Surviving Minnesota!

[Bogtown Chick]

@NewbieMN welcome to surviving Minnesota. Your coop is better than u think with the single slant roof. Warm moist air should ride the roof line to the upper most part ( looks like towards the run. )There’s where you should drill venting. That high wall. Peaked or gabled roofs are more of a pain so imho you are ahead of the game here just in roof lines.

I also encourage you to look at sauna venting diagrams. I think having a low air draw helps pull and push air.

For those with frost falling on your birds do you have insulated roofs? If not that may be your issue. Water condensed on uninsulated roofs then in this weather turns to snow flakes.

Hens usually tuck their heads. So they get minimal frostbite in their combs. As mentioned before 1st winter will give the worst then they are done. This winter should give a good dubbing. I have a rooster in his second winter and right now his wattles are the size of those water balloons you throw. Poor guy. Last winter was a mild one compared to this one. -31 this morning here.

I will have to make sure Junior gets water and food with his elephantitis wattles. Dang it... more chicken nursing...

 

[BantyChooks]

@NewbieMN welcome to surviving Minnesota. Your coop is better than u think with the single slant roof. Warm moist air should ride the roof line to the upper most part ( looks like towards the run. )There’s where you should drill venting. That high wall. Peaked or gabled roofs are more of a pain so imho you are ahead of the game here just in roof lines.

I also encourage you to look at sauna venting diagrams. I think having a low air draw helps pull and push air.

For those with frost falling on your birds do you have insulated roofs? If not that may be your issue. Water condensed on uninsulated roofs then in this weather turns to snow flakes.

Hens usually tuck their heads. So they get minimal frostbite in their combs. As mentioned before 1st winter will give the worst then they are done. This winter should give a good dubbing. I have a rooster in his second winter and right now his wattles are the size of those water balloons you throw. Poor guy. Last winter was a mild one compared to this one. -31 this morning here.

I will have to make sure Junior gets water and food with his elephantitis wattles. Dang it... more chicken nursing...

It's not on the roof at all, just on the birds' heads and backs where they tuck their heads. Isn't insulated, but neither was my last one and I never had issues then.

I have a pretty high ceiling.

 

[holm25]

Good morning

 

[Cebarmlds]

Good morning.

 

[Cebarmlds]

@NewbieMN welcome to surviving Minnesota. Your coop is better than u think with the single slant roof. Warm moist air should ride the roof line to the upper most part ( looks like towards the run. )There’s where you should drill venting. That high wall. Peaked or gabled roofs are more of a pain so imho you are ahead of the game here just in roof lines.

I also encourage you to look at sauna venting diagrams. I think having a low air draw helps pull and push air.

For those with frost falling on your birds do you have insulated roofs? If not that may be your issue. Water condensed on uninsulated roofs then in this weather turns to snow flakes.

Hens usually tuck their heads. So they get minimal frostbite in their combs. As mentioned before 1st winter will give the worst then they are done. This winter should give a good dubbing. I have a rooster in his second winter and right now his wattles are the size of those water balloons you throw. Poor guy. Last winter was a mild one compared to this one. -31 this morning here.

I will have to make sure Junior gets water and food with his elephantitis wattles. Dang it... more chicken nursing...

A few years ago my roo Leo got the swollen wattles from dangling in the water dish, I massaged them with coconut oil and they healed like they were never damaged. Maybe another type of oil would work as well but that is what I used.

 

[holm25]

Morning chores are done... Waiting for posts to read before we load some heifers and head to Bagley...

 

[Cebarmlds]

It's warmer this morning! I know the bitterer cold will be back soon but this is a nice little break

 

[NewbieMN]

@NewbieMN welcome to surviving Minnesota. Your coop is better than u think with the single slant roof. Warm moist air should ride the roof line to the upper most part ( looks like towards the run. )There’s where you should drill venting. That high wall. Peaked or gabled roofs are more of a pain so imho you are ahead of the game here just in roof lines.

I also encourage you to look at sauna venting diagrams. I think having a low air draw helps pull and push air.

For those with frost falling on your birds do you have insulated roofs? If not that may be your issue. Water condensed on uninsulated roofs then in this weather turns to snow flakes.

Hens usually tuck their heads. So they get minimal frostbite in their combs. As mentioned before 1st winter will give the worst then they are done. This winter should give a good dubbing. I have a rooster in his second winter and right now his wattles are the size of those water balloons you throw. Poor guy. Last winter was a mild one compared to this one. -31 this morning here.

I will have to make sure Junior gets water and food with his elephantitis wattles. Dang it... more chicken nursing...

Thank you. That's good
Insight. I do have some styrofoam boards I was thinking of covering and adding to roof... And will vent that spot
Mentioned for sure. And check out sauna vents.

 

[NewbieMN]

It's warmer this morning! I know the bitterer cold will be back soon but this is a nice little break

Yeah!!!

 

[Cebarmlds]

Thank you. That's good
Insight. I do have some styrofoam boards I was thinking of covering and adding to roof... And will vent that spot
Mentioned for sure. And check out sauna vents.

Good idea, as long as your Styrofoam boards are covered because chickens will eat styrfoam if they can get to it. Probably not a healthy treat
And welcome