Archive - Feb 10, 2006
Ultimate Chicken House - Phase I - light sensitive automatic door
Submitted by matt on Fri, 10/02/2006 - 17:43
A little while after we got the chickens, the evenings were starting to draw in and we realised we'd soon be back from work in the dark. We were keen to allow the chickens a free range in the garden as they don't like being 'in the cage' all day. A technological solution was required...
Surely there would be plans for a project like this on make? Unfortunately not. If time had allowed it would have been great to build a system from scratch but the evenings were drawing in too fast. We therefore opted for a commerical model from the rather limited range available. Phase I of the ultimate chicken house is a simple description of the installation of the light sensitive automatic door and a review of its operation.