ventilation help

  1. bumblychicken

    Thoughts & advice on my coop ventilation?

    First and foremost the coop is still a work in progress, it was actually an old treehouse! The official roosting bars still need to go in plus other things such as the nesting boxes but they aren’t laying yet, plus more but anyways As we all know it’s summer time and very hot. I am a new...
  2. S

    Possible frostbite?

    I have 5 Toulouse geese and I noticed two of them have black patches on their feet. There's also beak discoloration with cuts but I have absolutely no idea where they get those. It's been in the teens but last night and tonight it's -1F or -2F. They seem to walk fine. They have an enclosure I...
    • starrymutt
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    • frostbite goose foot ventilation help winter
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Geese
  3. AkHenMama

    Ventilation: Active Vs Passive

    I hope if you have a ventilation question you can read this and look at your coop to assess whether or not your ventilation is active or passive and which will help keep your animals happier and healthier! Active ventilation: forces air movement. Passive ventilation: relies on nature to move...
  4. silkiemama002

    First timer here! How do I know if I have adequate ventilation?

    Hey there! I am incubating eggs for the first time, and I am really worried the eggs don't have enough air (big overthinker here LOL) My incubator is from Amazon and inexpensive (I bought it before I realised how important a good one is) and it came with only one 6mm vent above the fan which...
  5. The_Chicken_Tender

    Coop Ventilation Help (Lots of Pictures Included!)

    I have raised chickens for a long time, and I have always had a standard chicken coop (hardware cloth sides, upstairs area for roosts and nest boxes, etc). However, I decided to upgrade to something bigger now that I have a much larger flock (and the fact that the old coops were practically...
  6. mthrcluckers

    Ventilation Suggestions for Coop?

    Hello! I am new to chickens(going on 6 months) and I have a small flock of 7 chickens. I'm looking for some suggestions regarding ventilation--I am the second owner to this coop, and have started renovating it. The inside has all new walls and floor but I noticed it doesn't seem to ventilate...
  7. Amfh

    Ventilation query

    I recently took in 2 Swedish drakes and I'm making a duck house for them. I plan to get some girls for them soon, but its hard to find any for sale around me. I have a coop to hand that I want to use for now, it would give them about just over 12sqft of space, of course that's just for over...
    • Amfh
    • Thread
    • coop coop construction duck duck coop duck house ducks ventilation help ventillation
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. T

    Winterizing Coop - Draft Free… but still has ventilation? Confused!

    I‘m sorry if this is a dumb question, but I’m a newbie at this and I’m confused. How do I make the coop draft free but still have ventilation for the winter (I’m located in PA)? Won‘t the ventilation openings be a place where drafts come in? And how can you even check for drafts to begin with if...
  9. The chicken nurd

    Questions about adding ventilation

    Any suggestions on adding ventilation to my coop (Pictures are from today while I was cleaning it the first 4 are of the inside with the doors off and the last one is a front view of the coop with the doors on)
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