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I've only raked it out once since building it two years ago. In fact, just this past week was the first time. There is a hickory tree near the chicken house, and so hickory nuts and a few twigs had accumulated in the pen over the past couple of years. I added a little bit of sand after raking and that's all the work I've had to do to the pen since it was built.
Yes the shingled door/hatch on the pen is hinged, and it does open. I shingled it so that it would hold up to the elements and last longer. Looks better too, in my opinion.