IvyBeans
Songster
Hello,
My husband is currently building our chicken coop for 5-6 hens. We’re struggling with ventilation a bit. How far over the roost bar is high enough to put ventilation to not chill the chickens at night?
He was really trying to not get the coop to stick too far over the 6 foot fence, but also started the floor 2 feet off the ground. With a roosting 2x4 going along the middle at 18 inches across the ground, I’m worried about how much head room they’ll need. He was planning on floating the roof a bit, but it’s a peaked roof, with the roost going the long way of the structure, if that makes sense.
I’m thinking a ridge vent is the best option, but everything I read says that if you do gable vents it cancels out the ridge vent and makes air circulation poor. However, I worry soffit vents are too low. Would it be okay if they were covered instead of just hardware cloth over them?
Could you do gable vents, ridge vents, and just a few soffit vents? Or skinny soffit vents?
We live in the Seattle area, so lots of rain, not a ton of snow.
We are raising 3 orpingtons, they’ll be our tallest type. Thank you!
My husband is currently building our chicken coop for 5-6 hens. We’re struggling with ventilation a bit. How far over the roost bar is high enough to put ventilation to not chill the chickens at night?
He was really trying to not get the coop to stick too far over the 6 foot fence, but also started the floor 2 feet off the ground. With a roosting 2x4 going along the middle at 18 inches across the ground, I’m worried about how much head room they’ll need. He was planning on floating the roof a bit, but it’s a peaked roof, with the roost going the long way of the structure, if that makes sense.
I’m thinking a ridge vent is the best option, but everything I read says that if you do gable vents it cancels out the ridge vent and makes air circulation poor. However, I worry soffit vents are too low. Would it be okay if they were covered instead of just hardware cloth over them?
Could you do gable vents, ridge vents, and just a few soffit vents? Or skinny soffit vents?
We live in the Seattle area, so lots of rain, not a ton of snow.
We are raising 3 orpingtons, they’ll be our tallest type. Thank you!