All all, Many thanks for your kind words of welcome. Yes OCK, the door is closed by hand with a simple 'reverse' switch on the model motor. I had toyed with the idea of automatically closing the door using a 2nd setting on the central heating timer and a few weights and pulleys however upon thought ...

Hi All, Sorry but it looks like the site admin took exception to my earlier post as the video link was to the chicken video our Dog Walking Website which although is commercial it is a very, very small dog walking business for the local Wokingham dog community. Sorry Anyway I'd still like to share t...

Hi, I hope my post proves interesting as it's my first post Since getting ex-battery hens last year we've enjoyed the eggs but not the early morning rises to open the hen house door. Looking online we also couldn't find an automated horizontal hen house door opener... so we built our own for a small...