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    Ventilation new coop

    Imperial that's old news we all on the metric system now , u must b in America correct? So it ferinheight , sorry I was born into the metric system and Celsius degrees so I have no idea about feeinheight temps haha. Inches and feet I can do cuz in my early yrs ppl that taught me my job were used...
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    Ventilation new coop

    Yes it is very hot here, and very hot ATM as we just finished summer here and are in Autumn but the heat is going to hang around average temp here ATM are between 35'c - 40'c with it occasionally going over 40 during hot seasons , winter ( if we even get 1) is usually around 10-18'c roughly but...
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    Ventilation new coop

    Thankyou Thankyou , what a great response explained everything perfectly thankyou
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    Ventilation new coop

    Do they get cold easily?? Or does it take a bit for them to feel the cold??
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    Ventilation new coop

    Ok thanx for that, yeh I live in nsw Australia and where I live it doesn't snow or anything it does have its moments where is gets cold but nowhere near frostbite temps but yeh I don't want them getting cold at nite either
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    Ventilation new coop

    Well the coop they in now (see pic) is like only 1 3rd the size of that, ( I just recently moved here and it was already here all built with run and everything) yes it is gonna b taller, but not 4.5ft higher as Iam a bit restricted with how high it can go, haven't got round to doing that yet. I...
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    Ventilation new coop

    Hey, I've just bought a new coop for my 3 girls and am doing a fair bit of modification before put it in place, 1 thing it does not have is ventilation , at all... so I was going to put vents all over it then I thought I could just lift top lid of coop about 1/2 inch or so, see pic, I would...
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    Hi Klil, where did u get that coop from? Or did u build it? It looks like an awsome coop
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    Roosting, and sleeping

    Ok I've been doing it for almost a week now so a couple more nights and I'll try them without, yeh they fit alright on there, I've been out a couple times after putting on the roost to sneak a look at them and they all on the roosts fitting ok don't seem to be cramped up. Will b good for winter...
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    Roosting, and sleeping

    Thanks aart, Yeh have that's what I have been doing so far , blocking off their nest box and putting them in on there roost bars just after dusk and locking them in, how long roughly u think I should need to do this? Or do I just keep testing them for when they just go in on their own? They only...
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    Roosting, and sleeping

    Hi deb, yeh where I live there isn't a real threat of predators as such but better safe than sorry I Spose , I have houses all around me also , so if there did happen to be a predator it has fair bit to get thro to get to the girls, then also there is quite fine wire all the way round there pen...
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    Roosting, and sleeping

    Thanks , yeh I will definitely do that
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    Roosting, and sleeping

    Ok so I have added a few more vents got rid of those useless holes and replace with 2 large vents 2 smaller around the corner and cut a bit hole out as aart suggested under the roof in the pen, I've also raised the roost bars as far as I think I can as any higher will start to cramp there head...
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    Roosting, and sleeping

    Thanks aart, great advice, I got a pretty good idea of what I'll do now, I will get stuck into that today
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    Roosting, and sleeping

    Hey Rachel, is it possible to have too many vents? cuz I can put vents in quite Few diff places, the dimensions of inside coop with out nest box is roughly 2ft x 2ft
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    Roosting, and sleeping

    Thankyou, I'm gonna get into the ventilation issue tomorrow and gonna buy a couple would vents and place in other spots aswell, is it possible to have too many vents?? I'm just thinking about winter when it get s really cold. Yeh the space inside without nest box is just over 2ft x just under...
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    Roosting, and sleeping

    Hi, sorry did u mean put them where the weather WONT hit them or u did mean put them where the weather will hit? And in regards to the other vent hole u mentioned so I cut a hole and cover with a hardware cloth, is that to soak up moisture in the air? Yeh the roost are a bit of a doozy , and I...
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    Roosting, and sleeping

    I have gone and bought these for the vents , will these be ok for vents????
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    Roosting, and sleeping

    Hi aart, great to meet u, I'm in NSW, Australia , I have amended my profile so it shows. Ok so I'm pretty handy, there is 2 roost bars and they are each just under 21 inches long , there are 2 doorways leading into roost 1 for the chickens with a ramp and a bigger door so able to get in Better...
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    Roosting, and sleeping

    Ok hmm the roosting bars are a touch higher than nest box but with nest full of straw brings about even, I have just moved into this house and the chicken coop and run was already all set up with the previous owner having chickens and he loved his girls so I was pretty confident it was all set...
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