Pop Door

[CKfarm22]

Im wondering if anyone leaves their pop door open all the time, even at night. Our run is secure with only one door into it and a lock.

 

[RojoMarz]

Nope. We have an auto pop door, so it opens and shuts automatically.

 

[perkolator]

By "pop door" are you referring to a door between a coop and the secure run? Or is this a door that lets them free-range outside of the run? If the run is secure, I see no problem leaving it open - my setup doesn't even have a door there. If this is a door that leads to the outer perimeter for free-ranging, no way I'd leave that open at night, that's just inviting disaster. My inlaws stopped having chickens because the one time they didn't close the door, something wiped out a flock of 25 overnight.

 

[Boise-girls]

I leave mine open into their secure pen. It's not an automatic door, so this saves me having to rush out in the morning to let them out of the coop.
Will probably shut it in cold weather, once I have a coop large enough that they won't kill each other if they wake up before I do!

 

[Sally PB]

I close my pop door every night. I have faith in the security of my run, but I have more faith in the security of my coop.

Yes, I have to get up to let them out. It gets my day started. And I can always go back to bed...

 

[Swbertrand1]

I close my pop door every night. I have faith in the security of my run, but I have more faith in the security of my coop.

+1 on this. We have automatic doors so that we don't have to run out in the morning or close them up at night, but we still make sure they're closed at night...

 

[CKfarm22]

By "pop door" are you referring to a door between a coop and the secure run? Or is this a door that lets them free-range outside of the run? If the run is secure, I see no problem leaving it open - my setup doesn't even have a door there. If this is a door that leads to the outer perimeter for free-ranging, no way I'd leave that open at night, that's just inviting disaster. My inlaws stopped having chickens because the one time they didn't close the door, something wiped out a flock of 25 overnight.

The door between the coop and the run!

 

[Sally PB]

We have automatic doors so that we don't have to run out in the morning or close them up at night, but we still make sure they're closed at night

I thought about getting an automatic door, but knew I'd absolutely *have* to make sure it closed at night. So what's the point? I just saved myself a couple hundred bucks.

Plus, unless it's super cold (like 10 degrees), I leave the people door open for extra ventilation during the day.

But there are days when my bed is warm, and it's pouring rain that I wish I didn't have to get up to let the birds out...

 

[CKfarm22]

I thought about getting an automatic door, but knew I'd absolutely *have* to make sure it closed at night. So what's the point? I just saved myself a couple hundred bucks.

Plus, unless it's super cold (like 10 degrees), I leave the people door open for extra ventilation during the day.

But there are days when my bed is warm, and it's pouring rain that I wish I didn't have to get up to let the birds out...

I feel that, right now my boyfriends mom lets them out in the morning around like 9 or 10 because they are at his house and i’m not sure if that’s early enough or not

 

[Swbertrand1]

I thought about getting an automatic door, but knew I'd absolutely *have* to make sure it closed at night. So what's the point? I just saved myself a couple hundred bucks.

Plus, unless it's super cold (like 10 degrees), I leave the people door open for extra ventilation during the day.

But there are days when my bed is warm, and it's pouring rain that I wish I didn't have to get up to let the birds out...

What's the point? As stated, we don't have to go close the door. It closes itself, i.e. "automatic".....

The doors also open automatically. I really don't understand your comments.........