Ventilation vs. protection from rain/cold in the PNW

[Mamatomany123]

Our summer here in PNW was hot and extremely dry this year so Jen4444’s coup would have been perfect for summer (summer vacation coop), but not good at all for winter. We let our girls sleep in the secure run instead of the coop because of the heat. I’m finding out the first year of owning chickens is a learning experience so I feel more prepared this year.

I leave my coop door open during summer and we actually just built and add on to the coop but they all still squeeze into the original one. We have tons of ventilation and windows though so it stays pretty cool.