Mother Hen™ is a complete, cloud-orchestrated monitoring system — combining rugged hardware, smart
sensors, and AWS-powered intelligence to protect your flock 24/7.
Works With Your Existing Automatic Chicken Door
Mother Hen attaches to the vertically-opening automatic chicken door you already own and reads its open/closed position. It does not open or close the door — it watches. We do not include or sell a door, motor, limit switch, or door plate.
Coop Climate Sensors and Door Monitors
Magnetic open/close sensor that mounts on any opening — doors, windows, nest box lids, hatches, or run gates — and reports coop temperature and humidity at that location. Can also be deployed in temperature/humidity-only mode on an interior wall, near a roost, or inside a brooder. Included in the base kit (1×). Additional sensors are $35 each.
Cellular-Only Coop Controller
Cellular-only at launch. No home Wi-Fi required at the coop. Powered from a single 110V outlet (any source — grid, solar, generator). Rated -20°C to +45°C.
The Egg — Indoor Alert Beacon
Indoor beacon. Green (day), Blue (night), Red Flash + Squawk (problem). Multiple Eggs supported — put one in any room you want covered.
AWS Cloud Processing (Core Brain)
All logic, timing, and alerts happen in the cloud:
Sunrise/Sunset Calculation — Uses your coop’s GPS coordinates (set once during setup)
30-Minute Grace Window — No false alarms from slow doors
Data Storage — Long-term temperature and door-event trends
Triple-Redundancy Alerts
1. Local red flash (coop)
2. The Egg squawk + flash (home)
3. SMS to your alert recipients — all powered by AWS
Daily SMS Confirmations
Short FYI texts at sunrise (chicken door opened) and sunset (chicken door closed), so you can see at a glance that the system is alive. Optional — turn off in the customer portal if you prefer silence.
Temperature Monitoring
Frost alert at 32°F, heat alert at 85°F. Humidity is reported alongside temperature so the system can flag humidity-driven cold stress (cold + damp → frostbite) and heat-index conditions. Thresholds are customizable in the customer portal. Processed in AWS.
Customer Portal
Web-based — works in any modern browser, no app to install. Real-time dashboard, alert customization, SMS recipient management, event history. No daily use required — SMS is primary.
Long-Term Data Logging
Door events and temperature history stored in AWS for later review.
110V Outlet at the Coop
One 110V outlet in the coop powers the Controller. Source-agnostic — grid, solar with inverter, or generator all work.
Extreme Climate Ready
Coop Controller rated -20°C to +45°C (-4°F to 113°F). Currently running in Tennessee and Colorado beta coops.
