I love to watch you build things, Jason. Wish I could have you here for a few days, I have used a couple of your ideas to build things. I'm 85 years old and you're my inspiration.
Arlene, you are now my inspiration. I've never built anything and when I watch Jason I always want to build something (easy, of course). After reading your comment I have no excuse so it's time to get off my 55 yr old butt and build those elevated beds I've been wanting. Thank you!
This is cool to see as I am an Executive in the Robotics industry and I like to see people use new technology on homesteads as this is what I plan on doing. Great video!
Jason, You are so talented. I love the way you can figure how to do anything with what you have. Your attitude about life and family is outstanding. Keep up the great work and Take Care and Be Safe.
Jeepers, what will they think of next - an electrified tooth brush? an electrified can opener? WOW the most fun was watching Jason's face and hearing him laugh.
All I can say is it’s a substitute for you not being there exactly when it needs to be opened and closed. However, I’ve had chickens get caught in our automatic door several times, some lightly injured. Just make sure you go down and check and don’t substitute the door for making sure they’re all In. I’ve also had chickens get left out after sunset and were sitting outside the door waiting on me when I got there. All that said, though… Good job!😁👍
Arnold Romppai I find raccoons and possums near my coop well before 40 mins after sunset...so I can’t leave it open for that long after sunset. Ever. Ever found a possum in your coop at sundown? I have. Also, I find that resetting the door CONSTANTLY during the time of year when sunset changes by several minutes per day is tedious. Lastly, I have an egg business, and I have 120 free range birds. I won’t even go into what protecting my investment means to me. If I have to grab a bird out of a tree, I will. Sometimes the hens simply don’t want to “run the mating gauntlet” through the roosters to go into the coop. I just put two of them into the coop tonight when I manually went to close the door - one named Lizzie, one a banty Welsummer w/ no name. Those I put away tonight ARE still in lay. Many have names, and several I know the patterns on the eggs they lay. I definitely got an egg from Lizzie today. There’s ZERO correlation between roosting in tree and not being in lay...FYI. If you want to just let nature cull for you, that’s fine...but I do the culling around here and I would NEVER let a bird just be ripped apart by a predator because they’re “dumb.”🤷🏻♀️ It doesn’t teach the bird a lesson...and it makes my job of providing eggs harder. To each his own, but I NEVER use my auto door anymore. Waste of money to me.
Hi.... Jason what amazing chicken coop door it close by itself, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🐔🐓🐥🌱🎥👍👍👍
Looks very sturdy. I have one with a string that lifts the sliding pop door. String tanging and wear has been an issue. I also love the box protecting the electronics.
My husband was just talking about doing this. Sharing with him. Thanks for posting this - I love what you guys have done. My husband and I also left the city and moved to a small town (Dallas > Tokyo > Wairarapa region of New Zealand) and are slowly planting and transforming our property. We don't have nearly as much land as you guys, but you guys are inspiring. We will be posting along our journey soon too. We're learning a lot from you! Keep up the great work!
Great idea, Jason. I just hope your chicken fencing keeps those clever raccoons away from the Coop, because their agile little paws and fingers would find that opener button, and open the door to their chicken buffet.
Love seeing all those bolts instead of screws for the hinges. They will be there for the life of the coop and won't come out. Although not entirely necessary, I would like to see the excess length of the bolts cut off flush with the nuts, just to be neat and nice and safe for the birds. Overall, a good job and a great idea, Jason!
Hello Old school love the job. I am big on gluing everything. It makes a difference. Also someone gave you honey comb. Take and melt comb into ice trays making ice cube size beeswax balls and rub the wax on screws or nails and they go in much easyer. Keep it up love your story
I just discovered you about a week ago. I've been binge watching! I really enjoy your videos. I'm learning how much I can do with my just a little more than an acre lot! You're such precious people!!
Oh my word! How cool is this! I love this! It's So 2019!!! You are a Hoot, Jason! I'm curious to see if the chickens go in in time before it closes at night!
Look like a chicken came over and checked out your work...😆 chicken approved 😁 no tv huh..😂 You make it look so easy all the time.. Have a wonderful evening with 🌻🌻
Love the auto door openers however spending more on the opener then the coop is hard to do. the reason we build the coops is to save money. Great job Jason on installing the opener. You all have a Great day!
I can really relate to going out late because I forgot to close the coop, like last night. I've been wanting to get one for a while now but when we get moved to the new homestead I will have to make everything bear proof.
