Keeping the smell down in a coop.

[aart]

This is a 20X20 foot building. The coop only takes up the corner showed. They have 6X10 inside with 10 foot tall ceilings. That vent you see above the window is 2 foot by 6 foot the other vent is 1 by 2 and the soffits are open with the over hang. We built this to somewhat match our house. Yes there is an office and a supply room. That closed door you see is 6 foot tall and leads to my office. Their nesting boxes share a wall with my office for easy access to their eggs. I have 6 boxes with only 5 chickens. Soon to be 3 more. I love the design of our coop.

Looks like it could work.

Are the interior coop walls solid and separated/sealed from the rest of the building?
Is the soffit open to the coop?
Are you noticing odors while in other parts of the building?

Another window, top hinged, on the same wall as pop door might help add some make up air.
Would really like to see interior of coop, especially up near those vents.

Using a poop board and pine shavings instead of straw would help a lot with odor an humidity.

 

[NewFeathersInCo]

Looks like it could work.

Are the interior coop walls solid and separated/sealed from the rest of the building?
Is the soffit open to the coop?
Are you noticing odors while in other parts of the building?

Another window, top hinged, on the same wall as pop door might help add some make up air.
Would really like to see interior of coop, especially up near those vents.

Using a poop board and pine shavings instead of straw would help a lot with odor an humidity.

I don't have any pictures of the finished inside. But I will take some. Yes the coop is closed off to the rest of the building. Only access point is the door from my office to the coop and the nesting boxes. I will switch to pine and sand/PDZ in the poop box. And let you know how it turns out. Thanks everyone for the advice.