Ok - I admit...this is one of my dumbest questions ever.

[Tala]

6chickens in St. Charles :

In our city, the code has been recently changed, and sheds have to have particular vents, etc.....

for your own best odds at success, maybe just check your city code, if you're in a city. What's up to date today will probably work for years.....

Good luck!

I don't think a code intended for a storage shed would be sufficient for the amount of moisture and ammonia that chickens constantly put out.​

 

[PatS]

The one vent I think a predator could conceivably reach also has hardware cloth on it. It is an easy fix to cover the others, but truly, with the placement, I don't think anything could get in. (There is nothing to hold on to.) But I have tons of hardware cloth, and like I said, it is a simple matter to staple some up there over the screen.

What I am really concerned with is air exchange though something as tightly woven as window screen. The actual slatted vents are lined with hardware cloth.