A couple of thoughts Mount the solar panel mounting pipe in a larger pipe with a thumb screw or wing nut to be able to reposition the solar if you change the direction of the coop Second thought Put the wiring in a plastic wireing loom protecter used in engine compartments or puting it on PVC pipe I could see the chickens pecking it at it or trying to roost on it
Hey Jason, I am pretty new to your channel but I have seen you on Justin's channel and enjoyed watching you on there. I have to say that you make me feel less overwhelmed with the idea of building things myself and your instructions are pretty straightforward and easy to understand so thanks for making it a bit less daunting.
Jason, you have a hit on your hands! That is totally awesome. Good use of technology and solar energy. Be sure to report on how it continues to work long time.
Might want to add some diagonal cross support in each door so they don't sage on the far side down the way. And I'm sure you did it but I would nip off those bolts so no one gets scratched by them or they hang up on something.
Hi Jason. Thinking about all-weather workability, in winter, Ice is going to build up on your mechanism and stop it working and burn out the motor. Unless of course you cover the mechanism and door with a roof to protect it from precip/ice build up. Thanks for the video.
Just subscribed. came from Justin's channel. Love the job you are doing on his freezer and that absolutely Beautiful Large Green House your built them.
Hi Jason, a great build. I'm 276 viewers behind but I hope someone suggested that you take a sawzall/hacksaw and cut those bolts shorter, preventing injuries to family and birds or snagging summer dresses and aprons. How did you secure the top door and are you planning to attaching bolt locks so that the door can swing as one? It looks like this was one project that got you truly excited. Made me smile too, thanks!
Next progect: a whole chicken run that moves itself ,has internal GPS programming on were to go, and you put in all the feed at once and it portions it out daily,and a water hose attached, and it also has cameras with predator recognition and health analysis, and it send your phone alerts on about what's going on
A boy and his toys! That's a cool door! Might work on a greenhouse window? Just thinking about when I finish my green house I'm working on now. Might just work!
Nice job! I was curious to know about the door closing.... how will the chickens know when the door is going to close or do they naturally go to bed so to speak at dusk. I would worry about a chicken or duck being left out all night if they didn't get themselves inside before the door closes.
You can DIY this setup using a simple car window motor and a car window switch and a couple car door openers to push the window buttons as the brute force method. simple electronics to do it a bit more complicated for DIY unless you know how to solder and a circuit diagram. also btw, predators can try to pull it open, it is much harder for animals to push up, so a door that slides up to open in rails is more secure, so you can do that as a smaller door inside your 'man door'.
That is so COOL!.. Good job.... I am in Australia hence too expensive to ship, there must be someone here who sells these.. yeah it is mainly the closing of the coupe when not home at sunset and there are plenty of predators around.. so would be a device to get...
Thank you for the video, Jason! I love it that you call those doors 'Dutch Doors' :D I'm Dutch, but we don't have those fun doors, I guess it's about the door splitting in two? I wonder why you call it that... Ah well, who cares; they are fun and look perfect for this job indeed! Take care. Blessings.
Thinking this through, this is pretty simple and could have many uses. Like auto opening vents in a hot house hen temps get too hot. AKA on the Rhoads greenhouse?
That's cool. Nice of them to send it to you to try out and offer a discount code. Now you can sleep in 😂😂 Jason, you were like a kid at Christmas 😁 a good thing. Be safe, be good, God bless
That was a very nice build. When do the chickens decide they need to go into the coop? Thank you for sharing that build. Also thank you for sharing the smiles and enthusiasm. Those things are good to be contagious.
Note to self, "Hey self, be sure to make changes to your chicken coop plans when you get home. You need to add an automatic solar power coop door system." Love the idea, definitely on the list.
I love to watch you build things, Jason. Wish I could have you here for a few days, I have used a couple of your ideas to build things. I'm 85 years old and you're my inspiration.
thanks Arlene!
Arlene, you are now my inspiration. I've never built anything and when I watch Jason I always want to build something (easy, of course). After reading your comment I have no excuse so it's time to get off my 55 yr old butt and build those elevated beds I've been wanting. Thank you!
Me too... I was wondering about a timer😂.
Do the ducks get in before the door closes?
I hope so! 🤔 I remember Sean saying they go to bed late ... 😉
This is cool to see as I am an Executive in the Robotics industry and I like to see people use new technology on homesteads as this is what I plan on doing. Great video!
