Make A Sliding Door For Your Chicken Coop

The mobile hen house door frame is made with the same boards as the structure.

Make a sliding door for your chicken coop.

If there are none secure one 30 in. There are no nails used in this chicken coop project. The door slides along a channel made by screwing a 1x4 on each side of the door then attaching another piece of 1x4 that s offset one inch from the first piece. Autodoor automatic chicken coop door.

Place where the sliding door of the chicken tractor is inserted. Long 2x4 vertically to the side of your coop wall with wood screws or corner brackets. The size is very comfortable for your chickens to go in and out with a 1 foot tall and 10 5 inch wide opening. Build a cheap movable chicken coop.

The cord pulls the door up or lowers it. When the door is closed it sits behind the board on the bottom to thwart raccoons and other small predators. We have found issues with different kinds of doors shavings dirt and dust ge. Greg walks us from start to finish through building a sliding chicken door.

Bolts are also used for the assembly of the door parts. It is made from heavy duty aluminum that doesn t rust nor break easily from external forces. The chicken tractor door frame is finished.