Helpful hints for building coops

[jvls1942]

mice will nest in insulation if it is not properly covered. And if you have proper/adequate ventilation, insulation does not increase humidity......

thanks, this is exactly what i was going to write.
i paneled my walls with osb , over 44 years, no mice no rats.
i picked up a 3ft steel door and have a wooden jamb
nothing has ever tried to chew through the jamb.
however. i built my own jamb out of 2x6 treated. i guess they didn't like the taste. lol

 

[Three Stents]

thanks, this is exactly what i was going to write.
i paneled my walls with osb , over 44 years, no mice no rats.
i picked up a 3ft steel door and have a wooden jamb
nothing has ever tried to chew through the jamb.
however. i built my own jamb out of 2x6 treated. i guess they didn't like the taste. lol

I tried to educate, but all I was getting was resistance

 

[StinkyAcres]

I tried to educate, but all I was getting was resistance

Some of us were just warning about insulation potentially causing a rodent problem.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Insulation is more about helpiong with the heat during those extremley hot summer days. It also helps with the cold during those frigid days. Why is your house insulated?

I don't have down or feathers.

 

[CapricornFarm]

It has been pretty cool outside here, but at least no more snow! We have seen lots of Robinson here, so maybe spring will come early.

 

[Debbie292d]

You really don't need insulation in coops, you need soffits or other ways to get more fresh air in. Chickens wear feather jackets.

I may have said this here already, but we heat our coops to 40°F; thus, they are insulated, very similar to our home. We get anywhere from two weeks to a month of sub-zero temps, and raise silkies. Feather jackets or not, they'd not make it in that, especially the frizzles who don't have one.

It depends on the chickens, the climate, and the personal preferences of the chicken keepers. We'd do it no matter the breed as this chicken keeper does not want to trudge buckets of water out to 4 coops twice a day or deal with frozen eggs. These lay all winter.