Question of the Day - Tuesday, June 17th, 2025

[casportpony]

Today's question is from @Lacy Duckwing:

Have you ever been locked in a coop (on purpose or accidental)?

Yes! I have one coop that cannot be opened from the inside, and every now and then, I get locked in. To get out, I have to find a long feather, bend it in half, then stick the bend through the wire and open the latch. Guess I should fix that.
It's one of these:

 

[nuthatched]

I've accidentally locked the cat in the coop and I've been locked out of the house after shutting the chickens up at night.

 

[R2elk]

That's a big negative here. My coop doors have regular passage style door knobs without the ability to be locked.

My truck on the other hand, I have twice locked myself out of with the key in the ignition.

I now carry a spare key in my other pocket.

 

[muddy75]

Today's question is from @Lacy Duckwing:

Yes! I have one coop that cannot be opened from the inside, and every now and then, I get locked in. To get out, I have to find a long feather, bend it in half, then stick the bend through the wire and open the latch. Guess I should fix that.
It's one of these:

Yes….same latch gets me sometimes too

 

[sourland]

Yes - hook and eye between coop sections self locked.

 

[500Chickens]

No

 

[tripletfeb]

Yes but only when the wire broke that releases the latch from the inside. Since I fixed it, no issues

 

[tripletfeb]

Today's question is from @Lacy Duckwing:

Yes! I have one coop that cannot be opened from the inside, and every now and then, I get locked in. To get out, I have to find a long feather, bend it in half, then stick the bend through the wire and open the latch. Guess I should fix that.
It's one of these:

That's the exact latch setup we have. Complete with carabiner clip

 

[notabitail]

Not that I remember. I've locked siblings in by accident though.

 

[azurbanclucker]

no