"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Caring for chickens can be fun and rewarding, but anyone with a couple of hens knows that it also ...

Expert DIYer April Wilkerson builds a DIY automatic chicken coop door to make caring for chickens easier and more efficient.

My neighbor, who is an excellent carpenter and all-around handyman, designed and built this chicken chateau and greenhouse duplex. Here are instructions to help you build one, too, with photos to ...

How hard could it be to make a chicken coop door that can be configured to open and close automatically using a straightforward interface? That’s the question that [Jeff Sandberg] set out with, after ...

What’s cooler than a door that irises open and closed? Not much. They add a nice science-fictiony detail to any entryway. [Zposner]’s dad wanted an automatic door for his chicken coop, so [zposner] ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Caring for chickens is not exactly hard, but it’s not easy ...

This interesting design is the winner of our contest! The inventive system requires a simple mechanism and a counterweight which are connected to the roost, making the chickens' weight do the work.