Anyone use this for insulating/winterizing coop?

[Bear4boo]

Is this safe to use in the coop for the winter?

 

[Nodakj]

I guess i do.

 

[Nodakj]

Idk if it is "safe" but thats what i am using for the ceiling insulation. They will peck it so keep it out of there reach. I had tried to wrap their waterer in it and they were pecking the foil off.

 

[Nodakj]

Also idk how i double posted that picture

 

[Tonyroo]

You don't need insulation for a coop. Just make sure there's no wind blowing inside during the winter. But keep it ventilated.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

I used this thick foam board insulation for a mini house we built AND in the chicken coop. It's unreal, keeps the coop warm in winter, cool in summer. Doesn't come in same dimensions as what you're looking at but seems to calculate out to same price. I cut with a jigsaw or score and snap it. You have to cover this like pretty much all insulation because chickens are that dumb.....

 

[Nodakj]

I used this thick foam board insulation for a mini house we built AND in the chicken coop. It's unreal, keeps the coop warm in winter, cool in summer. Doesn't come in same dimensions as what you're looking at but seems to calculate out to same price. I cut with a jigsaw or score and snap it. You have to cover this like pretty much all insulation because chickens are that dumb.....
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that's the stuff under the white plastic in my pics

 

[DickMidnight]

no. insulation is unnecessary in a chicken coop.

you need to keep the wind off of your roosts and the coop well ventilated, ideally up near the roof line.

insulation is a great place for mice and rats to make nests, and for mites to live.

 

[3KillerBs]

no. insulation is unnecessary in a chicken coop.

you need to keep the wind off of your roosts and the coop well ventilated, ideally up near the roof line.

insulation is a great place for mice and rats to make nests, and for mites to live.

This. We keep them dry and out of the wind. They keep themselves warm with their built-in down parkas.

Additionally, if you have adequate ventilation in your coop then the temperature and humidity will be the same inside and out -- making insulation moot.

Where, in general, are you? Climate matters, especially when it comes to housing.

Note: The one place where insulation is desirable is when you have a situation where warm, moist air rising from the coop hits a cold ceiling and condensation occurs, dripping back down into the coop. This is most common in a cold, wet climate and most common with metal roofs.

Sometimes increasing the airflow under the roof takes care of the problem but some climates need the thermal break of an insulated roof even though it's unnecessary in the walls.