Chickens learning to use a regular dog door?
The ground got a good soaking
last night, which prompted us to clear the weeds from one of the
chicken pastures so we can spread out some seeds and take advantage of
this recent wet cycle.
We then shored up chicken
coop number one by closing off some of the holes. Once we get it
secured the plan is to move the new
automatic chicken coop door opener over to this coop which will make that vulnerable sleeping time a little bit safer.
Maybe an alternative to an automatic
chicken coop door opener
is a simple dog door with a locking solenoid? A timer could control
when it's time to lock up at night, and maybe an electromagnet could be
used to crack the door open in the morning to encourage the flock that
it's time to push through. I guess the question is can a chicken learn
to open a pet door all by themselves?
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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