Best coop build for Hot Climate

[Cori8301]

We are looking to build a coop for our 26 chicks. We live in Louisiana where it stays hot most of the year with some temps in the low 30’s during winter.

The area for the coop will have minimal shade due to no tree coverage.

What type of coop should we build? How should we ventilate? We have ALOT or galvanized tin that we got from a chicken house in Texas but am afraid it would be too hot to build the entire enclosed coop with tin

Please give ideas, suggestions and pictures of the coop setup for hot climates that tend to be in the triple digits during summer.

They will have a large run for daytime but don’t want them to cook in the coop at night.

 

[mowin]

A open air coop sounds like what you need. Roof, a couple solid walls and a couple open covered in HC. During the colder months, you could cover the open sides with clear plastic to block the wind.
@3KillerBs will be able to give you lots more info.

 

[3KillerBs]

Welcome to BYC. If you put your general location in your profile it will always be handy for reference.

I recently wrote an article on this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/hot-climate-chicken-housing-and-care.77263/

Ventilation is critical and if you're unable to provide shade over the coop, definitely go for a Monitor or Clerestory roof that creates airflow as detailed in that article. Here in central NC I find that I need at least double or triple the recommended 1 square foot of ventilation per adult, standard-sized hen to keep a coop under 90F on a 100F day if I can't put it in the shade.

Sometimes I just throw a cheap picnic fly up over a smaller coop to create shade.

You will have to provide shady places in your run if there's no natural shade. Here are a few more resources with different in-run structures that can offer some cool shade for hot days.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...-“chickens-101”-articles-don’t-mention.76003/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/an-outdoor-shelter-for-the-feeder-and-waterer.76487/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-cluttered-run.1323792/