Jason, You are so talented. I love the way you can figure how to do anything with what you have. Your attitude about life and family is outstanding. Keep up the great work and Take Care and Be Safe.
Jeepers, what will they think of next - an electrified tooth brush? an electrified can opener? WOW the most fun was watching Jason's face and hearing him laugh.
There ARE electric tooth brushes and can openers.
Just imagine a horseless carriage.
@@TheresaPowers Mary W must have a strange sense of humor that we aren't getting.
All I can say is it’s a substitute for you not being there exactly when it needs to be opened and closed. However, I’ve had chickens get caught in our automatic door several times, some lightly injured. Just make sure you go down and check and don’t substitute the door for making sure they’re all In. I’ve also had chickens get left out after sunset and were sitting outside the door waiting on me when I got there. All that said, though… Good job!😁👍
That was my fear exactly. Machines cannot replace human thought process.
Arnold Romppai I find raccoons and possums near my coop well before 40 mins after sunset...so I can’t leave it open for that long after sunset. Ever. Ever found a possum in your coop at sundown? I have. Also, I find that resetting the door CONSTANTLY during the time of year when sunset changes by several minutes per day is tedious. Lastly, I have an egg business, and I have 120 free range birds. I won’t even go into what protecting my investment means to me. If I have to grab a bird out of a tree, I will. Sometimes the hens simply don’t want to “run the mating gauntlet” through the roosters to go into the coop. I just put two of them into the coop tonight when I manually went to close the door - one named Lizzie, one a banty Welsummer w/ no name. Those I put away tonight ARE still in lay. Many have names, and several I know the patterns on the eggs they lay. I definitely got an egg from Lizzie today. There’s ZERO correlation between roosting in tree and not being in lay...FYI. If you want to just let nature cull for you, that’s fine...but I do the culling around here and I would NEVER let a bird just be ripped apart by a predator because they’re “dumb.”🤷🏻♀️ It doesn’t teach the bird a lesson...and it makes my job of providing eggs harder. To each his own, but I NEVER use my auto door anymore. Waste of money to me.
Sure sounds like a waste...maybe letting everyone out is worth it...but closing sounds too dangerous to me.
When you do something you do it right. I am pretty sure I won't be getting one but watching how happy it made you was a hoot.
Manually opening and closing your coop is soooo last year!!!! Great video!!!
All the chickens are going to be jealous of Bernice! 🐓That really looks like a great improvement to the homestead. have a great weekend!💕
Congratulations great video as usual. You're almost at 50000 subscribers, how great is that!
Denise Koffroth did they pass 50 in the last 18hrs? 👍🏼
Hi.... Jason what amazing chicken coop door it close by itself, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🐔🐓🐥🌱🎥👍👍👍
Love seeing how excited and amused you were with this :) Great job on the install!
Thanks for the tips! We will be building some Suscovich tractors and one day... a solar door!
Jason , loved watching you ,can tell you really enjoy putting things together
Looks very sturdy. I have one with a string that lifts the sliding pop door. String tanging and wear has been an issue. I also love the box protecting the electronics.
Wow! So happy for you and the chickens. I can tell you are so ecstatic by your fantastic laugh. Welcome to modern-day farming!
My husband was just talking about doing this. Sharing with him. Thanks for posting this - I love what you guys have done. My husband and I also left the city and moved to a small town (Dallas > Tokyo > Wairarapa region of New Zealand) and are slowly planting and transforming our property. We don't have nearly as much land as you guys, but you guys are inspiring. We will be posting along our journey soon too. We're learning a lot from you! Keep up the great work!
Love it! But I would shorten those bolts for safety. 🥰
15 minutes with a Right angle grinder or a Recip saw will fix that
21st century to the homestead. Nice work Jason!!
*GOOD NIGHT FRIEND & FAMILY CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE PROFESSIONALISM*
Great idea, Jason. I just hope your chicken fencing keeps those clever raccoons away from the Coop, because their agile little paws and fingers would find that opener button, and open the door to their chicken buffet.
That is awesome. I could have used that years ago when I raised chickens.
Nice job. I wish you and your family good luck and God’s Grace on your homestead.
WOW! Techno chicken right there!! You are so great to watch....so full of enthusiasm and a great builder of things! Blessings from NE Missouri!
Love seeing all those bolts instead of screws for the hinges. They will be there for the life of the coop and won't come out. Although not entirely necessary, I would like to see the excess length of the bolts cut off flush with the nuts, just to be neat and nice and safe for the birds. Overall, a good job and a great idea, Jason!
