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I bought the "Free Range/Predator Resistant Chicken Special" last year. We have heavy, heavy, HEAVY pressure from coyotes and our place is pretty much a chicken buffet to them. We have a secure coop with an auto door but they were getting picked...
This is the giant 5' X 5' window that allows the door to face inside and still see enough light to operate. You can see the Ador1 opening through the window.
This is the Ador1 mounted underneath our nest boxes (from Kuhl, which I also recommend). The door slides up behind them.
Here she...
This is an old thread but just in case anyone is still looking I would highly recommend the Ador1. It was crazy easy to install and has worked flawlessly.
I also have the Ador1 and I love it. It could not have been any easier to install (cut opening, screw door over opening, install battery). I even have mine installed to face the interior of the coop (lots of windows allow this) and it works great. The other auto doors on the market do not...
I am currently brooding my first batch of quail. I bought 30 day old Coturnix from a local hobby breeder on Thursday and since then they have been dropping like flies. 2 died Saturday, 2 Sunday, 2 today and 1 more sick as we speak. They seem to get weak very quickly and then they are either...
Is there a way to "un"coop train my guineas. Right now I have 7 chickens (including 2 roosters) and 3 guineas. I am getting A LOT more chickens this spring and I would like to get about 10 more guineas BUT my guineas harass my chickens too much. I tried to train my guineas to roost in the...
I put my guineas(7) outside in grow out pen at 6 weeks. They immediately squeezed through the fence. I put them in a smaller pen inside the grow out pen for two more weeks until they were too big to fit through the fence. I let them out hoping they would stay in the grow out pen for the...