ADOR1 automatic chicken door, 1 year later - loving it

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I'm gonna go with the Ador1. Rod was very helpful talking with me this morning on the phone about my options. I'm going to experiment with vertical (shortening the travel) or horizontal and having it poke up past the back edge of the coop.
 

Got it installed. Went sideways at the last minute due to size restrictions vertically. The battery rests away from the circuit board so I don't see that as an issue.

However, I needed to physically and quite aggressively shoo the chickens away from the door sil today. It's their first day out there, but they were resting in the path of decapitation at 8:30 PM right when it gets dark. I manually closed it and shoved them out of the way. Maybe they'll learn that way i don't know
 
We have an ador door also. I love it. We needed it to come on a time schedule not sun rise so we setup the sensor in a plastic box with a cover and put it on a timer works like a charm. Customer service is great. Rod is a pleasure to speak to.
 
mendozer said:

Got it installed. Went sideways at the last minute due to size restrictions vertically. The battery rests away from the circuit board so I don't see that as an issue.

However, I needed to physically and quite aggressively shoo the chickens away from the door sil today. It's their first day out there, but they were resting in the path of decapitation at 8:30 PM right when it gets dark. I manually closed it and shoved them out of the way. Maybe they'll learn that way i don't know
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I sure hope you can train them! That boxed in opening is a great idea to keep rain out. I wonder if they like it so much, they want to hang out there, near the fading light? Do you have a window or two in your coop to add some natural light, to encourage them to go in?
 
So far I've had to leave it in manual mode at night and physically take them out of the door sill and close it. They aren't using their roosting poles in the coop yet
 
mendozer said:
So far I've had to leave it in manual mode at night and physically take them out of the door sill and close it. They aren't using their roosting poles in the coop yet
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I wonder if it would work to put them on the roost every night before the door closes as sort of a training exercise?
And block the door exit from the inside?

They might catch on to this after a few days?
 
today is the first day they weren't in the sill. what I did was jog the door closed a bit like halfway to discourage them from resting there. I'll wait to see if they do it automatically now with a full width door before I commit to making it automatic.
 

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