Is this enough ventilation?

Harmoni

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We put an addition on our coop. I insisted that I wanted 2 open walls. Husband insisted on only one open wall and then that turned into a 2/3 open wall. We do have ventilation up top and a double roof system to help insulate but I still think there should be more openings while he insists it's good enough. Help! In FL btw so heat is an larger issue than cold, but we also don't want a soaking wet coop and sideways rain is common here. We have chicken doors on both sides and are planning to create a grow out pen wall under the poop board on the right side.
 

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Not sure if Aart (up north) has experience with southern US summers. For the same reason, I don't know the answer. In most climates this would be great ventilation, but I don't know if it'll cut it in hotter, extended summers.
 
An open wall or two would be best,
but you need very large roof overhangs to deal with the rain.

Not sure why the soffit(shown in the 3rd pic) is covered with and a couple vents,
better to cover the whole soffit area with all HC.

The only way to really assess ventilation is to observe and adjust as needed.
Temps and humidity should be the same inside and outside coop.
 
An open wall or two would be best,
but you need very large roof overhangs to deal with the rain.

Not sure why the soffit(shown in the 3rd pic) is covered with and a couple vents,
better to cover the whole soffit area with all HC.

The only way to really assess ventilation is to observe and adjust as needed.
Temps and humidity should be the same inside and outside coop.
I'm not sure why he didn't put hc all the way around. I'll have to ask him. I don't see why he can't cut more in.
Humidity is lower than the outside currently. Temps are currently 1-2 degrees higher when the chickens are in it.
 
Humidity is lower than the outside currently. Temps are currently 1-2 degrees highe
1-2 degrees is well within limits. Come summer no one can feel the difference between 95 and 97. I'd use the humidity as a gauge, you'll easily feel if it's higher in the coop. I'd go ahead and add as much ventilation as possible now as working in high heat and humidity sucks.
 
@aart got the reason. The sections that are open at the top are recycled parts of light fixtures that are a hard plastic like screening. He used all the pieces he had and said "it would look like sh*t to do a mixture of that and hc". 🤦
 

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