ChillnChick
Chirping
- Jun 21, 2022
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You’re certainly right about that! Ours came with only 1 (closable) small vent on each side and we added a half dozen 1 inch holes in the wood on the other two sides to help out. Haven’t had any problems yet…Don't over-do the wrapping. Chickens need ventilation just as much in the winter as in the summer and prefabs are notoriously ill-ventilated to start with.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/repecka-illustrates-coop-ventilation.77659/
and even with the tarp there is space at the top that still allows air flow and the front is left open during the day and partially at night.
Our concern wasn’t necessarily the cold, but the extreme sudden drop in temperature from what they have been getting used to - from the nightly 20’s to a few nights in the single digits.