Is this enough ventilation?

[3KillerBs]

Since I live in a hot, humid climate my metric for assessing the level of ventilation is to put my head and shoulders in (walk in when we build the larger coop), on a hot, sunny day and see if it's any warmer than it is outside.

If it's warmer inside I need more ventilation.

 

[SnootyHen]

We have a 4'x8' raised coop. We have gable vents, a roof ridge vent, two windows and a pop door. The windows and pop door are always open as the covered run prevents rain and snow from getting in the coop. We use a snow rake to clear the ridge vent. But I would like to add more ventilation.

I love your coop! I'm thinking the gable vents are going to be the easiest for me to add based on the style of mine.

 

[jreardon1918]

I love your coop! I'm thinking the gable vents are going to be the easiest for me to add based on the style of mine.

Thanks. It works, but is kind of small. The gable vents are not that big. Hence leaving the windows and pop door open. Most days I open the egg door a few inches. Even in the dead of winter.

 

[SnootyHen]

Since I live in a hot, humid climate my metric for assessing the level of ventilation is to put my head and shoulders in (walk in when we build the larger coop), on a hot, sunny day and see if it's any warmer than it is outside.

If it's warmer inside I need more ventilation.

I live in the midwest where we can get below zero in the winter and then have 90+ weather in July and August. Does anyone have a go-to metric for colder weather checking? It never feels muggy in there now but I have the windows open all the time which will of course change in the winter.

 

[jreardon1918]

I live in the midwest where we can get below zero in the winter and then have 90+ weather in July and August. Does anyone have a go-to metric for colder weather checking? It never feels muggy in there now but I have the windows open all the time which will of course change in the winter.

The coop should be about the same temp and humidity as the outside air. We have a remote thermometer/humidity gauge in the coop.

 

[SnootyHen]

The coop should be about the same temp and humidity as the outside air. We have a remote thermometer/humidity gauge in the coop.

Thank you! That helps a ton!

 

[SnootyHen]

The coop should be about the same temp and humidity as the outside air. We have a remote thermometer/humidity gauge in the coop.

I bought a bluetooth thermometer/hygrometer and I can set it to alarm my phone if it goes out of spec. Not sure where to start, I set spec for temp at 20-80* F and humidity at 50-70%. It's been pinging me all day because it's like 90+% humid outside today so my coop has been in the mid to upper 80s %. Since this is still lower than outside, do I call that a win or do I need to get it down more into the 50-70% range?

Right now it is 56* and 79% humidity outside and 59.6* and 76.8% in the coop.

Does that sound reasonable?

 

[aart]

I bought a bluetooth thermometer/hygrometer and I can set it to alarm my phone if it goes out of spec. Not sure where to start, I set spec for temp at 20-80* F and humidity at 50-70%. It's been pinging me all day because it's like 90+% humid outside today so my coop has been in the mid to upper 80s %. Since this is still lower than outside, do I call that a win or do I need to get it down more into the 50-70% range?

Right now it is 56* and 79% humidity outside and 59.6* and 76.8% in the coop.

Does that sound reasonable?

I would turn off the alarm and just observe the readings when you want.
Does it also measure the temp and humidity outside the coop?

 

[SnootyHen]

I would turn off the alarm and just observe the readings when you want.
Does it also measure the temp and humidity outside the coop?

It doesn't monitor outside. I can get a current reading or a history like these:

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[aart]

It doesn't monitor outside. I can get a current reading or a history like these:

The history might be nice....but the main thing is comparing inside coop to outside coop,
because........

The coop should be about the same temp and humidity as the outside air.