Help with ventilation

[Alaskan]

in Texas, no such thing as too much ventilation.

Truly, air blasting over perches is just fine.

My grandmother's coop (in the Texas hill country) had half walls, bottom solid, top wire, and one full wire wall. She did have plywoom storm shutters to close up for huge storms, but she did NOT close them in the winter, even when it snowed.

My baby sister lives in the same area of Texas, and has a similar style coop, but no storm shutters. She does have huge eves.

 

[RRM]

Personally I would extend the gable ends to provide 16” of overhang, then cut the triangle out of each gable end and cover with HC for more ventilation.
Reference our coop page and you’ll see what I’m talking about as that’s what I did with our coop.

 

[Bunnybryn]

What type of interior wall finish will you be doing? You could add insulation (rolls, rigid board, etc) inside the coop walls if you plan to cover your 2x4 wall studs with plywood to make 'solid' walls; then paint with a light color. Even if you did just the south and/or west sides of the coop this way. One of my coops is 'double-walled' with insulation within the wall space, and it does help mitigate the heat.

Also, depending upon where your chicken run will be, and how much sun it will receive, start thinking about deep shade for part of the run, either with existing plantings (nice that you left that ashe juniper--"cedar"!), or some type of good shade cloth, louvers, etc.

I hadn't even considered covering the studs with plywood, that may be something I should do! I left as many trees as possible, I planned the run so they would get morning sun and afternoon shade, but I may add some additional plants/cover part of the run to make sure they have plenty of shade.

 

[Bunnybryn]

in Texas, no such thing as too much ventilation.

Truly, air blasting over perches is just fine.

My grandmother's coop (in the Texas hill country) had half walls, bottom solid, top wire, and one full wire wall. She did have plywoom storm shutters to close up for huge storms, but she did NOT close them in the winter, even when it snowed.

My baby sister lives in the same area of Texas, and has a similar style coop, but no storm shutters. She does have huge eves.

I was thinking about adding hardware cloth screens to the doors to give more ventilation after realizing I could have left a full wall exposed like you mentioned. This question came to mind while building the coop in the heat of the summer while I was sweating buckets!