The new door seems to be working just fine. I am keeping a close eye on it. I do think it's a good product, and I'm glad the problem seems to be resolved.
Yes, this happened to me, too:
The stuttering on the way down was the first thing that happened, then the door began to have trouble moving up. There were a couple of mornings when it didn't open. I emailed Rod back and forth several times to work out what the problem was, but ultimately...
Yes, I think so! Have been following the threads on the blackjack. I plan to cover the floor with pine shavings and use the deep litter method. The only thing I am a *little* concerned about it the heat-- there is plenty of ventilation up at the ceiling level but the floor is sealed and...
Here are pictures of our little special-needs chicken. Still haven't come up with a good name for her. At 3 weeks (first picture) she was 85 grams. Now at 7 weeks (2nd picture) she is 318 grams. We have been giving her watered-down starter feed (the other 6 chicks love it too!) and the...
I put BlackJack 57 down on the coop floor. I bought a 5 gallon bucket at Lowes. I painted two roosting boxes (about 4' x 1' x 1' each), a 1' x 8' plywood board, 4 nesting box dividers, a 6' chicken ladder, and the inside of the coop with some coverage of the walls (4' x 8' floor). After I was...
I contacted Rod about the door stuttering on the decent and got a fast response:
I have seen exactly what you mentioned on many units. Some do it and some don't. Since, to my knowledge, it has not caused a functional problem, I've never determined the cause. It seems like I determined it was...
Hi there everybody! My husband and I are new to chicken keeping, and are excited to move our 6-week old chickens out to our coop when it is finished next week. We have 7 of them, and the coop is nearly ready. Coop is 4' x 8', raised up 2.5 feet. There is an attached run on the East side of...
We have a scissor beak chicken and she is the friendliest one; culling her is not an option but I am wondering what else we can do for her. She is about 6 weeks old now. Her lower beak is the one that is crooked-- it juts out to the left at a 45 degree angle. The upper beak is straight but...
I am new to chicken keeping and feel compelled to do a ton of research prior to making a purchase. We got the Ador and it is awesome-- super easy to install and dependable. The only thing that is a little unexpected is that when the door goes down it seems to stutter a little in the middle of...