"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Caring for chickens can be fun and rewarding, but anyone with a couple of hens knows that it also ...

National leader in automated gate-opener technology makes flock ownership more accessible to everyday Americans, unveils product at Global Pet Expo A new product that automatically opens a chicken ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Caring for chickens is not exactly hard, but it’s not easy ...

How hard could it be to make a chicken coop door that can be configured to open and close automatically using a straightforward interface? That’s the question that [Jeff Sandberg] set out with, after ...

Chickens can be useful critters to have on an urban homestead, seeing as how they're almost like little egg-making machines that run on food scraps. OK, that's a bit of a stretch, as keeping chickens ...

This interesting design is the winner of our contest! The inventive system requires a simple mechanism and a counterweight which are connected to the roost, making the chickens' weight do the work.

Expert DIYer April Wilkerson builds a DIY automatic chicken coop door to make caring for chickens easier and more efficient. Tropical Storm Melissa update as "catastrophic" conditions to hit in hours ...