Category: Smart Chicken Coop
Solar Coop Light vs Wired: Which Holds Up Through a Dark Nordic Winter
For the core laying light in a dark northern winter, wired beats solar — and it is not close. The…
Building a Coop Dashboard in Home Assistant: Temp, Door, Cameras, Alerts
A Home Assistant coop dashboard is one screen that answers a single question — “is the flock safe right now?”…
Warm vs Cool LED Coop Light: Color Temperature for Laying and Calm Birds
For a coop laying light, use warm white in the 2700K to 3000K range. It triggers laying perfectly well, keeps…
Best Coop Light Timer: Mechanical, Digital, and Smart Options Compared
The best coop light timer is the one that fires reliably at 04:30 in a freezing, unattended coop and survives…
Home Assistant Sunrise/Sunset Door Offset: The Automation I Actually Run
The Home Assistant automation I actually run on my coop opens the pop door 30 minutes after sunrise and closes…
Home Assistant Freeze-Watch: Automating the Heated Waterer Below Zero
The freeze-watch automation I run switches my heated waterer on when an outdoor temperature sensor drops below 2 °C and off…
Local-Only Coop Automation: Keeping the Door Working When the Cloud Goes Down
Local-only coop automation means every critical function — the door, the heated waterer, the lights — runs on devices that…
Home Assistant Chicken Coop Automation: The Complete Guide
Home Assistant chicken coop automation means running your coop as one local system — door, lights, heated waterer, temperature and…
Home Assistant Coop Door Automation: YAML Guide
Wiring a coop door into Home Assistant — with Alexa and Google Home as the simpler on-ramps — turns the…
Solar Panel Sizing for Chicken Coops: Watts for Heat, Light, and Door
Solar panel sizing math for off-grid chicken coops. Watts needed for lights, heaters, and automatic doors with climate multipliers and…