Show me pictures of your coop ventilation?

[ZaneyMama]

We're finishing up our coop, but haven't decided on how to do the passive ventilation. We have two 2x2 windows, but won't open them unless it's hot out. We'd like to do something up near the roof that can be closed in extreme wind or snow. I'd love to see pictures of what everyone has!

Thanks!

 

[mikecnorthwest]

Check my BYC page and you'll see pics of how I did my ventilation. Basically just rectangular windows with hardware cloth.

 

[Monk]

Passive ventilation, pop door is open all the time, a window and screen door on the main door. On the more of the active side, a fan on a timer.

 

[isabrownmom]

Please check my BYC page and you will notice that in addition to the two windows we have the eaves open all across the long sides of the coop. They are covered in hardware cloth and in the winter I used some foil insulation to cover all but two sections of it and I had no frostbite issues and the coop's DLM stayed perfectly dry all winter.

 

[kathyinmo]

Here is one coop. It has ventilation like this, on both sides. I have hinged flaps to cover them, if too cold. I also have (an ugly blue) tarp attached on top of the coop. We drop it down when it rains.

From inside (while work still in progress)

Here is a smaller coop. Also has a drop down hinged flap.

This is hard to see. It is a big building (33' x 13'). I covered neardly 2 feet length x width of building, with hardware cloth for ventilation.

Does that help any?