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.

Mark where the shelf tracks lay and draw the outline of your doorway. Long 2x4 vertically to the side of your coop wall with wood screws or corner brackets. Build a cheap movable chicken coop. It is made from heavy duty aluminum that doesn t rust nor break easily from external forces.

The cord pulls the door up or lowers it. If there are none secure one 30 in. 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. 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. Autodoor is one of the most popular chicken coop door builders in amazon. Autodoor automatic chicken coop door. The chicken tractor door frame is finished.

When the door is closed it sits behind the board on the bottom to thwart raccoons and other small predators. There are no nails used in this chicken coop project. To measure your doorway size place your shelf in between the shelf tracks and to the side of your first vertical beam.