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It's up to you of course, and if it is only four hens in that size coop then you miiiiight be okay, maybe -- but if you have more than four hens total, I would really encourage you to put in a lot more ventilation as you really have very little that will be usable in wintertime. Those twelve holes (half on the front of the coop, half on the back), even if they are a full 3" diameter, that is only 7 square inches of space per hole, which is only 85 sq inches total, which is about 2/3 of one square foot. I.e. all those holes, even if you ignore the fact that air doesn't move nearly as freely through small holes as through large openings, are still only the equivalent of *one* opening slightly smaller than an 8.5x11 size sheet of notebook paper.
That's reaaalllly not very much. If the little side windows can be opened, preferably at the top, that will add a bit of help on mild nonwindy days, but due to their location (the one behind the roost especially) they will be of less general use than vents up under the eaves atop the walls.
Or, you can wait til January and then post here about one or more of the following topics, "help, is this frostbite", "condensation and frost problem in coop", or during a warm spell, "why is my coop so stinky"
Good luck, have fun, it really is a nice little coop just needs a tad more airflow to make it perfect,
Pat
It's up to you of course, and if it is only four hens in that size coop then you miiiiight be okay, maybe -- but if you have more than four hens total, I would really encourage you to put in a lot more ventilation as you really have very little that will be usable in wintertime. Those twelve holes (half on the front of the coop, half on the back), even if they are a full 3" diameter, that is only 7 square inches of space per hole, which is only 85 sq inches total, which is about 2/3 of one square foot. I.e. all those holes, even if you ignore the fact that air doesn't move nearly as freely through small holes as through large openings, are still only the equivalent of *one* opening slightly smaller than an 8.5x11 size sheet of notebook paper.
That's reaaalllly not very much. If the little side windows can be opened, preferably at the top, that will add a bit of help on mild nonwindy days, but due to their location (the one behind the roost especially) they will be of less general use than vents up under the eaves atop the walls.
Or, you can wait til January and then post here about one or more of the following topics, "help, is this frostbite", "condensation and frost problem in coop", or during a warm spell, "why is my coop so stinky"
Good luck, have fun, it really is a nice little coop just needs a tad more airflow to make it perfect,
Pat
