Hoop greenhouse with chicken run and coop attached how to keep it dry

[Omas Chickies]

Can you take the door off again for the winter?

we could but the wind just blows the rain right in and it becomes really muddy.

 

[aart]

Hoop coops, like Aframes, can be hard to weather proof and ventilate.

 

[3KillerBs]

You still need at least 1 square foot of 24/7/365 ventilation in the winter just like in the summer because ventilation is what removes the moisture that the chickens generate from their breath and the poop.

The greenhouse is drier because chickens generate their own moisture.

 

[Alaskan]

I know someone up here in Alaska that uses hoop coops.

But... she leaves the front wall completely open. When we start to get gobs of snow she puts a bottom wall up, but the top half stays open.

So me.... I would extend or add to the tarp, so the entire run is covered, but have the entire end open.