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Yes, I think that a timed light in the morning would help with the eggs... but the electricity isn't running yet. Dad hasn't had time to work on it, so when it happens, it happens.
In the meantime, here are a few pictures. The forecast is calling for some snow today so I wanted to get a start on the shower curtain panels last night. Each panel is 60 inches high and the width of the screened area. I wanted to leave ventilation at the top, and the front of the coop faces WSW. The north and north west sides are blocked by my house and the coop house and are even slightly under my deck, so although I do plan to put smaller panels on the portions under the coop house, I wanted to start with the big areas.
60 inches high will bring the back sides up to just a few inches under the top so there will be cross ventilation in the back. I envision it having an almost greenhouse effect, so I think with the couple feet of open top on the front side I should have plenty of air and only snow blowing in IF it blows from the south west which is rare and even then, I don't think it will be much. These panels have been easy to make (or maybe things just SEEM easy now that I've built a chicken coop!) and not expensive so I can always redo it if I want them higher or add top panels.
The wing nuts are about an inch and a half wide! I couldn't find any that big in Minnesota so I asked my dad to look when he was in Galveston since it seemed to me that people might use them more there for hurricane panels. The people in TX were very concerned that they weren't stainless steel due to the salt air, but Dad said it should be fine in MN.
Oh, and my initial plan is to just put a panel on the bottom half of the door too.
Do you think my panels are ok? Should I be making them bigger? Do you all see any issues?
In the meantime, here are a few pictures. The forecast is calling for some snow today so I wanted to get a start on the shower curtain panels last night. Each panel is 60 inches high and the width of the screened area. I wanted to leave ventilation at the top, and the front of the coop faces WSW. The north and north west sides are blocked by my house and the coop house and are even slightly under my deck, so although I do plan to put smaller panels on the portions under the coop house, I wanted to start with the big areas.
60 inches high will bring the back sides up to just a few inches under the top so there will be cross ventilation in the back. I envision it having an almost greenhouse effect, so I think with the couple feet of open top on the front side I should have plenty of air and only snow blowing in IF it blows from the south west which is rare and even then, I don't think it will be much. These panels have been easy to make (or maybe things just SEEM easy now that I've built a chicken coop!) and not expensive so I can always redo it if I want them higher or add top panels.
The wing nuts are about an inch and a half wide! I couldn't find any that big in Minnesota so I asked my dad to look when he was in Galveston since it seemed to me that people might use them more there for hurricane panels. The people in TX were very concerned that they weren't stainless steel due to the salt air, but Dad said it should be fine in MN.
Oh, and my initial plan is to just put a panel on the bottom half of the door too.
Do you think my panels are ok? Should I be making them bigger? Do you all see any issues?
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