How do you keep your pop door from freezing?

[rittert3]

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Very good idea for coop design in areas that freeze.

 

[aggie9296]

Live. In. Florida.

Or what they all said.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Yes my pop door freezes when it gets down to around 15 degrees. Fortunately I don't have to deal with that too many days per year. Sometimes all I have to do is pour hot water over it but that usually doesn't work. Then I take the wooden one out in the middle of the day, and put a piece of plexiglass in there, which isn't very predator safe due to its flexibility.

But the plexiglass works until the temperatures come back up.

 

[gale65]

We are using a plastic cutting board for our pop door. It seems very sturdy and strong so I hope it is.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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OOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhh

Thank you for posting this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I may just do this instead of the acrylic plexiglass.

 

[Ole rooster]

Just build you a improvised shed roof over the door. So long as nothing can get in the slides it can't freeze. But it could get damp and swell. Your overhang is to high to do the door much good with just a tad of wind. But then again as lite as snow is and the way it can swirl around in a blow I would look to keep the door and slide clean.

 

[Hawkeye95]

I bought a piece of plexi that will have the tracks on the INside of the coop. But I'm still going to use a string to lift it from the outside. Going to have the string come out from under the eaves up high and have a long tail that I can reach. I think if you switched your track to the inside, you'd be fine.