Adding ventilation without drafts?

[vintage]

Just gotta say...soffits are under the eaves, not the gables.

Can you tell I'm new to this?!

 

[aart]

Can you tell I'm new to this?!

Am here to teach what I can.

 

[ladyhand]

Maybe put louvers on the door, to deflect rain and gusting wind, but still have some ventilation.

I'm having a really hard time seeing this in my head. I live in NC where winters are mild and summers are hot. I plan on putting windows in the coop to keep open during the summer (with hardwire cloth for the screen), and had the same idea for a door being hardwire cloth at the top, but I've been trying to figure out how you keep rain from getting into the coop if we have a bad storm and rain is blowing in? I would think roof overhang would keep out the majority of just a regular rain, but there's an excellent chance I'm wrong. I'm a first time chicken keeper and just want to do right by my girls. As I'm in the process of building my coop, I want to make sure I get it right. TIA.

 

[3KillerBs]

I'm having a really hard time seeing this in my head. I live in NC where winters are mild and summers are hot. I plan on putting windows in the coop to keep open during the summer (with hardwire cloth for the screen), and had the same idea for a door being hardwire cloth at the top, but I've been trying to figure out how you keep rain from getting into the coop if we have a bad storm and rain is blowing in? I would think roof overhang would keep out the majority of just a regular rain, but there's an excellent chance I'm wrong. I'm a first time chicken keeper and just want to do right by my girls. As I'm in the process of building my coop, I want to make sure I get it right. TIA.

Generous roof overhangs, top-hinged windows, and/or awnings all work to keep the rain out of the coop.

This coop -- uninhabited at the time -- went through Hurricane Florence without getting any water inside due to the roof overhangs.

(more construction details here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-little-monitor-coop.76275/ )

My outdoor brooder has been through several strong storms but my chicks are nice and dry because I put on these metal awnings:

(More construction details here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/run-to-outdoor-brooder-conversion.76634/ )

This temporary dog-crate-turned-coop is sheltered by generous roof overhangs:

 

[Alaskan]

I'm having a really hard time seeing this in my head. I live in NC where winters are mild and summers are hot. I plan on putting windows in the coop to keep open during the summer (with hardwire cloth for the screen), and had the same idea for a door being hardwire cloth at the top, but I've been trying to figure out how you keep rain from getting into the coop if we have a bad storm and rain is blowing in? I would think roof overhang would keep out the majority of just a regular rain, but there's an excellent chance I'm wrong. I'm a first time chicken keeper and just want to do right by my girls. As I'm in the process of building my coop, I want to make sure I get it right. TIA.

Louvers like this:

Or like this:

In a coop they would need to be shop vacuumed out on occasion, since all of the poultry dust would get stuck in there... but they would keep out rain and still let in air.

They would NOT let in a breeze though, which you might want in the summer time.