Window/ventilation placement help?

[Midnight Maran Momma]

Hello BYCers!
We bought our chicks at the wrong time of year for newbies, & we're trying to rush to get their coop finished as quickly as possible (thankfully, the run is mostly done aside from the last section of hardware cloth & more of it for under the coop).
My question is- where should we put the windows on the front? We've got the pop door in front. We'll be doing a split staircase down from there. There's a roof vent up top (I'm adding hardware cloth to), and side windows (they already have hardware cloth, but we'll be adding removable windows). The left and right sides will have clean out doors.
So.. suggestions, recommendations? Please be kind. Like I said, I'm new!
Thank you!

 

[Logar]

I would put it right above the door. that way it won't create a draft near the roosting bars. And instead of making window covers, I would recommend having something like this so you can leave it open year round as the more ventilation the better.

 

[nuthatched]

Cover the vents on the sides, you don't want breezes to hit your birds.
those can be permanent windows. Plexiglass is great for coops.
Make the roosts straight bars across, maybe an L shape? They'll just crowd unto the top roost since their instincts tell them to get as high as possible.
Cut permanent ventilation along the peak.

 

[Midnight Maran Momma]

Cover the vents on the sides, you don't want breezes to hit your birds.

We live in Virginia, and it rarely gets cold here, but the side windows (plexiglass) will have piano hinges along their tops, so we'll have them closed when it's chilly out and open during the warm part of the day. The lower roost is only intended for the birds to use to get to the top. With six chickens, they'll have plenty of space to roost three across on each side, and they'll have their backsides even with the windows up there.

those can be permanent windows.
Cut permanent ventilation along the peak.

There's already a ridge vent for air flow up top.

 

[Midnight Maran Momma]

I would put it right above the door. that way it won't create a draft near the roosting bars. And instead of making window covers, I would recommend having something like this so you can leave it open year round as the more ventilation the better.
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Thanks Logar! I misspoke (mistyped?), the side windows will have piano hinges along their tops so they can open like the ones in your pic. The 'window' parts will be framed plexiglass on the outside of the framed hardware cloth. Did that make sense?
Really, a center window for the front is the only realistic place I can think of putting it. The back will be nesting boxes across the bottom, attached from the outside back. Maybe I should add a window back there?

 

[nuthatched]

We live in Virginia, and it rarely gets cold here, but the side windows (plexiglass) will have piano hinges along their tops, so we'll have them closed when it's chilly out and open during the warm part of the day. The lower roost is only intended for the birds to use to get to the top. With six chickens, they'll have plenty of space to roost three across on each side, and they'll have their backsides even with the windows up there.

There's already a ridge vent for air flow up top.

It's not about cold,it's more about breeze. You do not want breezes hitting your birds at night.
You need more, permanent high ventilation than a ridge ventilation. You need 1 sq foot of permant ventilation per bird.

 

[Midnight Maran Momma]

It's not about cold,it's more about breeze. You do not want breezes hitting your birds at night.
You need more, permanent high ventilation than a ridge ventilation. You need 1 sq foot of permant ventilation per bird.

Between the side windows (that can be closed off with plexiglass in the winter when breezy, which rarely happens in the area our coop is set up), pop door, and ridge vent, we've already got that 1 sq ft per bird, but we're considering adding one more window up a ways above the nesting boxes (to avoid hitting the chickens heads where they roost.