One easy way to add draft free ventilation

[Grits&Eggs]

Got it - Love it - thanks!!

 

[aart]

@PirateGirl we definitely need a pic or two.

This is an excellent baffle for draft protection, I wouldn't worry about the 'corners':

 

[Mimi13]

When putting the 1x6’s as siding on both gable ends, I left two boards off at the apex and, of course, covered the opening with hardware cloth. The house also has a vent ridge (the end caps have not yet been put on in this picture.) The 16” roof overhang so far has been successful at keeping any rain out. The sides where the rafters rest have been left open and covered with HC. The front and back eaves will eventually be covered with 1x6’s, along with the front and back edges of the roof.

 

[aart]

The 16” roof overhang so far has been successful at keeping any rain out. The sides where the rafters rest have been left open and covered with HC.

Nice!!
Are the eaves(sides where the rafters) also 16" over hangs?

 

[Mimi13]

Nice!!
Are the eaves(sides where the rafters) also 16" over hangs?

They aren’t 16”. They only extend the remainder of an 8’ 2x4 on a 12’ wide house with a 5/12 pitch.

 

[Cryss]

@PirateGirl we definitely need a pic or two.

This is an excellent baffle for draft protection, I wouldn't worry about the 'corners':
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Thank you so much @aart ! That means a lot coming from you.

 

[PirateGirl]

My coop is small, the tall side from floor to ceiling is only about 3 feet, so putting ventilation on the walls would mean it would be in close proximity to the roost, so mine is in the ceiling at the highest part.

In the first picture you can see on the roof, top left, is the raised part where the vent is. (excuse my dying flowers, the frost got them!) The next picture shows the opening on the front of my coop, for now it's covered with garden mesh because that's what I had on hand. Nothing big can fit in, and the mesh should keep out little critters. The other pics show how it's raised up off the roof. Mine is covered with shingles.

 

[Grits&Eggs]

@PirateGirl - I love your coop! mine has several windows but no roof ventilation. There is no way to raise the roof, and was wondering if that was enough?

 

[PirateGirl]

@Grits&Eggs it's hard to say. I think our environments certainly play a factor. I live somewhere extremely dry and cold much of the year. I see you are in FL which is quite humid and hot much of the year. Our ventilation needs are not exactly the same. If your weather is such that your windows can stay open, especially at night when the chickens are roosting and in the coop the longest period of time, I'd think that counts towards good ventilation. If all the windows and doors are locked up at night, then other options are needed. If poop etc. dries out in your coop and there is no smell of ammonia, I'd say you're on the right track.

 

[Cryss]

I'm not familiar with florida winters, but windows may be enough as long as they don't allow cold blowing onto the chickens. In NJ that would be a freezing draft. Drafts are not good. Are the windows very low? Moist heat rises so low windows won't release the moisture, the warm moist air will collect on the roof and slide down walls. Like I say, not familiar with Florida winters. Perhaps treat your open windows with baffles to block wind and rain. (Plexiglass is easy) My suggestion is to make baffles horizontal with the open end at the bottom and ending lower than the lowest edge of the window. I really really love the way OP used 2x4s to frame the baffles. I'm not a fan of her vertical mostly because warm air rises, cold air falls, neither flows sideways, and wind doesn't originate from the ground. But baffles rock!