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So this is why all around the JVR Automatic Chicken Door Coop Opener Kit with Safety Mechanism is the best in my eyes, the light sensor is fantastic, plus the timer is super also in case you have lights in the coop in the winter so that the chicken continue to laying eggs, because they need 8-12 light. However, that door is over $300.00 and most pockets can't afford that and you still have to purchase some batteries and other little extras. I came up with one Coop Controls automatic door opener that opens sideways that is my favorite style because the chances of a door falling on my chickens is impossible. So one really has to be aware of so many things. Isn't that delightful? So now the questions is which automatic door opener should I get? I checked out so many, some are to flimsy, some too light, some are too heavy, some have extremely bad reviews, some are from China, some don't even exist, the company just wants your money, pure fraud even on Amazon. It has light sensors that opens the door and when it gets dark it will close automatically. The solution, yes you guessed it an automatic chicken coop door opener kit that does it all for you. So the only way to master the situation is to proof the whole coop for predators and one part is the door, unless you truly want to get up early in the morning to open the doors front and back to let out the chickens and repeat right before it gets too dark to close the doors again while having dinner with hubby? Do I like raccoons in general, of course, if I had a newborn and bringing it up I would love it of course, but this is survival mode! You kill my babies I have to get rid of you! My husband keeps telling me every time one of my chicks get killed by a cat, a raccoon or a hawk, God provides for his critters! Now what can you answer to that I ask you?
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Vicious, that what these beasts are when it comes to chickens. He was terrifying let me tell you, hissing and scratching and biting, jumping and making the scariest faces. That was it for me, we set-up a trap and caught the devil right away, he wasn't even fully grown yet and on a killer spree. The raccoon probably had a companion or a whole family one distracting the chicks/pullets and the other biting off the chicks heads. You could tell the chicks were trying to escape through the chicken wire and that is when the raccoon could strike. We fixed all the possibilities the raccoons could have come in from.Ī week later, tragic strikes again, this terrifying monster, as cute as it can look, has literally bitten of the heads of 14 chickens in one night through the chicken wire in a cage table high. It was truly tragic going into my chicken coop one sad morning and seeing all my beloved chickens laying around dead on the floor hanging out half of a hole in the wall the raccoon made, without their heads, some with some bites out of the belly. Why do you need an automatic chicken door coop opener kit you might ask? The Hawk Is one reason The Raccoon is the Number One Reason