Hi Folks,

After a short summer vacation stint of chicken sitting for a neighbor my children and I feel like we'd like a go at it ourselves!! I have a 8x8x8 unused playhouse in my back yard that looks like it could be converted nicely into a coop...after reading loads of posts and articles I keep seeing the P.S. "if I were to do it again" comments and I would like to get it as close to the mark right off the start if I could with your help...

I live 45 minutes outside of Boston, MA where we can get hot summers ( humid 90's ) and some nasty cold winters ( 0-30 degrees ) so obviously that's one of my first concerns, I feel like I need to be concerned with adequate ventilation and heat reduction for the summers, I'm pretty handy with small construction projects and have the tools I need so I'm wondering if I should open one side of the coop entirely for the summer and re-attach the removed wall for the winter months.. or..the playhouse now has 5 window openings about 16 in by 16 in starting at 3ft off the floor, is this adequate for the summer months? are they too low (causing drafts) to leave open in the winter? I read up on ventilation but quickly became confused by all the options. I was thinking of posting photos and maybe some of y'all could take a look and tell me what your thinking...