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tigger19687 said:
You WANT a ridge vent, it lets out the moisture and heat that rises. It is a good thing to have that. Shoot, wish my house had that :(
Still so jealous of your coop, so nice ! Oh and ridge vents are still nailed in, just like all other shingles.

I would not be worried about the eaves so long as they have wire on them. It will help to bring the air up to ridge vent and draw cooler air in for Summer. Not sure I would want it ALL wired, maybe boarded off with larger ovals of wire so air gets in but not too much during the Winter. Hope that makes sense.

There are 2 thought with roof insulation, insulate the roof or not.
For a house here in N.E. they say insulate the floor of the attic and not the underside of the roof. They make those thin foam U shaped boards for that. And I am not sure if this is the thought when you have a Ridge vent or not (I think it is?)
Not sure what to do about a coop.
I am sure someone here will help more
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thank you - that's what I'm confused with - it's not a house but a coop and the ammonia from the deep litter method has to rise and vent so if we put plywood at the 8 foot height it traps the ammonia in - unless we keep the area above the sand (three feet across the front) open to the top with wire and the shed area open to the top- than you for giving us some things to think about
 
GinaNew York said:
yes, the soffits have 1/4 inch wire cloth and are closed -the gable vent will shortly be installed in the front and there are six windows that are huge. in the section that is for the chickens, I thought it would be best so that ammonia rises to put the 1/2 inch wire under the rafters at 8 feet and just put plywood over that above the roost area so that where the chickens are is protected in case something gets in (the 1/2 inch wire has to be put outside the windows still and the run finished before they can go in)
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I have a 7' high 1/2" HC 'ceiling' throw a big piece of cardboard over the roost area in the winter to block any drafts and/or blown snow coming in the eaves.
 
I am in Massachusetts :)

You don't HAVE to have a 'ceiling" but if you think you need that to button it up on the inside then if it mirrors the roof, then make an opening like the Ridge Vent. Make sure you put wire over the inner ridge vent to the air will clear out.
Honestly most don't have a ceiling in a coop.
Aart has a great idea about the carboard.
I will have no insulation in the roof, but will have thin wood sheet in the rafter so I can use it for storage of shavings or light weight things.

When you say Sand, do you mean Sand in the coop on the floor?
 
You make me jealous with all those people working. I have done most of the work myself. 20170822_165311.jpg
 
that makes sense to store above the rafters - that's what the shed part of this is for, so hopefully everything fits fine without having to go up. I'm leaning towards putting the wire and plywood only over the are where the wood chips are which covers the nests and roosts and more with wire against the bottom of the rafters just to keep out animals. The area over the sand (construction sand for bathing) in the first three feet of the coop wired but open to the top and vent. I'll post pics this weekend as it should have progressed that far by then - I hope.
 

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