My Thoughts on Coop Insulation (during this stupid cold Winter!)

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Was op taking about heating the coop? I thought the post was about insulating a well ventilated coop and the benefits that can have? Or I missed something? I think, when you live where you get extreme cold spells ,insulating a coop with adequate ventilation can help if only because it helps keep the drafts down. Not sure it's worth it for the added cost, but of I have extra insulation on hand from building projects, I do like to use it. Its equivalent to piling hay up, but on the walls.
 
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I thought of just adding that foil back bubble (thinner) rolled insulation to my coop ceiling too. I have a portable thermometer with a remote and with my 20 sq ft coop and 5 birds and deep litter in barely drops below 20degrees F . They seem fine if it's windy or snowing I don't let them out but if no snow they want out. I do make a path for them on top of snow with a bedding or straw though. They are wearing down coats in winter remember.
 
One of the oddest most baffling threads I have read in awhile. I live up in the great white north, have 25 birds in an open fresh air coop with no insulation and no source of heat other than what the chickens themselves produce. We are in spell of -mid teens Celsius during the day and minus 20s at night. The flock spends a bit more time "cuddling" in the sun but other than that cruises through the cold without any sign they are unhappy. I do make sure they have lots of high protein food and cart a warm water container to them each morning, they get ACV splashed in on Monday and a shot of vitamins/electrolytes on Tuesdays.

One last comment: I would trust what @aart has to say over any of my engineer buddies even if they had a PHD and had won a Nobel. In short, practical experience and knowledge trumps learnin' in my book any day and SHE (yes) has that in spades.
 
Happy hen lover said:
I thought of just adding that foil back bubble (thinner) rolled insulation to my coop ceiling too. I have a portable thermometer with a remote and with my 20 sq ft coop and 5 birds and deep litter in barely drops below 20degrees F . They seem fine if it's windy or snowing I don't let them out but if no snow they want out. I do make a path for them on top of snow with a bedding or straw though. They are wearing down coats in winter remember.
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Would give credence to your post, and help others learn,
@Happy hen lover if we knew.....
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They obviously wont die, but will it help egg production and overall general health to keep them a few degrees warmer? I think the numbers are still out on that. I'm sure it's very location dependent. I live on the ocean in maine and have a fierce north west wind when it blows. It will sleet sideways for days sometimes and then spend a few more days blowing all the little bits into every crevass and crany. My insulated coop is much drier in the winter because of the fact that it keeps more wind out so I'm not saying you absolutely need to do anything extra but I have a gut instinct kind of feeling that that coop produces more eggs per bird in the winter, because they are more comfortable over all. And that's all I'm saying. I didnt choose to insulate this coop that I'm talking about. It was a building that I bought from a farm down the road and moved to my house. Love yall! :oops:
 
iwltfum said:
It will sleet sideways for days sometimes and then spend a few more days blowing all the little bits into every crevass and crany. My insulated coop is much drier in the winter because of the fact that it keeps more wind out
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If your insulation is stopping moisture that gets thru the siding,
you may have a mold issue lurking there.
 

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