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For whatever it's worth, Gail Damerow's book suggests I think 1 sq ft of vent space per chicken. While it is pretty ballpark as numbers go, and some folks whose chickens spend most of their time outdoors get away quite happily with less, I would suggest it as a sensible starting point from which...

chickensista, it sounds like the vents are at the top of the gable ends? I like that kind of venting, personally -- you get good air flow thru the coop but it's not aimed at the chickens. I'd enlarge them somewhat (or add a second vent on each side under the first, whichever is easier) and you...

Quote: None of this is true, I'm afraid I'm VERY familiar with ridge vents, twigg, I've worked in more horse barns than you can count and the great majority have had ridge vents. Possibly in snowier climates than yours, I don't know. In a serious snowstorm with howling winds, they *do* let...

Three problems with ridge vents: a) they let in snow (=moisture), b) they can't easily be blocked off, and c) they do not provide much actual air movement, unless you have other vents lower down and get a rising air circulation going. Personally I would not use a ridge vent for a coop, I think...