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Thank you for all the advice. My goal is to have happy and healthy pets that provide eggs and meat.

That is exactly what I used to track my ventilation. I used corrugated metal on 2 sides of my coop and half inch hardware cloth to cover the "holes" but that kept the air flow. My roof ridge is vented by a 1 inch gap between the plywood and covered over with same metal, then a metal ridge cap...

Here in south Mississippi, my main concern is summer heat and humidity. Try using a hunters talc sprayer to judge ventilation. I did that a few times with my small coop. Seems even on calm days the air moves bottom to top. This should evacuate any bad air out and put in clean air. Windier days...

Wow Keep. That is pretty much what I asspire to have. Good luck with your flock.

Thank you La la. Good advice is priceless. I will paint the parts that get dirty. The rest will be ok I think.

Should a chicken parent (me) paint the inside of a coop to keep the condensation from accumulating? My coop is small for the number of hens I have. However, it is well ventilated. The coop is raw wood in and out. Just bought primer and paint for the outside.