Which auto door is better?

[Mac in Wisco]

I prefer the one where I yell to my son "Cal, go let the birds out!" "Cal, go put the birds up!"

 

[spartacus_63]

Quote:
Cal must not be a teenager...

 

[mxmarg]

I'm a newbie and am bumping this to the head of the list in case anyone else has any other comments to add! Thank you!!! I need all the help I can get!!!

 

[DVTO2]

I have had good luck with the Foy's door for about two years. That being said, I wish I had saved the money for the door, and the rest of the coop I built, and and just used the simpler design I came up with last year for my ducks, which is just a frame that is covered with welded wire, including the roof, with tarps on the roof and about half the walls so the birds can roost out of the wind. I threw some new hens in there last fall and they did fine over the winter. It's a lot simpler to build and maintain. Unless you are free ranging the birds and need the coop for nighttime, I would just build a combined coop/run. Now maybe my hens would have not done that well if the winter was colder, as ours was pretty mild this winter. You can see pictures on this thread:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/618549/new-coop-er-sort-of#post_8230391