Did you insulate your coop?

[nurse_turtle]

Nope. Not really necessary.

 

[Frost Homestead]

I didn't. no light or heat either. we live in central Texas and it's not too cold here, rarely below freezing during the day. we have a 11' x 12' metal shed for our coop

 

[Linn Bee]

I insulated my 8 X 8 coop -- roof and walls. Once I read about ventilation, I rather wondered why I bothered. The coop is totally draft free . . . a plus IMHO. The coop stays quite a bit warmer than the outside air temperature. I haven't had any water freezing yet this winter.

If that means no frozen eggs, yea! If that means no frozen fingers when I work out there, yea! If that means I have an easy to warm 'room' when the house power goes out, yea!

It still bothers me to have the window full-open after insulating so well, but I have to keep my flock (and bunny) safe and happy.

 

[aceintoledo]

I did not put insulation in my coop. I figured with plywood inside the coop and on the outside it should be plenty warm, I did install a light to extend the shortened day thing and it also gives off some heat to take the edge off. If the girls seem to need some warmth as the winter progresses I can always turn a heat lamp on for them.




My girls are happy and they tell me with eggs!

 

[toofarout]

Yes, all walls and under roof are insulated with vapor barrier over and have interior sheathing (thick osb).
I wouldn't do it differently except to use blue foam board/styreform/r max etc... instead of the fiberglass insulation that I used.

 

[3riverschick]

Hi,
I have an uninsulated 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 ft. raised coop. I am cleaning it between rainstorms and need a quick answer.Been raining a lot here,. The floor is damp because I waited too long to clean it. The coop is all cleaned out now, but another storm is coming and I need to put the new flooring in. The attached run is covered and I have Marans in the coop. It's not cold here and the part under the coop is sheltered fom the weather. I do have lime and datomaticous earth.
What should I do?
1. close the coop with the 65 watt overhead light on and let it dry out. Birds stay outside.
2. Put the hardwood shavings flooring in with lime underneath close dooor, leave light one birds outside.
3. Put flooring in without lime, birds stay outside. There is sufficent ventilation in this coop. I just didn't get it cleaned soon enough. I don't have sweet PDZ at this time.
Thanks,
Karen

 

[3riverschick]

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PLEASE... it's gonna rain soon and i need some advice!

 

[3riverschick]

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PLEASE... it's gonna rain soon and i need some advice!

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Storm's here. heavy rain. Well , it's warm and Marans are swamp chickens. It's dry under the coop. Guess i will keep the coop closed with the light on and tomorrow, floor the coop. Won't get too cold tonight, the Marans will be ok.
Thanks,
Karen

 

[duckinnut]

Walls and roof bays. I have an 8x8x6 slant roof shed style with a 12" open soffet with hardware cloth on the high end for ventilation. The roof bays are insulated almost all the way to the high wall but leaves room for air to flow through the soffet. I can close off some or all the soffet bays but usually leave one open in the winter for air flow. Still gets cold in the coop but there is no draft. Insulating serves three purposes for me. Restrains the biting Noreasters wind here in Mass as I live not to far from the Atlantic(2mi.) Summer is fickle here but can hot and you can really notice the difference in the coop,I would venture its probably10 to 15 degrees cooler in the coop during the dog days of summer. And lastly but not least is sound retardant, going into having chickens figured would end up with a roo and true to my luck I hit the lotto with 4. Down to one now but he is a loud White Rock. With 1/4" skin on the outside,R-13 in the walls and 8"x1" lap pineboard (recycled of a house)on the inside. Its really cozy in there and quiet on the outside.

 

[Cebarmlds]

Yes we fully insulated the 8x12 coop, floor, walls and ceiling. the walls and ceiling are covered with thin plywood and painted, the floor is regular plywood. I wouldn't use OSB it's got chemicals in it- you are what your food eats and breathes

We are in zone 3 MN and it gets to 30 below or colder. The summers get hot and humid. I don't use heat unless it's way below 0 and not constantly, just a slight warm up... I use the heater more for myself when I clean

we have AC for summer because they can't handle the heat so well, found that out the hard way. So the insulation is great for both extremes.