Curious to see if the chickens will peck at the cord to the solar panel.
Hello
Old school love the job.
I am big on gluing everything.
It makes a difference.
Also someone gave you honey comb. Take and melt comb into ice trays making ice cube size beeswax balls and rub the wax on screws or nails and they go in much easyer.
Keep it up love your story
So twenty eighteen! I’m old. Fascinating to me this is “rocket science”, ur in NC! That’s so fine. The future is yours!
I just discovered you about a week ago. I've been binge watching! I really enjoy your videos. I'm learning how much I can do with my just a little more than an acre lot! You're such precious people!!
Jason you tickle the mess out of me. You’re the bestest!
Man you living in 3019 while all us regular folks here in 2019 that’s a pretty sweet set up
Oh my word! How cool is this! I love this! It's So 2019!!! You are a Hoot, Jason! I'm curious to see if the chickens go in in time before it closes at night!
they are sitting in at night 20 minutes before it closes. :)
@@SowtheLand So Cool! I can see this working for so many applications on the farm! What will they think of next!
You take such delight in what you do........so fun......
Look like a chicken came over and checked out your work...😆 chicken approved 😁 no tv huh..😂
You make it look so easy all the time..
Have a wonderful evening with 🌻🌻
Have you noticed that men are so easily impressed by the most mortal things? That automated arm sounds so good when it got the door closed...
Yay 😁 I am so excited! That’s what I was hoping for! Solar auto door! Excellent! Well done Jason!
That is awesome!!! You make building stuff look so easy. Love it.
Love the auto door openers however spending more on the opener then the coop is hard to do. the reason we build the coops is to save money. Great job Jason on installing the opener. You all have a Great day!
I can really relate to going out late because I forgot to close the coop, like last night. I've been wanting to get one for a while now but when we get moved to the new homestead I will have to make everything bear proof.
This is in my top 5 coolest homesteading helpers.
A couple of thoughts
Mount the solar panel mounting pipe in a larger pipe with a thumb screw or wing nut to be able to reposition the solar if you change the direction of the coop
Second thought
Put the wiring in a plastic wireing loom protecter used in engine compartments or puting it on PVC pipe I could see the chickens pecking it at it or trying to roost on it
I love 💕 to watch all your videos thanks for sharing
Awesome install. Now you just need to be able to trust it works 100% of the time. I would be out there every night just to make sure.
Congratulations, Jason !!!
Hey Jason, I am pretty new to your channel but I have seen you on Justin's channel and enjoyed watching you on there. I have to say that you make me feel less overwhelmed with the idea of building things myself and your instructions are pretty straightforward and easy to understand so thanks for making it a bit less daunting.
thanks Melissa! I appreciate you saying that!
Justin Rhodes surely needs that! Lol you make me laugh at how little things make you happy!
Jason, you have a hit on your hands! That is totally awesome. Good use of technology and solar energy. Be sure to report on how it continues to work long time.
So glad u like,I needed one of those when I had my chickens,love the expression on ur face when u got it finished,take care
That is such fun Jason, I hope the hens appreciate the technology!
Super cool Linear actuator super cool build great for a diy.
Jason you remind me of Al from Lumnah Acres 😀. Both of you are so talented and build the most amazing things 😄
I would like to see them sitting over a cup of coffee comparing ideas
That’s so cool Jason yes I have forgot many times to close the coop door. Great job on the video,
Wow, Jason! Getting pretty fancy on the homestead there!!🐓💡
So cool Jason !
👏👏👏👍 Gotta love that! You do an awesome job explaining the process of installation. And I enjoy watching your silly ah-ha moments. Thank you Jason.
Might want to add some diagonal cross support in each door so they don't sage on the far side down the way. And I'm sure you did it but I would nip off those bolts so no one gets scratched by them or they hang up on something.
That is sooo cool. If you leave overnight or for a few days your coop will run itself!! So cool.
Hi Jason. Thinking about all-weather workability, in winter, Ice is going to build up on your mechanism and stop it working and burn out the motor. Unless of course you cover the mechanism and door with a roof to protect it from precip/ice build up. Thanks for the video.
Ice does not build up. Works great in winter.
Really cool! My parents would flip out! Thanks for sharing.
Thats is so cool Jason!!! You look so excited, have fun with it😊😊
Great project, and great product for movable coops and tractors.
Well done Jason, now you just need a remote camera out there so you can check on everything from your bed.
that would be awesome!
