Help please??

[chikinmama]

Yeah I dont understand either ^^^^.

 

[luvchicks8]

I don't understand either I have 4 large vents in my coop, 2 up top and one on each side of the wall

 

[chicks4kids]

I think the difference is making sure that the "ventilation" doesn't blow on them directly when they're sleeping...therefore becoming a draft. That's the way I see it.

Last year, my coop was way too humid because my ventilation was not good enough. This year it seems to be just fine. I doubt you can get rid of the humidity...you just need to be able to have enough flow through air (this is the way I see it) so the air can circulate but like I said NOT blow on the birds directly. My pop door stays open all of the time and goes out to a covered kennel run that has plastic around the sides for winter-but I do have the top of the north end open for fresh air to blow in.. I do have vents that I installed this last spring on the north and south sides of the coops, but I have since covered them with feed bags because the wind was blowing in (on top of the chickens) because the vents were high like the roosts. However, with the pop door leading out the kennel, they do get plenty of fresh air inside the coop.

My mistake last year was trying to keep it too closed up and not let any air in. I noticed a huge humidity problem, luckily I didn't get any frostbite, but I did get the stinky coop especially when it warmed up. I never really understood the ventilation thing either butI think the key is getting flow through air...keeping it low so when the birds are sleeping, it doesn't blow right on them. During the day, they can get out of a windbreak whenever they want.

Some may disagree with me about having the air flow low to the ground, and that's fine, but that's what works for me. In the summertime, the high vents get opened up.

 

[Lofty Dreams]

With frostbite I have heard about using vasiline I dont have to worry about it though

 

[7L Farm]

Close off the windows where the wind blows in & blows directly on the chickens. No one likes cold wind blowing on them it makes you sick.