Great info. Thank you. How would the door stay closed at night to separate the roost from the lay bin area. Or in other words, why do the automatic door when you have to be there to slide the nest area.? Or what am I missing…
Great questions! I only have the automatic door attached to the entry way of the coop. I do not close the nesting door. I always keep it open, because depending on the season their egg laying times change. I have seen this happen with my girls and I don’t want eggs in the run:) Before they were egg laying I did indeed keep the nesting door shut to prevent them from sleeping in the nesting box, but once they started laying it stayed open. No poop in the nesting boxes. It stays rather clean.
Thanks for the video. How is the sensor or the outcome for when the door is closing but then something is in the way, like a hen sitting at the entrance? Does the door easily stop and fully open? Or does it keep pushing the chicken therefore can harm it?
Very good question. I totally understand your concern. The door will gently touch the chicken and then bounce back open. I have never seen it squish my girls. I have been out there a few times to witness this firsthand. My chicken was in the doorway and it bounced back probably 5-6 times until my chicken walked in and then eventually the door shut. My chickens never seemed to be bothered by the door at all. Based on what I have seen, I have no concerns about the door hurting my chickens that is for sure. I have never thought about what would happen if they just stay in the doorway though. This is something I now want to test out! I may try to do a video on this in the near future:). You are not the only person with these concerns! I totally get it:). Thank you so much for your comment.
I bought the cube with the extension and I have two chickens a white leg horn and a golden buff,,, we have the wheel kit and the front handles we really like it we move it about every two or three days we live way up here in the Ohio Valley and when there’s snow and ice on the ground we get some doozies for snow storms up here sometimes we’re not going to be able to move it do you think that will be OK for short periods of time leaving it in one spot and would I have to shake some kind of straw or hay in there or anything like that and then rake it out once in a while how does that work??? sorry for so many questions but this is going to be our first winter with the chickens we just got our chickens I think the last part of June or first part of July this year here.
I am certainly not an expert, but I can try to help. First off, I think that is great you move your eglu so often! I move mine approx every 2 weeks so you are way ahead of me:) Two weeks is about the time it takes to demolish an area😂with that being said, you certainly don’t have to move your coop. Many people don’t move it at all. You can always add scratch (towards the end of the day), straw to keep them intrigued, or give them a toy or two. I recently purchased this chicken toy that is round and has holes on either end. I will be darned, they kick it with their foot and nudge it with their beak to get the food out! There is plenty you can do to keep them busy! I definitely don’t have to deal with snow done here, so I am unfamiliar with that! I know Omlet has accessories for the Eglu to help with insulation and whatnot. Keep those questions coming. I enjoy the conversation🐓🐓🐓that is how we learn!
I think you are referring to that white container? That is my watering system and has worked great so far! I have a video on how we made this❤️🐓we got a container for tractor supply, drilled holes, and added cups. Holds 3 weeks of water, even in the Florida heat!
I use the Blink. I think it does a good job. I can log in anytime and the picture quality is pretty good. I have been happy with it so far. Thank you for watching!
I actually built an extension and showed how I did it on one of my videos;) so far that extra space has worked well. They seem to really like the extension, because they are out there often! Thank you for your comment❤️
That is a valid point. So far this has not happened. I am not aware of a manual way to open the automatic door per say, but you can open and/or close it by holding the OK button down on the control pad. In the manual it says if the motor fails or there is some other issue, you can move the door freely by releasing the rack. It is on page 95 in the online manual:) so according to this there is a way, but it looks like you have to unscrew a couple of screws.
Great info. Thank you. How would the door stay closed at night to separate the roost from the lay bin area. Or in other words, why do the automatic door when you have to be there to slide the nest area.? Or what am I missing…
Great questions! I only have the automatic door attached to the entry way of the coop. I do not close the nesting door. I always keep it open, because depending on the season their egg laying times change. I have seen this happen with my girls and I don’t want eggs in the run:) Before they were egg laying I did indeed keep the nesting door shut to prevent them from sleeping in the nesting box, but once they started laying it stayed open. No poop in the nesting boxes. It stays rather clean.
Thanks for the video. How is the sensor or the outcome for when the door is closing but then something is in the way, like a hen sitting at the entrance? Does the door easily stop and fully open? Or does it keep pushing the chicken therefore can harm it?
Very good question. I totally understand your concern. The door will gently touch the chicken and then bounce back open. I have never seen it squish my girls. I have been out there a few times to witness this firsthand. My chicken was in the doorway and it bounced back probably 5-6 times until my chicken walked in and then eventually the door shut. My chickens never seemed to be bothered by the door at all. Based on what I have seen, I have no concerns about the door hurting my chickens that is for sure. I have never thought about what would happen if they just stay in the doorway though. This is something I now want to test out! I may try to do a video on this in the near future:). You are not the only person with these concerns! I totally get it:). Thank you so much for your comment.
@@tanakahomestead8820 Oh awesome 🙂🙂 Glad to hear it's been working well!! Thanks for the reply! Very helpful!
@@MrFuturehistory Not a problem! Happy to help:)
I bought the cube with the extension and I have two chickens a white leg horn and a golden buff,,, we have the wheel kit and the front handles we really like it we move it about every two or three days we live way up here in the Ohio Valley and when there’s snow and ice on the ground we get some doozies for snow storms up here sometimes we’re not going to be able to move it do you think that will be OK for short periods of time leaving it in one spot and would I have to shake some kind of straw or hay in there or anything like that and then rake it out once in a while how does that work??? sorry for so many questions but this is going to be our first winter with the chickens we just got our chickens I think the last part of June or first part of July this year here.
I am certainly not an expert, but I can try to help. First off, I think that is great you move your eglu so often! I move mine approx every 2 weeks so you are way ahead of me:) Two weeks is about the time it takes to demolish an area😂with that being said, you certainly don’t have to move your coop. Many people don’t move it at all. You can always add scratch (towards the end of the day), straw to keep them intrigued, or give them a toy or two. I recently purchased this chicken toy that is round and has holes on either end. I will be darned, they kick it with their foot and nudge it with their beak to get the food out! There is plenty you can do to keep them busy! I definitely don’t have to deal with snow done here, so I am unfamiliar with that! I know Omlet has accessories for the Eglu to help with insulation and whatnot. Keep those questions coming. I enjoy the conversation🐓🐓🐓that is how we learn!
@@tanakahomestead8820 thanks 🙏
How did you make that feeder? Great idea!
I think you are referring to that white container? That is my watering system and has worked great so far! I have a video on how we made this❤️🐓we got a container for tractor supply, drilled holes, and added cups. Holds 3 weeks of water, even in the Florida heat!
What kind of wireless camera (model) do you have clipped to the run?
I use the Blink. I think it does a good job. I can log in anytime and the picture quality is pretty good. I have been happy with it so far. Thank you for watching!
Just get an extension for the coop.
I actually built an extension and showed how I did it on one of my videos;) so far that extra space has worked well. They seem to really like the extension, because they are out there often! Thank you for your comment❤️
What happens is the automatic mechanism fails , is there a manual way to open the door ?
That is a valid point. So far this has not happened. I am not aware of a manual way to open the automatic door per say, but you can open and/or close it by holding the OK button down on the control pad. In the manual it says if the motor fails or there is some other issue, you can move the door freely by releasing the rack. It is on page 95 in the online manual:) so according to this there is a way, but it looks like you have to unscrew a couple of screws.
Take off the automatic door and go back to the manual lever until it’s replaced or repaired. I guess.
We don’t care about your birds get on with the door.
I suppose I can be long winded at times😊thanks for your input.