Sunday, November 3, 2013

Luxury

And for once, it is not a chicken luxury.  It's a luxury for the Papa and Mama Hen.  On the advice of chicken owning friends, we purchased an automatic chicken door that will open in the morning to let the birds out and close in evening after the birds have gone to bed.  Papa Hen installed it last week and for us it was instant luxury.
It doesn't look fancy at all, and that's where it is deceiving.  Because it is, in fact, fancy.  Using a simple magnet, we set the door to open in the morning when it is time for the chickens to descend from the roost and go about their day doing chicken things.  We use the same magnet to set the door to close at night.  Are you wondering about a wander-risk chicken like Bill who might not get into the coop and get locked out?  Well, worry no more!  After being closed for 10 minutes, the door automatically opens to allow the wander-risk chickens to get inside.  Then the door closes again for the night.  And simple as that, Papa and Mama Hen have less chores to do.  Pure luxury!

The device is powered by a battery that is powered by a solar panel.  Clever, huh! 


1 comment:

Unknown said...

I love it!! Ned Kelly needs one so he can change his mind about going outside when it's too cold :)