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I think that's a fabulous idea. My boyfriend showed me something similar done with flat panels.Hi, Fricasee. I am finishing my coop and have been thinking a lot about ventilation recently. Right now I have open sides (covered with 1 cm hardware mesh) in both gable ends of my coop-- when winter comes (I am in Maine) I will cover those gable ends with wood, but am planning some kind vent there to improve air... was thinking about putting in a whirlygig or turbine vent, but then my brother suggested the kind of pipes that are used in outhouses to vent the waste pits-- apparently you can paint them black so that they heat up with the sun, and the bad air flows up and out by convection. I haven't tried this yet, does anyone think it might work? I found a lovely metal pipe at the transfer station the other day...
As I said before the ceiling in my coop is non existent since the clearance is about four feet. If I install opposite vents the birds will be in direct way of the air flow since their roost bars are right up against the ceiling.
This is the first floor of a two floor coop. The roost bars are near the ceiling of the first floor but there is a whole other second story above.
I thought about doing this and running the pipe all the way through second floor to the roof but the only turbine I saw at Home Depot is huge.Just wondering if you put a couple of holes [covered w/wire screen to prevent injuries] in the ceiling of the first floor to connect with the ventilation of the 2nd floor. Then you could have a 1st floor vent down low below the roosts? Don't know if this would work to connect both into one air flow system, just a thought.