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Quote: I know you'll be happy with your automatic door, I can do without mine now. I went up to the farm yesterday to help my son to sting 700 feet of barbwire on the east fence, didn't get back to town until after dark but the chickens were in and the door was closed.

The drapery motor is 12vdc you don't have to have electricity to run it you can use a small 12v battery like a lawnmower are motorcycle battery. Use a solar cell to keep it charged.

My door goes down a 1.5" below the bottom of the opening and the aluminum is smooth on the outside, guess I could spray some wd-40 on it to make it harder for them.

Quote: From stopping a coon from opening the door you can install a small solenoid in the door slide it would activate to open the door and deactivate when the door closed locking the door when the power went off, I found this one on eBay for $3.00...

Quote: The chicken coop is in my backyard in town, I've never seen a coon in the area a couple of possums a few years back, but if a coon did get in it would have a hard time getting in the coop while fighting off my dog she is a good watchdog she on patrol all night there's not much that gets...

Quote: This coop is in my backyard at the house in town I've also have a blue heeler watchdog she is very protective of the chickens, at the farm it would be a different story we have all kinds of wildlife you would have to protect your chickens better there.

Quote: I also have a Manual operated door on the outside just in case something goes wrong, but my coop is too far from the house to operate.

Quote: You're right, you would not need a weight with the umbrella motor, I liked that better than the drapery motor,I wished I had found it first, but I am happy with this system. The good part is not having to go out in the rain and when you are a way from home to close the chickens up in...

Quote: I bought the drapery motor on Ebay and the timer at Home Depot. http://cgi.ebay.com/Add-a-Motor-Drapery-and-Blind-Controller-800DR-NEW_W0QQitemZ390087011740QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad2ff6d9c

Quote: The side pieces are aluminum channal I bought them at Home Depot I think I payed $8.00 for a 36" long piece.

Quote: Yes that is a drapery motor, I payed 86.95 on Ebay.

Quote: As a matter of fact I had a chicken sitting in the door when I was testing it, it makes some noise and moves slow the chicken was long gone before the door closed and the door is aluminum and very light.

I installed a new automatic chicken door on the coop yesterday, I use the light timer to open and close it. The chickens go in about 6:45 PM so the timer is set to close at 7:00 PM and open at 6:45 AM. Now that winter is coming on it will be nice not to have to go out and close and open the...