Heat in the coop

[Erin80]

Our chicken coop is part of our shed. Our shed is really big, has two garage doors that open, a sliding glass door, and a window. The coop is fully fenced, so during the day we can just open the garage doors and they gets tons of fresh air. At night though, we don't want animals in our shed, so we need to close the doors and I'm worried for those hot nights. Any ideas? I suppose we could hardware cloth around the sliding glass door and leave that open.....

 

[CityKidChickens]

I would cut a small hole in the side and put chicken wire over it. It will defenentally be enough.

 

[ChickenMammX4]

Depends on your climate. Our summer nights are humid and hot so we have good cross ventilation (2 windows) and a large opening near the roof (covered with hardware cloth).

 

[blackdog043]

"I suppose we could hardware cloth around the sliding glass door and leave that open..... "
Without any pictures ^^^^ that would probably work.