Question

Has anyone automated their chicken coop? I'm designing a coop and would like to automate the coop door and feeder, and all of the ideas that I'm finding online so far are really low tech :)

Answer 1

I did this myself and low tech is exactly what you want in a chicken coop with chickens lol

Answer 2

Believe it or now I know someone that has. he used Raspberry Pi’s and has them connected up. Not sure how though!  

Answer 3

I did my coop door but not connected to any central hub or iot. It goes with light sensors and works fab!  
https://www.chickenguard.com/

Answer 4

I just found a wifi-enabled coop automation system that looks like it could work. It controls the coop door, lighting, fans, heaters, and sends out predator alerts. I'll have to look into whether it does everything I want it to, but looks cool!  
https://cooptender.com/

Answer 5

Gotta agree with @superfecundation on this one. I've had both high tech and low tech systems for opening/closing the door and controlling the heat lamps. The high tech was nifty and made everything almost perfectly automatic - until something goes wrong (power outage, wifi drop, etc. ) then it simply became a high level failure. Replaced it all with low-tech (manual remote switches) and haven't had a single problem since.