I got a SolarCluck horizonal opening chicken door from Amazon, works great! It takes a while to program it because there is about a dozen configurations so you just have to experiment with it. It even has remote control so you can open/close without going out to the coop and it is solar powered...
We've lost two to dogs, two to 'coons and one to an american eagle, maybe, it just vanished, no feathers, no prints but we still have 12 brown egg layers.
Hi 'al
I just found this forum so thought I wound drop in.
We've got 12 brown egg layers "free ranging" in our garden, 20 x 30 fenced in to keep out the deer, rabbits, fox etc. with a 8 x 12 foot coop. they seem pretty content but are only laying 0 to 5, usually 3, eggs a day so they may go into...
