I posted about the Nu
Trac automatic chicken coop door opener before, and thought it needed an
update when I noticed a few more pictures.
The motor is a 12
volt automobile seat mover
that spins at 190 rpm.
What makes this project most
noteworthy is the detailed write up that captures the inventor’s process
in a way that was easy to understand and maybe replicate.
We hope our ducks learn to
walk up and lay their eggs in this tilted laundry basket.
The back 3 inches are blocked.
The egg
should roll to the back where it will be safe from being stepped on by
the next duck waiting to lay her egg.
Time will tell if this works
at solving our dirty duck egg problem.
Keeping ducks and chickens on
fresh pastures is a major challenge in the Winter.
We’ve been having good luck
letting our merged flock forage in the woods.
They sometimes want to circle
back into our perimeter where the garden is, but that’s easily fixed by
remembering to shut the gate.