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 Coop Climate Sensor and Door Monitor per opening means no blind spots. Each sensor also reports coop temperature and humidity at its location, catching silent killers like frostbite, heat stroke, and unhealthy humidity buildup.
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. Add an Egg in every room you want covered — kitchen, bedroom, garage, anywhere.
Why it matters: Local devices are dumb. AWS does the thinking:
Why it matters: A silenced phone, a dead battery, or a missed notification can be the difference between a flock saved and a flock lost. Mother Hen sends every alert three ways:
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. Mother Hen also reports humidity, which lets the system flag dangerous cold + damp combinations (frostbite risk) and heat-index conditions even when raw temperature is borderline. 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 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 →
