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    Insulation...walls and ceiling??? for the Northeast

    Quote: The thing is, moisture loads in a house are very concentrated. So the size of house is irrelevant: the important thing is the size of the bathroom. That would be 5' x 8' x 8' (average ceiling heights are 8'), or 320 cuft. Big difference. Precisely! See, we agree Look at all the...
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    Insulation...walls and ceiling??? for the Northeast

    Quote: Are you suuuuure about that, like with numbers and all? Yes, I am. The reason you don't see houses dripping moisture all the time is that they actually handle the moisture, rather than allowing it to condense all over the place. Humans output a huge amount of moisture from...
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    Insulation...walls and ceiling??? for the Northeast

    Quote: First, houses handle a lot more internal moisture than chickens can create. Hot showers in small bathrooms and cooking produce massive amounts of moisture. That's why we have specific design rules about venting those areas in newer homes. But since homeowners are pretty bad about...
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    brainstorm my coop problem with me

    Speaking as an architect, the moisture inside is definitely coming from the chickens' respiration. You definitely need more air circulation, probably because the tar paper is sealing the cracks so well. I see this a lot in houses that people have decided to seal up completely in the name of...
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    What should I use to weed and feed my lawn w/o hurting chickens?

    To feed, you can just spread dry sifted compost over the lawn and water it in. If you have your chickens running around on the lawn they will help with the feeding, as well. I wouldn't use a synthetic fertilizer where birds are going to be scratching in the soil or eating the leaves. To weed...
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    Chicken poop

    There are some animals that require coprophagia. Rabbits, for example, have to "send it through twice" in order to be able to digest everything in their food. But I very much doubt chickens do.
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