Hey everyone,
We’ve decided to add chickens to our ever growing list of animals and have started building a coop inside of our barn. The coop will be 10x8 and has a (roughly) 7’ high ceiling. The top 3’ of the walls will be hardware cloth, everything else will be solid wood. I’m having a hard time deciding if it would be better to make the “ceiling” hardware cloth as well or close it in..or a bit of both. I know ventilation is super important, but I’m thinking about all the chicken dust flying out of an open ceiling. Any thoughts or opinions?
We’ve decided to add chickens to our ever growing list of animals and have started building a coop inside of our barn. The coop will be 10x8 and has a (roughly) 7’ high ceiling. The top 3’ of the walls will be hardware cloth, everything else will be solid wood. I’m having a hard time deciding if it would be better to make the “ceiling” hardware cloth as well or close it in..or a bit of both. I know ventilation is super important, but I’m thinking about all the chicken dust flying out of an open ceiling. Any thoughts or opinions?