Coop windows

[rosemarythyme]

The wall facing into the covered run is generally an ideal place to add big open vents/windows, as the roof will provide a lot of weather protection.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

The wall facing into the covered run is generally an ideal place to add big open vents/windows, as the roof will provide a lot of weather protection.

Like this area?
It would be even with the roost bar, maybe a tad bit higher. Will that not cause drafts?
Or just leave it open during warm weather and closed during cold weather?

 

[aart]

Like this area?
It would be even with the roost bar, maybe a tad bit higher. Will that not cause drafts?
Or just leave it open during warm weather and closed during cold weather?

Yes.
You'd have to test the amount of air movement at the roost level.
Can you get inside the coop on a windy day to feel what it's like?
If you wrap your run area in winter, it will greatly reduce any problems with that window in winter.

 

[3KillerBs]

Like this area?
It would be even with the roost bar, maybe a tad bit higher. Will that not cause drafts?
Or just leave it open during warm weather and closed during cold weather?

You could take the siding out of the gable triangle area and replace it with wire rather than installing an actual window with little risk of drafts -- especially when those side windows are closed.

Even better, turn that false monitor into an actual monitor.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-little-monitor-coop.76275/

Not having a ramp shouldn't deter any but the heaviest chickens (like the Brahma in my avatar, who can't get more than 18" off the ground even for FOOD), from using a 2-foot high roost if they have at least 2 feet of horizontal clearance and room to spread their wings, but adding a ramp can't hurt.

 

[aart]

You could take the siding out of the gable triangle area and replace it with wire rather than installing an actual window

Or both!
Window for summer and gable for year round.

 

[jreardon1918]

Like this area?
It would be even with the roost bar, maybe a tad bit higher. Will that not cause drafts?
Or just leave it open during warm weather and closed during cold weather?

I agree with a nice big window/HW cloth opening on the wall facing the run. As much of this blue shape as possible. We have two windows facing the covered run. They are open 365.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

You could take the siding out of the gable triangle area and replace it with wire rather than installing an actual window with little risk of drafts -- especially when those side windows are closed.

Even better, turn that false monitor into an actual monitor.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-little-monitor-coop.76275/

Not having a ramp shouldn't deter any but the heaviest chickens (like the Brahma in my avatar, who can't get more than 18" off the ground even for FOOD), from using a 2-foot high roost if they have at least 2 feet of horizontal clearance and room to spread their wings, but adding a ramp can't hurt.

Yeah my overhangs isn't as much as I originally had planned...miscommunication with son-in-law ehrn building coop. So that's why we had to do the siding there to prevent rain inside coop.

 

[DramaBrahmaMama]

We opted to cut the windows out, hinge the piece we cut out and put hardware cloth over the cutout. I can hook them up when I need, and close them at night. Also, we added 2 "skylights" for extra light in the winter. We put these in the sides as we are using the roof as rainwater catchment.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Yes.
You'd have to test the amount of air movement at the roost level.
Can you get inside the coop on a windy day to feel what it's like?
If you wrap your run area in winter, it will greatly reduce any problems with that window in winter.

Yeah I can try to see how much wind...I'm sure for summer it would be just fine.
During winter when you say wrap the run area...do you wrap from ground level to a certain height so that air flow is just at like top 2' or so?
I didn't do that last winter and probably should have.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

We opted to cut the windows out, hinge the piece we cut out and put hardware cloth over the cutout. I can hook them up when I need, and close them at night. Also, we added 2 "skylights" for extra light in the winter. We put these in the sides as we are using the roof as rainwater catchment.

Yeah cutting a window out then hinging it on and off during winter is what I was thinking. I'm just petrified of messing up the coop structure by trying to cut out a window myself!
After collapsing my 200 sqft run I'm trying to be really careful and not mess this all up!