-in design I posted above.  I realised I'd have to go into the run to open & close the 2 small windows on the end wall so I swapped them with the large...

I bookmarked the below thread for future reference (when I finally get to installing the roosts).  Very useful.http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=72208