Ventilation for winter

[Egghead_Jr]

You could cut holes in the plywood ceiling can cover those with hardware cloth or if you've another use for the plywood take it down. It's a little pricey to cover the entire ceiling with cloth but can be difficult to secure hardware between the rafter soffits too. Since the plywood is up I'd be incline to simply skill saw a 4 to 6 inch wide vent on each side of room nearly the entire length then screw hardware over vent holes using washers to fasten it secure.

So we're on the same page, you'd be cutting perpendicular to the soffits to expose almost all the soffit bays each side of room. Say all bays but the two ends and keep the vent 6 inches from wall end to make securing the hardware easy on the flat ceiling.

Anywho, that would be adequate ventilation for winter and summer. I wouldn't use heat lamps at all and am in a colder climate than you.

 

[christina owens]

You could cut holes in the plywood ceiling can cover those with hardware cloth or if you've another use for the plywood take it down. It's a little pricey to cover the entire ceiling with cloth but can be difficult to secure hardware between the rafter soffits too. Since the plywood is up I'd be incline to simply skill saw a 4 to 6 inch wide vent on each side of room nearly the entire length then screw hardware over vent holes using washers to fasten it secure.

So we're on the same page, you'd be cutting perpendicular to the soffits to expose almost all the soffit bays each side of room. Say all bays but the two ends and keep the vent 6 inches from wall end to make securing the hardware easy on the flat ceiling.

Anywho, that would be adequate ventilation for winter and summer. I wouldn't use heat lamps at all and am in a colder climate than you.

Thanks

 

[aart]

Good idea @Egghead_Jr ...would be difficult to HC the eave openings.

How many birds do you have @christina owens?

I'd maybe mount the nests on the walls and get rid of the pallets(perfect rodent homes there).
Do they roost on the roost over the one set of nests?

 

[christina owens]

Good idea @Egghead_Jr ...would be difficult to HC the eave openings.

How many birds do you have @christina owens?

I'd maybe mount the nests on the walls and get rid of the pallets(perfect rodent homes there).
Do they roost on the roost over the one set of nests?[/QUOTE

5 birds. They haven't used roost yet. They just huddle in a corner every night. Thanks.

 

[christina owens]

Good idea @Egghead_Jr ...would be difficult to HC the eave openings.

How many birds do you have @christina owens?

I'd maybe mount the nests on the walls and get rid of the pallets(perfect rodent homes there).
Do they roost on the roost over the one set of nests?

5 and they havent roosted yet.

 

[aart]

5 and they havent roosted yet.

How old are they and where are they sleeping at night?

 

[christina owens]

How old are they and where are they sleeping at night?

They are four and a half months old and they cuddle together in the corner on the ground in the hay

 

[ScottandSam]

They are four and a half months old and they cuddle together in the corner on the ground in the hay

my 2 week olds roost on a stick a few inches off the ground all ready.
what kind of chickens are they?
Scott

 

[aart]

They are four and a half months old and they cuddle together in the corner on the ground in the hay

I'd turn that 2x4 roost to wide side up and put the chicks up there during the day and again after dark for a few nights.

 

[christina owens]

my 2 week olds roost on a stick a few inches off the ground all ready.
what kind of chickens are they?
Scott

Silver wyandettes and ISO Brown