roof vents?

[mudpaw]

Wondering if anyone here has used a roof vent on their hen house? I have a smallish coop and I think it has good ventilation (virtually no smell in there and nice and dry), but I'm in the deep south, and in the summer I don't want it to become a chicken poop-scented sauna in there

...and hot air moves up..so.... I already have a vent...it's the type you'd use to vent an attic or similar space (this it is, pretty much, though mine's made for a gabled/sloped roof : http://ventmastersstore.com/shop/images/RV51black.JPG ) . It's screened inside and I plan to make a removable door/cover so it can be sealed on the colder nights (I mean "cold" for down here-like the 20's-and occasionally the 'teens). What do you think ?

 

[Imp]

I think it sounds like a good idea, if you can keep it dry inside.

Here's patandchickens ventilation info, well thought of:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=1642-VENTILATION

Imp

 

[mudpaw]

yeah, I've got lots of other passive ventilation already (the eave/soffit areas on 2 walls, large screened cut-out sort of area on the front and back-like a gable-end vent on a house) as well as one 3.5' x 1.5' open-able window (another to be added above the nest boxes, come spring time). I just wonder about how the extreme humid weather will affect the ventilation in the summer down here (I'm in mid-GA)...