Mother Hen™ is a monitoring system that attaches to the automatic chicken door you already own. The $399 base kit gives you the controller, one Egg, and first-year service; add BTS-MP1 opening + temperature sensors à la carte as your coop grows.
| Component | Description | Qty | Image |
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| Coop Controller | Cellular-connected monitoring brain. Reads the position of your existing vertically-opening automatic chicken door and every paired BTS-MP1 sensor, then reports to the cloud over cellular. Does not open or close any door. | 1 |
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| The Egg (Indoor Alert Beacon) | Indoor status light and buzzer. Green by day, blue by night, flashing red with a squawk if there’s a problem. Add more Eggs for coverage in multiple rooms. | 1 |
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| First Year of Service | Cellular data, cloud processing, and SMS alert delivery for the first year. $99/year after that. | 1 yr |
Note: the base kit does not include a BTS-MP1 sensor. See Add-Ons below — the first BTS-MP1 is $15.
| Add-On | Purpose | Price |
|---|---|---|
| First BTS-MP1 opening + temperature sensor | Mounts on any opening — door, window, nest box lid, hatch, or run gate — and reports coop temperature at that location. Can also be deployed in temperature-only mode on an interior wall, near a roost, or inside a brooder.
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$15 |
| Additional BTS-MP1 opening + temperature sensor | Monitor another opening (feed room, nest box lid, run gate) or add a temperature-only probe. Each unit beyond the first. | $35 |
| Additional Egg (indoor alert beacon) | Put an Egg in another room — kitchen, bedroom, workshop — so you never miss an alert. | $40 |
Prototype active in Tennessee and Colorado. Join the waitlist →