The use of blynk timer instead of delay

[PeteKnight]

You should be using an interval timer, not a timeout timer. Read this:

Using BlynkTimer or SimpleTimer

Many users seem to struggle with the basic concepts of using BlynkTimer in their projects, despite the excellent discussions and tutorials that exist on this forum, so I thought I’d write a guide that will hopefully help clarify things. It’s rather long, as it attempts to explain the reasoning behind why and how we use timers, and covers some more advanced subjects, but I’ve tried to organise it in a way that helps people to find answers to specific questions… Why use a timer at all? Let’s say …

You may also want to look at the several other chicken coop projects that have been made previously.

https://community.blynk.cc/search?context=topic&context_id=53326&q=Chicken%20Coop&skip_context=true

Pete.