Resin shed reuse

[3KillerBs]

Honestly it's not that bad. If you know how to do basic math is to add and multiply. So 10 4inch louvers let's say equals about 1 square for of ventilation.(math is a little tricky on those) As for adjustable floor vents treat it as a standard vent length times width as a gable vent. But how much ventilation you add comes down to the type of bird(heavier breed need more ventilation),type of bedding, poop boards, frequency of cleaning,cross ventilation etc. The link above is a very good reference to even the type of climate and how to get your numbers of how much real ventilation you have per bird for the coop.

My point being, however, that if you're talking about a 4"x10" floor vent -- which is not actually 40 square inches because of the louvers blocking part of it -- when you need 144 square inches or more per bird you are thinking on the wrong scale.

 

[WonkierZulu]

They are designed that way also to keep out water and unwanted drafts. That doesn't have a major change in ventilation. Unless you want a breeze there.

 

[3KillerBs]

They are designed that way also to keep out water and unwanted drafts. That doesn't have a major change in ventilation. Unless you want a breeze there.

You want a free flow of air at the top of the coop -- which is extremely difficult to achieve 40 partially-blocked square inches at a time.

 

[WonkierZulu]

You want a free flow of air at the top of the coop -- which is extremely difficult to achieve 40 partially-blocked square inches at a time.

Are you talking about the floor covers or actual louvers? If it's actual louvers they are designed to as a vent and the amount described is negligible. It is still cut out for that dimension and it's meant to exhaust air through the louver or gable vent(That's if you don't have roof ventilation). These vents are meant usually for exhaust if you want real ventalition you need and intake which they can serve as only of they have if they have roofing vent above.

 

[3KillerBs]

Are you talking about the floor covers or actual louvers? If it's actual louvers they are designed to as a vent and the amount described is negligible. It is still cut out for that dimension and it's meant to exhaust air through the louver or gable vent(That's if you don't have roof ventilation). These vents are meant usually for exhaust if you want real ventalition you need and intake which they can serve as only of they have if they have roofing vent above.

I was responding to a post about "HVAC floor vents" as coop ventilation -- pointing out that they provide square inches of ventilation when what's needed in a chicken coop is square feet of ventilation.

 

[Macchick]

How many birds is this intended to house?
You need A LOT more ventilation. The plastic covers over the vents won't stop anything from chewing through if they can get up there. I guess that's one advantage of a resin shed: it's slippery.
That's also an extremely small run with no protection from snow. And cleaning it is going to be a headache, let alone trying to shovel it out when you have a snow storm. Do you intend to free range at all?

Hi there! both runs have full access the smaller one has a top that opens completely and latches close, and the taller one has a door. Both are easy to clean and access. We can add a cover to the top easily. We currently use landscape cloth for shade, but can easily add a sheet of plastic to cover the run and bales of hay to lay against the sides for protection from wind. The coops stays very very dry and clean. I cleaned it out once and was shocked at how little it smelled or that it did not even seem dirty. The birds roost on top away from the door. We now leave door and window open for ventilation. The window has a layer of hardware cloth on the open side. We will be adding another tall walk in module to the run next year, just trying to see how the 1st year goes before we do that as it would be less modular, in case we need to move it. So far things are going very well. We are in a location where the snow melts away within a day and occasionally we have a giant snowstorm (maybe once a year). The coop is huge for these girls, and they can easily stay in coop if needed during storm. The back of coop has two doors with full access. And yes we free range with supervision since we are in a close in rural area with a certain amount of predators.

 

[Macchick]

How many birds is this intended to house?
You need A LOT more ventilation. The plastic covers over the vents won't stop anything from chewing through if they can get up there. I guess that's one advantage of a resin shed: it's slippery.
That's also an extremely small run with no protection from snow. And cleaning it is going to be a headache, let alone trying to shovel it out when you have a snow storm. Do you intend to free range at all?

We have 6 birds. 2 black sex linked, 1 gold sex linked, 2 Americanas, and 1 silver laced Wyandotte.