simple question about the house

[Cryss]

what is the pop door? My husband was planning on building a bigger coop I just need him to finish the run first. (long process he works 6 days a week and the temp here has been terrible.) Oh, and got this used for over $100 less than TS. Only 1 month old!

Kudos on the great price!! I'm glad to hear hubby is going to build you a bigger coop! How many birdies do you have? Look around here on BYC for important tips on what you need in a coop.
A pop door is that little door at the top of the ramp that they come out of from roosting. We close it at night. Keeps out snakes and rats and lots of other critters. The clean out door is the one on the front of the roost area with a sliding window. The double doors almost big enough for a person, well, hubby n I call them the stable doors for lack of a better term.

 

[FrannyLW]

Kudos on the great price!! I'm glad to hear hubby is going to build you a bigger coop! How many birdies do you have? Look around here on BYC for important tips on what you need in a coop.
A pop door is that little door at the top of the ramp that they come out of from roosting. We close it at night. Keeps out snakes and rats and lots of other critters. The clean out door is the one on the front of the roost area with a sliding window. The double doors almost big enough for a person, well, hubby n I call them the stable doors for lack of a better term.

But I love what you did to yours. Because mine will also be in the larger run. you close up everything except under the original coop? I have 6 little ones right now.

 

[Cryss]

But I love what you did to yours. Because mine will also be in the larger run. you close up everything except under the original coop? I have 6 little ones right now.

Thank you. Ours is still a work in progress but we're happy so far. I close up everything, pop door, egg door, egg window, stable doors. I don't want some icky critter greeting me and the girls first thing in the morning. The bottom stable door will become the pop doorwhen we are finished and the current pop door will remain open because the whole thing will then be a henhouse.

 

[FrannyLW]

Thank you. Ours is still a work in progress but we're happy so far. I close up everything, pop door, egg door, egg window, stable doors. I don't want some icky critter greeting me and the girls first thing in the morning. The bottom stable door will become the pop doorwhen we are finished and the current pop door will remain open because the whole thing will then be a henhouse.

I have the opening above the pop door I just checked. In the winter, does the egg door and clean up door stay open? ( and you know I mean the opening not the actual door)

 

[Cryss]

I have the opening above the pop door I just checked. In the winter, does the egg door and clean up door stay open? ( and you know I mean the opening not the actual door)

It depends where you live. It would be good to include your state in your bio. It helps everyone give appropriate advice.
Example: If you are in Texas (and I won't swear to this cuz I don't know all the ins n outs of Texas weather) I imagine winters could be warm enough to leave one or both windows open on hot nights. (That's what you meant, right? The sliding windows, one on the clean out door and one above the egg door, both are covered with hardware cloth) A warm night it might be ok to close them but a hot night open. Watch your chickens for signs of being overheated. An open beak is a sure sign.
If like me you live in a cold winter climate (New Jersey here) you want to close up every door and window. This is why adequate and proper ventilation is so important. If you have no drafts and all your doors and windows are closed the ventilation you have above the pop door will be fine for frigid winters. Chickens produce a lot of moisture and have a much higher body temperature than humans. This causes warm moisture that rises in the coop. Without an escape route it condenses on walls and on chickens, then it freezes. This can be deadly for your feathered babies. With ventilation above their heads the moist air rises and flows out keeping it dry inside. Keep bedding dry too as that's a big area that gathers moisture.
Let us know where you are and I'm sure you'll get lots more and better advice on all sorts of questions. I can attest to that! I've learned more than I ever knew there was to learn since joining last winter. The first thing I learned was they don't need a heated coop. As a matter of fact it's not a good idea. They acclimate to cold. If it's heated and your power goes out they can freeze to death. If it's not a heated coop they acclimate and keep each other warm.

 

[FrannyLW]

Well I am also in New Jersey!

 

[Cryss]

Well I am also in New Jersey!

WHOA! Small world! Warren County here.

 

[FrannyLW]

so glad to say (cross my fingers and toes) that its 2 nights in a row the chicks are putting themselves back to sleep in the coop! My husband fixed the roost that kept on falling down, and watched as the one jumped on the roost, said some commands (lol) and one-by-one they walked up the ramp and to bed! Yay!

 

[Cryss]

Hey @FrannyLW is the one giving commands a cockerel?

 

[FrannyLW]

I don't know yet? How do you tell at the age of 5 weeks.