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  1. rosemarythyme

    Is my coop good?

    Louvered gable vents are nice but in most cases they add pretty limited ventilation since the covers are only so big, usually something like 12-14" square, so you'd need to add a LOT of them to provide enough ventilation for a growing flock.
  2. rosemarythyme

    Is my coop good?

    Plastic bins should work fine. Chickens aren't really picky about what the box is, they just want a space with some privacy, that's tall, deep and wide enough to allow them to turn around and partially stand in. So anything about 12" cubed is big enough for most standard chickens, though I...
  3. rosemarythyme

    Is my coop good?

    Your "roof vents" are gable vents (a ridge vent would be more in line with a roof vent, or there's actual roof vents that stick up from the roof to allow for ventilation) and provide just under 0.5 sq ft of ventilation. The 2 windows provide another 2.75 sq ft of ventilation. With 7 birds...
  4. rosemarythyme

    Is my coop good?

    My guess, just eyeballing it, is you need more ventilation - maybe not right now, but if you want to expand the flock further. How big area all of the vents? Hard to gauge without solid measurements. The windows look like they only open part way, so make sure to only measure the parts that...
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