Uh - Oh - HOT coop ( Updated w/ Pictures of what we have now)

[Carenm]

I was afraid of this. Not enough ventilation??

It's 91 outside and 100 in the coop. thankfully our 5 week olds come in at night still since it HAS been cool at night. I suppose they would be toasty tonight but what about summer when it reaches over 100 outside????

How am I going to keep them from being baked??


Inside right ( south)

Back

Left side ( North)

View from outside on the one side anyway

 

[The Chicken Lady]

What do you do for ventilation in your coop?

 

[Carenm]

we cut holes out on the north and south sides. Guess not big enough.

 

[happyhensny]

How about a ridge vent? May let the hottest air out.

 

[Carenm]

Quote:
what is that?

 

[Kittymomma]

Check out Pat's ventalation page. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=1642-VENTILATION

 

[happyhensny]

Here is how they work.

Probably find them at your local building supply store.

 

[Carenm]

oh ok. Thanks!

I will show that to my DH..

he's not too handy but I am worse

Maybe he can figure it out

 

[Carenm]

I will have to take a picture from what he did , hoping cross ventilation would work

 

[valentinebaby]

Check out my BYC page - I created a passive vent roof and it works great. In the summer I put a fan in the coop if we keep in the 90's at night. The pics are old - since then I've learned it was REAL stupid to put a clear corrugated roof (wanted the light), but we get so much darn hail here in North Texas, it was wiped out within a few weeks. So, I now have metal corrugated that overhangs quite a bit more and it holds up well.

Good luck! You definitely want good air flow.

Gail