Note that you may need a third hinge directly in the middle depending on how tall your chicken coop is.
Making a sliding chicken coop door.
Bolts are also used for the assembly of the door parts.
Attach the front doors.
I ve designed what i believe to be a more simple method of creating a self locking chicken coop sliding door.
The ones i ve seen on youtube are brilliant and.
The chicken tractor door frame is finished.
There are no nails used in this chicken coop project.
You can also make a diy automatic chicken coop door and instead of using electricity or batteries use the chickens themselves.
The cord pulls the door up or lowers it.
Place where the sliding door of the chicken tractor is inserted.
When the door is closed it sits behind the board on the bottom to thwart raccoons and other small predators.
Build a cheap movable chicken coop.
Screw in two hinges per door one about four inches from the top of the door and the other about four inches from the bottom.
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.