FANS in yer coops/runs?? Whos got em...........

[teach1rusl]

I have fans in both coops...a little one that's on a timer (on around 9PM, off around 1am) in my bantam coop, and one of those swivel fans on a thermocube in my big girl coop. That one comes on at 78, so if they're laying eggs they can get a bit of a breeze.

Since my bantam coop is small, I wall mounted the fan to blow on the roosts. You can see it a little to the right of the door:

 

[verlaj]

I have a box fan in the corner of my open-air coop (all wire walls) that blows cool air from a shaded area through the coop. I have it as much to discourage mosquitoes and gnats at night as to cool the air during the day.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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Thems is spoiled rotten birds!

Not really

Honestly, it helps to keep them laying eggs - ours take a break in the summer when it's too hot, not in the winter. Plus ours are often broody now, it's hard on their bodies, so they do better with air conditioning.

 

[froggiesheins]

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No, I haven't--but if we should get a night where the temps in the coop are nasty I will leave the little fan running for air circulation....Last year we had a day of 113 and the fan ran over night............

 

[froggiesheins]

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OHMYGAWD LAREE 118!!!!

time for A/C I think......I bet EVERY hen in that coop is giving you the stink eye right now....

they are saying: "them birds in Scottsdale have A/C we aren't good enuf??? No eggs for you"

 

[Nmarine1057]

Here in ms it gets extremely hot and humid so I made my coop as open as possible for airflow. Depending on the humidity I might put a fan on them occasionally but they don't seem to have as big of a problem with this new coop

 

[froggiesheins]

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NO fan??? Don't let them birdies see this thread then...they will get some ideas...and then... it will be all over for you.....you will have to have a fan in every corner....

BTW, NICE use of out with the old and in with the new building!

 

[Nmarine1057]

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NO fan??? Don't let them birdies see this thread then...they will get some ideas...and then... it will be all over for you.....you will have to have a fan in every corner....

BTW, NICE use of out with the old and in with the new building!

lol I wouldn't want my chickens plotting agains me thats for sure

 

[froggiesheins]

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NO fan??? Don't let them birdies see this thread then...they will get some ideas...and then... it will be all over for you.....you will have to have a fan in every corner....

BTW, NICE use of out with the old and in with the new building!

lol I wouldn't want my chickens plotting agains me thats for sure

I hope you learned special forces training in the marines......you never know......jest a thought....they can be sneaky little gremlins......

 

[jjthink]

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Nothing remotely nuts about providing fans - you are oh so certifiably sane

. Fans can save their lives. And we've read many a sad story on BYC of birds succumbing to the heat and dying

. I have multiple fans and last summer added AC because it was so stinkin' hot and humid that the weather should have been illegal. I rest much easier while at work knowing they have an escape from the oppressive weather.

JJ