Please see what I found and tell me if what every one is preaching is wrong or right. I see coops currently this way.
Winter is Coming,
But Don't Close Up Your Coops!
Unlike baby chicks, grown chickens have a full coat of feathers to protect them from cold weather. If kept healthy and dry, chickens are very winter-hardy. The problem isn't keeping them warm, it's keeping them healthy, and that means giving them plenty of ventilation.
Chickens are like miners' canaries: they suffer if the air quality is poor. Does it smell worse inside the coop than outside? That's poor air quality.
An open-front chicken coop is the healthy alternative, summer or winter, even in harsh climates. Don't let their air get stuffy and unhealthy as cooler weather sets in. If you learn nothing else from this Web page, learn this:
Happy, healthy chickens need need a great big open window year-round for light and ventilation.
The bolded section is what I am referring to.
Here is the website:
http://www.nortoncreekpress.com/fresh_air_poultry_houses.html
Winter is Coming,
But Don't Close Up Your Coops!
Unlike baby chicks, grown chickens have a full coat of feathers to protect them from cold weather. If kept healthy and dry, chickens are very winter-hardy. The problem isn't keeping them warm, it's keeping them healthy, and that means giving them plenty of ventilation.
Chickens are like miners' canaries: they suffer if the air quality is poor. Does it smell worse inside the coop than outside? That's poor air quality.
An open-front chicken coop is the healthy alternative, summer or winter, even in harsh climates. Don't let their air get stuffy and unhealthy as cooler weather sets in. If you learn nothing else from this Web page, learn this:
Happy, healthy chickens need need a great big open window year-round for light and ventilation.
The bolded section is what I am referring to.
Here is the website:
http://www.nortoncreekpress.com/fresh_air_poultry_houses.html