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    Comparing my insulated and non-insulated coops

    Thanks for this information! Can you let me know the name of the poultry science book that you referred to? I'm always interested in the science!
  2. brksmith

    Comparing my insulated and non-insulated coops

    Thank you so much for doing this research, and for sharing your results!
  3. brksmith

    venting a coop using a pipe and keeping the coop warm

    Yes, for sure Fiske was talking about larger scale housing. But he also did show some relatively smaller setups for homes/home farms. He focused on coops that were actually being used successfully. It's so interesting seeing the differences in the use of language from then to now. There are...
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    venting a coop using a pipe and keeping the coop warm

    I wondered about that too! My thought is that there must be something about the wind blowing by that creates a negative pressure to 'pull' the air up. I'm hoping that someone who has tried this might be able to comment. :-)
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    brksmith introduction

    Hi all, My name is Barb Smith, and here is my introduction using the suggested template questions: (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I have never had chickens, but have been reading books and magazines on chickens for a couple of years. I just moved to a city...
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    venting a coop using a pipe and keeping the coop warm

    In the 1907 book "Poultry Architecture - A Practical Guide for Construction of Poultry Houses, Coops and Yards", George B Fiske states a couple of things that seem to be contradictory to a couple of mainstream current ideas that I'm finding both in current books and on this site and others. I'm...
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