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ColetasticChickens
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- Jan 20, 2019
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I’m building my own coop, and I’m planning to have 6-12 RIRs I have 3 rare breeds that won’t layOk. I’m familiar with that area, as I grew up in the mid-Atlantic area. So, heat and high humidity in the summer. Although pretty humid overall throughout the year. Make sure you have a lot of ventilation in whatever structure you build. Generally 1sqft of coop ventilation per bird is a a great place to start. However, the birds need to be draft free, so this ventilationshould be a couple of feet above any roost bars.
You get snow, sometime a lot in the winter. But temps not too extreme. So, a wind/snow barrier (like plastic sheeting) could be used in winter on one or two sides of the run.
Will you be buying a pre-fab or constructing your own?
How many chickens do you have and how old are they?