As promised, here is the description of my auto chicken coup door opener.
I'm not going into detail about mechanical aspect of it because there are plenty suggestions and ideas how to accomplish it. Instead I'm going to explain the electrical components part. Components used, Car power antenna...
As title said I'm not new to raising chickens and other feathered creatures. I'm retired and right now in process of converting my pigeon loft (where breeders were housed) to chicken coup. Other loft was sold along with my racing team in 2007, so I was without any birds for a while. I'm planning...