evaluate my coop.

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Love your little coop!

 

[patandchickens]

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You will not want them on the low side near the roost during wintertime. Thus I would not bother foolin' with that now. (You may decide you need to do something like that, or more radical, come summertime next year... but, that's a project for another day

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The window has poultry wire on it

Not chickenwire, though, I hope you mean hardwarecloth? Bear in mind that chickenwire (the hex stuff) is just not predator-safe.

There are 2 easter eggers and 3 black sex links in the coop now

That helps... it looks like your coop is, what, maybe 4x6? so with just 5 chickens in there at least there is a more reasonable stocking density than the people selling that type coop usually claim they'll hold. The fewer chickens, the less ventilation you can get away with. I still really, really think you should add some, though.

If you add soffit vents, I would suggest just pulling off the soffit and MAKING that your vent, rather than doing this hole-saw-and-2"-circular-metal-vent-thingies approach that people sometimes do. Two inch circles really do very very little for ventilation, compared to having the whole darn thing be mesh. It is easy to close off part of what you've got if you need to; but if all you've got is a buncha 2" circles and it's still too humid in there, a solution requires work and the demolition of all those little 2" holes you worked so hard to install. So I'd really suggest erring on the side of MORE ventilation, rather than less

Good luck, have fun,

Pat​

 

[Cargo]

patandchickens x2

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

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Pat is so smart.

Why didn't I think of that?

 

[kgriffith]

Thought I would update so far. I did the wiring this morning and installed my light on timer. Got it up high out of reach for the chickens and ran some conduit down the wall so that they cant peck the wiring.