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Depends what you value your time at, but I've had two ChickenGuard automatic door openers for years now, and they've worked perfectly: https://www.chickenguard.
by gadders 8y ago
Depends what you value your time at, but I've had two ChickenGuard automatic door openers for years now, and they've worked perfectly: https://www.chickenguard.com/ https://www.chickenguard.com/
- StavrosK 8y agoThis project probably had a negative cost.
- kw71 8y agoI'm glad it works, but this is the exact product I thought he was trying to avoid buying. While a lot of thought and development probably went into chickenguard, it ain't cheap.
- tyingq 8y agoThe range of prices is £95.83 to £129.16, not including shipping or the door kit. Higher than DIY, but seems reasonable to me.
- gadders 8y agoIf they only lasted a year, I would have said they were a rip off. However, we've had ours 4-5 years now, I think? Only thing we've had to do is change the battery and I think twice untangle the cord that raises the door - probably because a chicken banged the door and caused a loop in the string.
- code_duck 8y agoHeck, why not just go to the store and buy some eggs?
- 3chelon 8y agoBecause there's simply no comparison in taste. Supermarket eggs taste like plastic in comparison to home-laid ones. Plus the hens recycle all your waste food into fresh eggs daily. What's not to like?
- code_duck 8y agoI’m sure! I am all about slow, organic and natural food. Here though my comment was meant to say that heck, if you’re going to cut corners and buy store-bought door closers, why not raise your own chickens at all!? I wasn’t entirely serious. The point of DIY is DIY, though, and this is HN.
- wild_preference 8y agoWhy do anything if you're not willing to do everything?
- ahje 8y agoThe taste (not to mention the color) of store-bought eggs aren't up to par. Eggs from own free-range chickens are simply... better. Also, chickens are really fun animals, and they taste nice too.
- code_duck 8y agoI agree! But my comment was sarcasm/extension about his suggestion to reduce effort by buying a commercial door opener. Like damn, if you’re not going to make your own door opener with an Arduino, are you truly even committed to raising chickens?
- joshcrowder 8y agoI got the sarcasm and found it highly amusing, more so with the amount of comments about egg quality!
- gadders 8y agoHa ha. Fair point. And it might be only a couple of hour's work for the OP. For me it would take a week or two and a fair bit of swearing.
- ahje 8y agoDo'h! Didn't get the sarcasm. Now I have to build an automatic door opener to prove my commitment. :D
- wild_preference 8y agoWe've been using https://adorstore.com https://adorstore.com for years for our turkeys.