Automatic chicken coop door opener

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Automatic chicken coop door opener
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Australian maker Mark Stead recently got some chickens and found out the hard way that they’re early risers. In order to accommodate his new avian friends sleeping habits (and reduce the impact to his) he decided to build an automatic door opener using an inexpensive battery operated alarm clock. [Thanks, Frank!]

6 thoughts on “Automatic chicken coop door opener

  1. George Rodriguez says:

    Interesting, I was thinking of making a cheap auto door opener as the prices of prebuilt chicken coop doors are increasing too much !

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  2. chicken coops says:

    The screw system to stop the clock as the door opens is a clever one .

    chicken coops

  3. Jake Blaine says:

    This idea is amazingly nice one and adds more detailed facts, many thanks for spending your opinions and effort.

    Chicken Health

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