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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On May 22, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Don Bowen wrote:

> > Faced on the outside with metal.
> > Need Don or Roy to rig up a motor.
>
> Find a garage door opener at a garage sale.  That will provide a  
> motor and a
> control to open and close.  Then it is easy to rig up something with  
> a dawn
> to dusk type of light.

The door to be moved is maybe a foot wide and sixteen inches tall.  
Probably smaller. Probably weighs three or four pounds. Do ya think a  
garage door opener might be a bit of overkill?

Maybe an attack Chihuahua to live with the hens would be simpler.