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Better to open the entire gable triangle, cover it with hardware cloth, then install either a roof extension or an awning. Those louvered covers generally only provide square inches when ventilation needs to be measured in square feet.

Poor Dumpling has been having a hard molt. Being a Brahma, she hasn't much tail to start with and she lost ALL her tail feathers at once. That little black fringe is the new tail coming in. :D

I agree. I very rarely ever have to clean the nests. A couple times a year, maybe. If an egg gets broken or if someone sleeps in there and poops.

Venting needs to be up at the top both to remove ammonia and moisture-laden warm air (even in winter), and to keep the drafts well above the birds heads when they're roosting. :) Here's an excellent article on chicken keeping in cold-weather areas...

Welcome to BYC. It's great that you're giving your birds so much room! Overcrowding is the #1 mistake people new to chickens make. I think you'll want to move that roost out a foot from the wall because they won't have room to assume their over-flowing and drooping nighttime position: See...