Coop ventilation question

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

I have not noticed any fog on the windows. I do not use the deep litter method. I am going to go out to the coop later today and open the window, stir up the bedding and put a bag of new shavings in their then close the window. (Just to get as much moisture as i can out)

 

[imnukensc]

I have not noticed any fog on the windows. I do not use the deep litter method. I am going to go out to the coop later today and open the window, stir up the bedding and put a bag of new shavings in their then close the window. (Just to get as much moisture as i can out)

Do you leave the pop door open or have any low ventilation? it helps to have some air flow coming in low so that the air/moisture can actually move out of the top.

 

[aart]

I have not noticed any fog on the windows. I do not use the deep litter method. I am going to go out to the coop later today and open the window, stir up the bedding and put a bag of new shavings in their then close the window. (Just to get as much moisture as i can out)

That's the hard part....can't get it any 'drier' in the coop than it is outside.
It's humid in west michigan, ~68% here right now, so even with copious ventilation......
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/frostbite-in-sw-michigan.74597/

slather Combs in petroleum jelly or vasaline

I've read that petroleum jelly has some water in it....and even if it doesn't contain water, that it can freeze.
I've just set a blob and a smear on a plastic lid outside in 15°F,
we'll see what happens to it.

 

[flyin-lowe]

I too have always heard 1 square foot per chicken, which you are way under (3 square feet is what you have). How cold is it that you are closing the windows? My coop has a ridge vent similar to yours, all my eaves are open, I have 4 windows, and a pop door and all of them stay open year round. This past week it has been below zero with wind chills -20 and they are all doing fine. As long as they are out of the wind the cold won't hurt them. I am a believer that colder temps with more ventilation is better then a warmer coop that is closed up. Unless you have some breed that is not cold tolerant.
I designed my coop so my main roost is close to the wall under 2 canopy windows and they typically don't get any wind, but there is another roost running along the other wall that has no windows and if the wind is blowing just right causing a draft on the one roost they will move to the other.

 

[Notaneggspurt]

I've just set a blob and a smear on a plastic lid outside in 15°F,
we'll see what happens to it.

I just put a glob on a plastic lid and put it in the freezer.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

That's the hard part....can't get it any 'drier' in the coop than it is outside.
It's humid in west michigan, ~68% here right now, so even with copious ventilation......
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/frostbite-in-sw-michigan.74597/

I've read that petroleum jelly has some water in it....and even if it doesn't contain water, that it can freeze.
I've just set a blob and a smear on a plastic lid outside in 15°F,
we'll see what happens to it.

really? Wow. It saved my roosters comb all winter maybe it just hasn't been cold enough yet.

 

[aart]

really? Wow. It saved my roosters comb all winter maybe it just hasn't been cold enough yet.

Or it never gets cold enough?
The only way I would believe it works would be if half the birds in a coop got treated and the other half got frostbite.

 

[Notaneggspurt]

My first winter I used one of my old digital outdoor thermometers. I placed the sensor about roost level. With no supplemental heat I noticed within 2 hours or so after they went to roost the temp would read 10-15 degrees warmer than the temp outside the coop. The humidity inside would read almost exactly the same as the outside. I'm guessing the difference was because of using 2 different devices.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Hmm? Sorry, I'm confused I treat all my birds with it. I has been extremely humid outside, so I feel like it would be warmer to have it on.... But I won't do it if it makes it worse.

Or it never gets cold enough?
The only way I would believe it works would be if half the birds in a coop got treated and the other half got frostbite.

 

[OFChickens]

That's the hard part....can't get it any 'drier' in the coop than it is outside.
It's humid in west michigan, ~68% here right now, so even with copious ventilation......
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/frostbite-in-sw-michigan.74597/

I've read that petroleum jelly has some water in it....and even if it doesn't contain water, that it can freeze.
I've just set a blob and a smear on a plastic lid outside in 15°F,
we'll see what happens to it.

Musher’s Secret for dog paws works well on combs.