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ChickenCanoe said:
Then it's a combination thermometer/hygrometer.

suffix meter = measure

suffix stat = from the greek 'statos' or standing. Thermostat is a device to control temperature like on your wall for heating and cooling or in an incubator to maintain set temp.

I do agree that measuring humidity in the coop is a great idea. In doing so I realized I needed much bigger openings.
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What is a good number for the humidity reading?
 
Jerry Dog Man said:
What is a good number for the humidity reading?
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In the coop or incubator?
If in the coop, the best you can hope for is as near ambient humidity as possible. What happens when people close up the coop fearing cold (unnecessary), thanks to feces, water and respiration, the humidity quickly climbs significantly above ambient. That spells a recipe for disease proliferation due both to more humidity in a warmer environment and a dimished level of fresh oxygen.
 
ChirpyChicks1 said:
I have three different roosting bars at different heights. The 1st is around 3ft and goes east/west, the 2nd is around 4ft and runs north/south overlapping the first bar, the 3rd bar is around 5.5ft and again runs east/west above the 1st bar. Most of my chickens jump from one to another but occasionally they will fly up to the 4ft bar (straight up), at times they don't make it on the first try. They took a few days too before they were brave enough to jump off, that's why I ended up putting the lowest bar in.

If your roosting bar is only 6 inches off the ground then you're pretty lucky they aren't sleeping in their nesting boxes! You have good chickens
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I had a drill instructor hen that marches back and forth and pushes everyone off. They would jump to the other bar and so on and so forth. I had 2 hens develop injuries legs due to all that monkey business. I since have removed the other roost. No more injured legs 😳
 
My Very First 6 Chickens said:
I had a drill instructor hen that marches back and forth and pushes everyone off. They would jump to the other bar and so on and so forth. I had 2 hens develop injuries legs due to all that monkey business. I since have removed the other roost. No more injured legs 😳
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Lol, i did not proof read. I still have the drill instructor hen and i had 2 hens with injured legs. (Healed perfect).
 
ChickenCanoe said:
Then it's a combination thermometer/hygrometer.

suffix meter = measure

suffix stat = from the greek 'statos' or standing. Thermostat is a device to control temperature like on your wall for heating and cooling or in an incubator to maintain set temp.

I do agree that measuring humidity in the coop is a great idea. In doing so I realized I needed much bigger openings.
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Found this Thermometer/Hygrometer by InkBird on Amazon that connects to Smart Phone. It works pretty cool. Runs on 2 AAA batteries and has a hole to hang with a screw or lanyard. Records and displays a graph of temperature and humidity when you connect to it. I put it in my coop because I was concerned about what everyone here is discussing before I found this BB. Check it out, here is a link:

https://smile.amazon.com/Inkbird-Wi...=B08S34C5X9&psc=1&ref_=pd_bap_d_grid_rp_0_4_t
 

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