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    Ventilation

    I was more excited about the look of the wall before I realized that to make a nice tight coop I’ll need to have the tops of the pallets facing in to the coop. The chickens will have a gorgeous interior tho, which is what truly matters, right? 🤣 Thank you! The lowest ventilation will be 18”...
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    Ventilation

    Thank you all so much for all of articles and input!! This is a sketch of a cross section of my current coop plan (1sq = 2”). I’m building entirely out of pallets, so the walls below the ventilation space will be solid (board and batten I think is the term? Using spare boards from broken...
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    Ventilation

    Sorry, walls will be solid below the hardware cloth section up top, but with an addition of plastic in the winter just to be sure of no drafts. I am planning on a roof overhang, but since the roof only slopes one direction it seems like a large overhang on the top wouldn’t do anything? My...
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    Ventilation

    Hello! Currently building my first coop, and wanting to get a second opinion on ventilation before I get too far :) My current plans for the coop are for 40” wide and 12’ long (I’m using pallets, hence the weird dimensions lol). Sloped roof, with one of the long walls being 5’ tall and the...
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    Hello from Maine

    Hello from western Maine! Potential new chicken tender here. That will depend entirely on my coop-building success 😂 Currently working on building a low to no cost coop out of pallets and scrap lumber. If I can build a decent enough coop then I’ll move on into the investment of chicken wire and...
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