Just subscribed. came from Justin's channel. Love the job you are doing on his freezer and that absolutely Beautiful Large Green House your built them.
Hi Jason, a great build. I'm 276 viewers behind but I hope someone suggested that you take a sawzall/hacksaw and cut those bolts shorter, preventing injuries to family and birds or snagging summer dresses and aprons. How did you secure the top door and are you planning to attaching bolt locks so that the door can swing as one? It looks like this was one project that got you truly excited. Made me smile too, thanks!
Next progect: a whole chicken run that moves itself ,has internal GPS programming on were to go, and you put in all the feed at once and it portions it out daily,and a water hose attached, and it also has cameras with predator recognition and health analysis, and it send your phone alerts on about what's going on
A boy and his toys! That's a cool door! Might work on a greenhouse window? Just thinking about when I finish my green house I'm working on now. Might just work!
I love how you laugh in your videos!
Great video, sir!
A bit out of my budget but definitely a great contraption.
Nice! Great improvement to make life easier. Thanks Jason.
We bought the solar AdorStore. ADOR1, we love them ,no problems. Chickens figured them out , they like going out early and I can sleep in.
Though the solar was for the chicken's cellphones. It is kind of neat. Would be handy to ventilate a greenhouse.
Shut the door!!! So cool! Love it!
To cool Jason, who would of thought it. Now would you have bought this if you had to pay for it?
Wonderful demo! Great video! That metal plate on the other side of the door could maybe use a magnet to ensure a more secure latch.
Homesteading of the future. Brilliant. Now you just need a mechanized time-regulated feeder.
Ain't you just tickled with yourself! 😄 As well you should be! Awesome demo of technology on the homestead! 👍
Shabbat Shalom!
Nice job! I was curious to know about the door closing.... how will the chickens know when the door is going to close or do they naturally go to bed so to speak at dusk. I would worry about a chicken or duck being left out all night if they didn't get themselves inside before the door closes.
You can DIY this setup using a simple car window motor and a car window switch and a couple car door openers to push the window buttons as the brute force method. simple electronics to do it a bit more complicated for DIY unless you know how to solder and a circuit diagram. also btw, predators can try to pull it open, it is much harder for animals to push up, so a door that slides up to open in rails is more secure, so you can do that as a smaller door inside your 'man door'.
The Coop Control is pretty cool.
Jason is turning into the Tool man Tim of Homesteading. ;) Never would have imagined a solar door for the coop. lol Thank you.
That is so COOL!.. Good job.... I am in Australia hence too expensive to ship, there must be someone here who sells these.. yeah it is mainly the closing of the coupe when not home at sunset and there are plenty of predators around.. so would be a device to get...
Congratulations 🎉 on your 50 K
Enjoyed the video Jason. That is really neat and will allow y'all to sleep in some. Lol. Y'all take care and God bless.
Can’t wait for your friend, Justin R to see this!😊
That is a great Idea!! Justin Rhodes needs quite a few of those things To!!!
Thank you for the video, Jason! I love it that you call those doors 'Dutch Doors' :D I'm Dutch, but we don't have those fun doors, I guess it's about the door splitting in two? I wonder why you call it that... Ah well, who cares; they are fun and look perfect for this job indeed!
Take care. Blessings.
Love the thumbs up smile at the end. Lol great device.
Love the new coop door!
Wow. Love it. Blessings
Cool!! So clean and tidy. Nice work.
I think it's awesome! Cut those bolts off or cover them so the chickens don't get hurt :) Nice work!
Thinking this through, this is pretty simple and could have many uses. Like auto opening vents in a hot house hen temps get too hot. AKA on the Rhoads greenhouse?
That's cool. Nice of them to send it to you to try out and offer a discount code. Now you can sleep in 😂😂 Jason, you were like a kid at Christmas 😁 a good thing.
Be safe, be good, God bless
What a great addition to the coop!
That was a very nice build. When do the chickens decide they need to go into the coop? Thank you for sharing that build. Also thank you for sharing the smiles and enthusiasm. Those things are good to be contagious.
I enjoy your channel!
I like everything solar. I want one of the solar doors for Christmas.
Very cool. Thanks for sharing Jason.
Outstanding job Jason
Note to self, "Hey self, be sure to make changes to your chicken coop plans when you get home. You need to add an automatic solar power coop door system."
Love the idea, definitely on the list.
Is there an anti chicken crush sensor? There are other coop doors that have killed slow chickens because the door just continued to close.