"# chicken-coop"

The chicken coop has a small yard, and to start off with was built using an old transportation box.

The control system consists of

• 2x 40W solar panels
• a Solax charge controller
• a 12V 20Ah battery
• a Wemos D1 Mini
• battery voltage monitoring voltage divider
• temperature sensors
• dc motor driver L298N
• a recycled control panel
• terminals
• breakers
• fuses
• Esphome and Home Assistant

The user interface on my phone looks like this.

The chicken door roller. Many people ask what I do if the chickens are still in the doorway when it starts closing, thinking that the door moves drops like a rocket and might decapitate said chicken. However, the gearing of the motor is so high that the door takes a full 37 seconds to close. Besides, you should see how fast chickens can move when they're startled.