Roofing Materials Suggestions for the most egg laying.

[patandchickens]

Oh gosh, certainly don't do a clear roof (or any part thereof) in TEXAS!

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I think what you were probably being told was that if they have too short a day length (less than 14ish hrs of it being at least light enough to read a newspaper by) then most breeds will lay fewer eggs. This is mainly an issue in wintertime in higher latitudes, although it is also an issue for those whose chickens are in *really dim dark* housing because that can artificially shorten the effective length of the day.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[annek]

I lived in Texas for over 20 years with the last few being by Lake Travis definately don't use clear panels unless you want fried chicken like the others have said! You need to build your coop like people do in hot climates, your winters are very mild and unless there is bad weather will really never have to close your coop up. Take a look at some of the designs that have 3 sides open that they just screen with hardware cloth for natural ventilation. Your don't need 4 walls like northern coops.

I will see if I can find the recent post so you can take a look.

 

[annek]

Here is one thread just do a search for hot weather coops. Good luck!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=163417&p=1