Ventilation new coop

[Dazz172]

I don't claim to be an expert on the weather in Australia, but what I have heard is that it's very hot. What are your temperatures like on the average day/night?

Yes it is very hot here, and very hot ATM as we just finished summer here and are in Autumn but the heat is going to hang around average temp here ATM are between 35'c - 40'c with it occasionally going over 40 during hot seasons , winter ( if we even get 1) is usually around 10-18'c roughly but who knows wat it's gonna do this yr

 

[AmyJane725]

Yes it is very hot here, and very hot ATM as we just finished summer here and are in Autumn but the heat is going to hang around average temp here ATM are between 35'c - 40'c with it occasionally going over 40 during hot seasons , winter ( if we even get 1) is usually around 10-18'c roughly but who knows wat it's gonna do this yr

Ok, yeah, frostbite definitely isn't a concern for you. My goodness.
Just to save those who use the customary/imperial system some work, he said the current average temp is between 95 and 104. And winter is 50 to 64.4.
I think what he needs is some tips on keeping the chickens from overheating...

 

[Dazz172]

Ok, yeah, frostbite definitely isn't a concern for you. My goodness.
Just to save those who use the customary/imperial system some work, he said the current average temp is between 95 and 104. And winter is 50 to 64.4.
I think what he needs is some tips on keeping the chickens from overheating...

Imperial that's old news we all on the metric system now , u must b in America correct? So it ferinheight , sorry I was born into the metric system and Celsius degrees so I have no idea about feeinheight temps haha. Inches and feet I can do cuz in my early yrs ppl that taught me my job were used to imperial from wen we used it here but ferinheight I'm of no use to anyone sorry lol.
So u think in the winter time here with temps I gave u should I still b extremely cautious of drafts?

 

[AmyJane725]

Imperial that's old news we all on the metric system now , u must b in America correct? So it ferinheight , sorry I was born into the metric system and Celsius degrees so I have no idea about feeinheight temps haha. Inches and feet I can do cuz in my early yrs ppl that taught me my job were used to imperial from wen we used it here but ferinheight I'm of no use to anyone sorry lol.
So u think in the winter time here with temps I gave u should I still b extremely cautious of drafts?

Yeah, I'm in America. Fahrenheit is still our unit of choice. For laypeople anyway. Scientists and college students use the metric system for their calculations and measurements.

No need to apologize for using your country's units. It would be silly to expect you to post in measurements you don't use. I'm sure my Fahrenheit degrees mean about as much to you as your Celsius degrees mean to me. I know 0 is freezing and 100 is boiling, but beyond that, nope.

(I will speak in metric to make your life easier, lol)
I don't think you need to be nearly as wary as someone who has winters that are near or below freezing. A chicken needs to maintain an internal body temperature of 41 - 45 . Just for some perspective, a humans internal body temperature should be 37. Hypothermia sets in at 35. So, as you can see, it doesn't take much of a temperature drop at all to get into dangerous territory. Even though your weather is significantly warmer than the weather a lot of other places, the air temperature during your winters is still up to 35 degrees below the healthy internal body temperature of a chicken. So, all that being said, I wouldn't worry if your vents let some air blow over the combs of the chickens, but I still wouldn't let the wind blow through their feathers.

Chickens are actually able to tolerate cold a lot better than heat, so having lots of ventilation is going to be crucial for the well-being of your birds.