Every feature in Mother Hen™ exists for one reason: to prevent the preventable — predator attacks, frostbite, heat stress, and lost peace of mind — using real-world reliability, not gimmicks.
Why it matters: Mother Hen attaches to your existing vertically-opening automatic chicken door and reads its position. You don’t have to rip out the door you trust and replace it with a proprietary one. We don’t sell a door, motor, or limit switch — Mother Hen is monitor-only by design.
Why it matters: Forgotten openings — human doors, nest box lids, hatches, run gates — are blind spots that the chicken door alone can’t cover. One BTS-MP1 per opening means no blind spots. Each sensor also reports coop temperature at its location, catching silent killers like frostbite or heat stroke.
Why it matters: Home Wi-Fi rarely reaches a backyard coop, and rural keepers often have no Wi-Fi at all. Mother Hen’s Coop Controller ships cellular-only at launch, so it sends SMS over LTE-M / NB-IoT from wherever the coop lives. No home Wi-Fi, no extender, no “I didn’t get the alert.”
Why it matters: Phones get silenced. Apps get ignored. But a loud squawk + red flash in your kitchen cuts through dinner, TV, or sleep. Up to 16 Eggs = coverage in every room, every house.
Why it matters: Local devices are dumb. AWS does the thinking:
Why it matters: One alert fails → flock dies. Three independent paths:
Why it matters: Most losses happen from “I thought it was fine”. A simple text at dawn and dusk confirms doors moved on time. No guesswork. No 3 AM worry.
Why it matters: Frostbite and heat stroke both kill chickens before you notice. Chickens can’t text you. Mother Hen does — before damage is done. Custom thresholds mean you decide what’s critical.
Why it matters: Most apps become clutter — so we don’t ship one. Mother Hen’s Controller self-provisions over cellular — no BLE pairing, no phone setup dance at the coop. After it’s online, SMS rules. The customer portal at mother-hen.com is there in any browser when you want to tweak settings or review history.
Why it matters: One 110V outlet at the coop powers everything — grid, solar with an inverter, or generator all work. The Coop Controller is rated -20°C to +45°C (-4°F to 113°F). Currently running in Tennessee and Colorado beta coops.
| Without Mother Hen™ | With Mother Hen™ |
|---|---|
| One door monitored | All doors — chicken + human |
| Home Wi-Fi or nothing | Cellular at the coop + local backup |
| Phone alert only | Light + Egg + SMS |
| Timer drift | GPS-accurate sunrise/sunset |
| “I hope it’s okay” | “Door opened at 5:18 — all clear” |
Mother Hen™ doesn’t add features for flash — it adds them to stop loss. One night. One flock. One life saved.
Prototype active in Tennessee and Colorado. Join the waitlist →