To much ventilation?

[yttac16]

Hi all! Do you think this will be too much ventilation? Coop dimensions are 1700Lx1200Wx1100Hmm (height is at the lowest point)

I'm in Australia and it dosent get to cold where I am but dose get pretty hot. Lows of 5 and highs up to 45

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Kiki]

No that is not too much. Not at all. I'd open it up more.

 

[yttac16]

No that is not too much. Not at all. I'd open it up more.

Great thanks! I did think more would be better and we have options to open up more

 

[Kiki]

Great thanks! I did think more would be better and we have options to open up more

I have an open air coop.
Having a coop with three or four closed walls would kill birds in my area. It's too hot here for them.

 

[yttac16]

I have an open air coop.
Having a coop with three or four closed walls would kill birds in my area. It's too hot here for them.

I hadn't even thought about an open air coop. That's a great idea and something I'll consider next time

 

[fuzzi]

I don't know what the climate is like where you live, but I built a hoop coop because it's hot and humid for months here in eastern NC.

If you build something open and get unusually cold weather you can always add tarps.

I use tarps and shade cloth for shade and to keep most of the rain out.

April:

June, after a shade cloth was added:

There's a lot of air flow which allows the litter to dry out quickly after rain.

 

[fuzzi]

Here's a good article by @3KillerBs about ventilation:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/repecka-illustrates-coop-ventilation.77659/

 

[Shadrach]

It's okay for ventilation but if you get 45C ambient temperatures it's going to be very hot under that roof.
There is in general a marked lack of understanding of thermodynamics. Ventilation gets confused with air flow and keeping a building cool gets confused with keeping it ventilated.

With your coop the temperature under the roof isn't going to be much different from the temperature outside.

There are very good reasons why people in hot climates build house like these.
Completely opposite to the structure you've built.

Building such as those above tend to stay cool inside and work on the opposite principle to the open style coop. You may have noticed that many houses built in say the middle east are built on the same principle and that is high mass with small windows, usually with shutters. The windows are left open and the shutters left closed in peak heat months.

 

[aart]

It looks like your roof is not covering the upper edge of your wall, you want to fix that.
I imagine you do get some rain.
A good open air coop would have large roof overhangs.

I'm in Australia

Here's how to add your general geographical location to your profile.
It's easy to do, and then it's always there!

 

[3KillerBs]

In addition to my ventilation article that was linked above, here is my Hot Climate article. It features my Open Air coop, which is the coolest place in the yard on a hot day despite being in full sun. Hot Climate Chicken Housing and Care

AirFLOW is key -- the air moving under my metal roof keeps things cool. Also the wide roof overhangs shade the walls.

As a general rule, I find that in my climate (at the border of US zones 7b and 8a), I need at least double to triple the usually-recommended 1 square foot per adult, standard-sized hen to keep the coop under 100F on a 90F day.

For me, there's no such thing as too much ventilation unless blowing rain is coming completely across the coop to soak everything, though I do put a tarp on the 4th wall for winter and hurricanes. Only about 1/3 of Camp Cockerel stays dry in storms, but with that kind of airflow and the use of a composting deep litter system that's not a problem.