Ventilation ideas anyone?

[thehenhouseinpa]

I’m thinking a house has those twirling vents on the roof to pull out the hot air , wouldn’t vents on the roof be a good idea?

Hot air rises after all

I wonder if you would have to cover it in the winter time to prevent icing etc.

 

[snow5164]

I wouldn’t think so
Animals create heat and humidity, we added 2x2 foot holes in our barn roof and put a cupola over the holes

Best winter humidity levels in there after that
and were in Canada it gets very cold here

All these holes at ground level make no sense to me .....

You need a way for air to come in and something to suck it out .

Good luck

 

[PolarBerry]

There’s vents all around the top and an open window. When you have vents down low it allows natural convection.

Any tips on getting them to go in on their own at night? It was near dark, I put a light inside the coop (works for my turkeys), and they still ran around scared and only 3 went in on their own. I had to end up grabbing the other 8 and throwing them in... will they learn to go in on their own soon? I really hope so

 

[snow5164]

If you can get them to follow you , either by making a sound or having a glass jar or bucket of treats that you shake only at night time .

They should start coming, go into the coop at dust and make that noise , I used to just top off their food and they come running ....but it is normal to have to herd them in for awhile