can someone please show me ventilation diagrams!?

[Dhkoenig]

Get a pic of the soffits from the outside, up under to show it all.
1" holes are really not much.

You can see mine here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-coop-page.65912/

....and how I block bowing snow in winter:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/ventilation-baffling.75434/

okay sorry just catching up but so grateful for your thoughtful reply - I will shoot a few pix of the soffets when I go down to the coop in a bit

 

[Dhkoenig]

Heat and ammonia both rise. The higher ventilation will be the most useful in the winter, since you're in New Jersey. As aart suggested, open up the ends (cover with hardware cloth), and yes, I'd probably lower the roosts. You want one foot between the birds' heads and the openings.

When you think of ventilation, think in terms of square feet (openings), not square inches (holes).

Thanks! I always gulp when someone says the amount of square footage of ventilation needed because our coop is only 7x5 so my whole coop would be open LOL. Not sure what to do about that?

 

[Dhkoenig]

Opening the soffit area on both sides would be very good for your climate.
Then change those holes in the gable to open triangles.

When I open the triangles, do I somehow cover them if there is a storm with heavy rain and wind etc? Believe it or not we get down to the below freezing mark in the winter at times and about the 100 mark in summer. Such a pendulum!

 

[rosemarythyme]

When I open the triangles, do I somehow cover them if there is a storm with heavy rain and wind etc? Believe it or not we get down to the below freezing mark in the winter at times and about the 100 mark in summer. Such a pendulum!

If you shoot for a top hinged cover that should help protect the vents from the climate while still allowing them to remain partially open even in colder weather for airflow. Like so:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...do-members-think.1498249/page-2#post-25025344

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/coop-ventilation.1452812/page-2#post-24868607

 

[Dhkoenig]

okay sorry just catching up but so grateful for your thoughtful reply - I will shoot a few pix of the soffets when I go down to the coop in a bit

Okay grabbed a bunch of pix yesterday. The close-ups with the drill holes from the insides show the tiny glint of light that separates that drilled bea from the one below, which my husband says also provides air-flow but you can barely see it. I just don't want to say something that is not accurate to him. the last photo shows (and I guess a lot of them do) the relative height of the perch. If they appear at first to be close to the ground - there are white poopy boards under our roosts that have hemp in them.

 

[aart]

Okay grabbed a bunch of pix yesterday.

The way those 'drilled beams' are in there is an odd way to build a roof.
Those 'beams' should not really be in there like that,
but it looks like they are notched in there pretty good.

 

[Dhkoenig]

okay sorry just catching up but so grateful for your thoughtful reply - I will shoot a few pix of the soffets when I go down to the coop in a bit

Can someone tell me how to tag someone

 

[Kiki]

@Dhkoenig
Use the@ symbol and type their name.

 

[Kiki]

@aart

 

[Kiki]

Cut these green triangle areas completely out and cover the area with 1/2" hardware cloth.