Ladies First Solar Powered Chicken Coop Door

Installing our new solar powered Ladies First Chicken Coop Door. It senses light and opens automatically in the morning and then shuts automatically at dusk. All while being powered by the sun! www.ladiesfirs...
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[@kelseydrake4463]

The door shut around 9:20. Everyone was inside and roosting!! I'm very happy with it! 😊👍

[@HamiltonvilleFarm]

Good stuff CJ

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Thanks Hank! 👍

[@TM-yx1br]

Hey there! I too have the door and love it, but I have a problem with the opening time being to early. I followed the instructions about removing the battery and pressing the buttons, but for some reason I cannot get it to work. I am curious if you experimented with the delayed opening? I have emailed the manufacturer, but no response. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Hi Todd! Yeah the owner is hard to get ahold of. I thought you were supposed to leave the batteries in and press the button at the time of morning that you want it to open. Hope this helps!

[@mandbhomestead]

That is very cool. I have wanted to get one of those. Keep us updated on how it functions. Thanks for sharing. Ken

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Will do Ken! So far so good! 👍

[@ganjaman3912]

Anyone use this product in a cold climate with snow? Thank you.

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

I will try it for a little while this winter but will probably mainly use my manual door for cold weather. Thanks for watching!

[@TirolerInn]

sweet door. so its based on dawn and dusk? are you concerned that some chickens might get stuck outside over night?

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Yes it is controlled by the light at dawn and dusk. And no after seeing how late it finally closed last night, our chickens are always inside way before it shuts 👍👍🐓

[@cindyhebberd7352]

LOVE LOVE LOVE my Ladies First Chicken door. I had a small issue...due to dirt in the track and Matt at Ladies first quickly answered my question and we solved the issue. Great customer service and wonderful product..have had mine for a year now and doing great.

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

That's great to hear Cindy! Looking at the date on this video made me realize we had our Ladies First door for almost 3 years! It's still doing great for us 👍🐔

[@novarestoration4473]

I received and installed my ladies first chicken door today. Was very easy to install, less than 10 minutes. but you are right,,, it took a month and a half to get the door shipped to me. So far I’m happy with it,,, will see what time it close tonight. Good video

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

That's awesome! I think you will really like it.. ours is still working flawlessly. They are definitely worth the wait 👍👍

[@ESSBrew]

I have two of these. One closes and stays shut, myu other one closes, then olpens lik2 or 3 times farther than yours, then closes m, then opens, and then closes completely . Very weird.

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

That is weird.. I can honestly say ours has worked perfectly since we got it.. I'm actually going to quit using it here soon til spring comes and use my manual door all winter. Don't want anything to happen to it because we love it!

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

How interesting! Albeit I am praying 'Chicken alla Guillotine ' is never on the menu!🙈🤣😜 Well done...looks fab. xx

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Haha Moira! Thats why I'm glad it's loud and moves so slow! 😂

[@1806StoneHouse]

Very cool.. might get my in-laws this 😃

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

You would be in-law of the year! haha

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

Lucas! How disrespectful! Just let your in laws in the front door!🙈🤣🤣🤣

[@RamanSingh-iy7ig]

Its a very smart development. I loved it C.J 👍😀🥂

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Thanks Ramanpreet! So far it has worked flawlessly with none of our chickens being left out at night 👍👍

[@traviscover590]

I like your new video this was cool buddy

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Thanks man! We had this door for about a month and a half now and it is awesome!

[@traviscover590]

How you guys doing the moming buddy i can't wait see your new video buddy

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Looks good CJ, got the coop working right 👍👍. Looking good around there. Have a good vacation. Fred.

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Hey thanks Fred! It's just about all set up to be really easy to manage especially while we are away. Take care my friend!

[@edpoisson7065]

If a bird isn't inside when it auto closes it's stuck outside for the night?

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Yes sir.. that's why I'm interested to see how well the factory settings are set.If it's too early I'll go out at dark and set it to close then because our chickens are always in way before dark 👍👍

[@RandWFarmstead-TonyWalsh]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Take care and have a blessed Memorial Day weekend.

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Thank You and Happy Memorial day to you too!

[@duanerobertsduane8857]

I installed this door last week. Since then, my chickens won't go in the coop at night. They roost on an outside roost. They will go in and out of the coop during the day. Does anyone have any idea why and what I can do to help them?

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

I have read where some people put a light inside the coop at night and that draws them inside

[@duanerobertsduane8857]

@@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse I'll give it a try. Thanks

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Hope that works for you Duane! 👍

[@duanerobertsduane8857]

Sadly, it did not work. I appreciate the suggestion though.

[@moneymakingmikeg.9555]

Pretty cool Bud. Like I said you guys have taken that Coop to a whole new level. Hoping all is well, Have a Blessed Holiday Weekend & Dirty Jersey out!!

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Thanks Mike! Never thought I would end up with such a high tech coop lol. Happy Memorial Day buddy!

[@vivaldi1236]

Love the introduction music. Solar powered chicken door is ingenious. Loved seeing your beautiful daughter viewing the 🐤

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Thank you very much! We are very blessed to be able to get all this stuff that I come up with lol

[@jacquesyoung7010]

i would be curious to know how a thunderstorm or a very cloudy day might effect it

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

As long as we keep good batteries in it I would imagine they would stay charged for a while. I will be doing an update video on this door sometime 👍

[@jacquesyoung7010]

@@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse I was wondering if it would be tricked into thinking it was night and close too early

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

I don't think it would do that. It was open around 5:45am this morning when there was hardly any daylight

[@robertledford8237]

Thinking of getting one, so have you had any problems with it? How long do the rechargeable batteries last?

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

I can't remember when I changed the batteries last.. I know they were in there all winter and are still going

[@robertledford8237]

@@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse you would think they would last a few years anyway, I’m really close to ordering this I’m researching looking for bad comments or any reason not to buy

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Yeah I was just impressed by how cold it got here and those batteries are still going. I really like ours and a guy I work with bought one and he likes his too 👍

[@jaynebrown693]

This has officially become the “ Hilton Chicken Coop”.... automatic door openers ! LOL!!! That is pretty cool and I agree... good thing it is slow and no smashed chicken😬

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

This door has worked flawlessly since we've got it Jayne!

[@rettaantwine5506]

slowness kinda drives me crazy

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

It did me at first too until I thought about a straggler chicken getting caught in it. So I think it's smart now. Thanks for watching Retta! 👍😃

[@tonystractoradventurehomes931]

Awesome! We need one of these.

[@Mallard5plus1Farmhouse]

Oh yeah Tony they are really nice!