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Thanks for joining the party. :) Will put mine out tomorrow! Looks like it’ll be a touch warmer for a few days, before the temps drop again. (Ah, life in the mountains….)

Thank you! (Cool frame!!) I set up two small fans to blow air in and two more to blow air out (thinking that plan might make for the most fresh air). Maybe I should just blow air in…. Good point about the dust!

Ah, got it. So…maybe I don’t need fans anyway? :)

Love that advice—to try and make the inside of the coop match the outside. :)

Darn it!! They are not. :( They’re battery powered fans I found online. With no electric, it seemed my options were limited—but I bet I didn’t look in the right places, being a newb. Are there any sites/sources where I can find the right kind of fans?

Hi again! Here’s the coop with the extra (I hope not bad) ventilation. The coop came with just the windows and two tiny holes. I added the rest (and the battery-powered fans). The windows are right across from where they’ll roost….

:) It’s been a bit of a heavy lift with all the cleaning, but they’re kinda tucked away in a loft area, so it hasn’t been so bad. Has also given us some good time to hang out.

Agree totally. Mine is supposed to hold 15, I think. I have only 7—and also a 15 ft. attached run. I live up in the NC mountains, and it’s crazy cold up here, I assume due to the elevation. I work 30 minutes south of here, and it’s pretty consistently 10 degrees warmer! Nuts!! Pics to come….and...

Thanks for the reply! I’ll post a few pictures of the coop, if you don’t mind, and ask for your 2 cents about whether or not it truly is draft free. I purchased a prefab coop to put together. After doing some reading here, I concluded that the ventilation was inadequate. Made more up high—but...

Oh—and just so you know what kinds of creatures these are: Easter Eggers, an Olive Egger, Splash Ameraucanas, a Welsummer and a Black Copper Marans.

Hi, everyone. I’m embarrassed to ask my question, but I’m gonna do it anyway. Due to a series of unforeseen challenges, it took me way, WAY longer to finish building my chicken coop than I planned. I’m finally finished (woo hoo), and the “chicks” are ready to go outside. They’ve been waiting in...