Welcome
Mother Hen watches your chicken coop — the automatic chicken door you already own, every human door or window you choose to monitor, and the coop’s temperature and humidity — and alerts you the moment something looks off. It does not open or close anything, control fans or heaters, or make decisions for you. Those limits are intentional: Mother Hen tells you what is happening so you can decide what to do.
Start here
Section titled “Start here”- If you just opened the box, start with What’s in the box and then walk through the installation pages in order.
- If your system is already set up and something is not working, jump to Troubleshooting. Each troubleshooting page is a short, ordered checklist.
- If you want to understand what the lights and texts mean, see Reading the Egg lights, Reading Controller lights, and SMS alerts.
What these docs cover
Section titled “What these docs cover”These pages cover everything a Mother Hen customer needs to install the hardware, register their system, understand the indicators, and diagnose common problems. Developer references — MQTT topic formats, JSON schemas, build environments — live elsewhere and are not part of this site.
Stuck?
Section titled “Stuck?”Contact support lists what to send and where. We aim to respond within 24 hours, and customers in their first year of subscription get priority.
Last updated: 2026-05-14.