Coop and run modifications

[kodster]

If you go with a fan you need to be sure to get one that's rated for outdoor and barn use.

Chickens and their bedding generate huge amounts of dust. The best scenario is that the fan simply chokes up and stops working. Since the chicken dander and the dust from the bedding are both flammable you can easily start a fire.

This one that I linked to is designed for those conditions. I considered that when searching.

 

[bill3607]

Personally, I think the coop being so close to the 6' privacy fence is what is cutting your airflow opportunity. You can add all the ventilation windows you want, but if you're blocking the airflow by having such a narrow space from an outside obstacle, you're still not going to get the airflow you want to keep it cooler for the flock. It's just a matter of aerodynamics.

The United States is experiencing an increase in temperatures, across the board, this season, and it's only going to get worse in the next 10+ years. Judgment is by fire, this time around, if you're a believer in Christ, you'll understand what I'm talking about. We're already seeing the beginning of it.

Not across the board. We in the South have been under average temps all summer

 

[3KillerBs]

Not across the board. We in the South have been under average temps all summer

Yes, we've hardly had a day over 95F all summer here. It's not even going to break 90 until late last week.

 

[kodster]

Not across the board. We in the South have been under average temps all summer

That's interesting. Down around Selma, the temps have been above that, as I watch a homesteader channel on youtube that is located there, and they give the temperatures, weather updates, on each of their videos.

 

[bill3607]

That's interesting. Down around Selma, the temps have been above that, as I watch a homesteader channel on youtube that is located there, and they give the temperatures, weather updates, on each of their videos.

Well, you may need to watch something else since I live about oh, 30 miles from Selma. I mean it is hot because it is the south, but under average so far all year. Right now it is a rain cooled 76 F. Before it started raining this afternoon it was mid 80's which is way under average for this time of year. Normally, we are in the mid to upper 90's and very often busting 100 to 103 with very high humidity.
The last real heat wave we had was 2007 when it was hitting 112 - 115F
We have been known to hit above a 100 as late in the year as late Oct. early Nov.

 

[bill3607]

Of course the summer is far from over

 

[3KillerBs]

Well, you may need to watch something else since I live about oh, 30 miles from Selma. I mean it is hot because it is the south, but under average so far all year. Right now it is a rain cooled 76 F. Before it started raining this afternoon it was mid 80's which is way under average for this time of year. Normally, we are in the mid to upper 90's and very often busting 100 to 103 with very high humidity.
The last real heat wave we had was 2007 when it was hitting 112 - 115F
We have been known to hit above a 100 as late in the year as late Oct. early Nov.

*nods*

I'm not quite as far to the south as you are, but 95-95 is our usual summer norm and it's hardly hit that at all.

(For non-southerners, that's 95F with 95% humidity).

 

[bill3607]

*nods*

I'm not quite as far to the south as you are, but 95-95 is our usual summer norm and it's hardly hit that at all.

(For non-southerners, that's 95F with 95% humidity).

Oh, would it not be so wonderful to take the humidity down a couple of notches lol
I grew up in the mountains in Northeast Alabama and it was hot and it was humid. Then, for some reason I decided to move to LA (Lower Alabama) and I still have not got use to it. The humidity is just overbearing. Sometimes I wonder what am I doing

 

[3KillerBs]

Oh, would it not be so wonderful to take the humidity down a couple of notches lol
I grew up in the mountains in Northeast Alabama and it was hot and it was humid. Then, for some reason I decided to move to LA (Lower Alabama) and I still have not got use to it. The humidity is just overbearing. Sometimes I wonder what am I doing

I understand. I'm a Yankee from western PA via Massachusetts, the NC Appalachians, and Delaware. It took me a long time and a job in a factory that had no AC to acclimate to thinking of 85F as a cool day for summer.

 

[kodster]

Believe me, guys... I CAN relate to what it's like down there... From 1991 to 2010, I lived in the southern part of the country... 4 years in ne Texas, and then the next 15 years, mostly in Kentucky (northcentral, outside of Looavull), but spent time in E-City, NC, Houma, LA, middle TN (northwest). So, yea, I get it... it's the humidity that kills you, really. It escalates the high temps where you sweat, but just can't get it to evaporate. We're getting 'similar' conditions up here in ND, the last couple of summers, and hubby can't stand it. He HATES humidity. I'm acclimated to it, so it doesn't bother me as much as it bothers him. Normally, here in ND, our tourism picks up in the summer because the humidity is so low, which is a major draw for tourists... not anymore. Prior to moving to Texas, I lived in the central valley of California, after having been born and raised in the San Francisco bay area. Talk about a major adjustment, just between those two regions of California! I've also lived in se OK (1979), in Duncan, which is se of Lawton (Ft Sill).