Venting in winter - vents close to roost

[oldhenlikesdogs]

That north facing vent should definitely be closed in winter.

 

[Mosey2003]

While the people/company that built that are obviously good at building things, they clearly do not understand ideal chicken housing. If they did, the vents would be at the highest points, the two walls that are NOT vented. And the windows would have the openings on the top rather than the bottom. And the roost bars would be wide side up. Just because it's professional and possibly expensive doesn't mean it's actually made to suit the purpose well.

You've gotten good suggestions, I don't have anything really to add there.

 

[chicken1234]

I honestly think it is a beautiful coop, I'm sure everyone has a coop that they could improve on. I'd be proud to own that, its lovely!

 

[Mosey2003]

It is a good looking coop, absolutely.

 

[aart]

It's a nice building, definitely some lackings as far as chickens go tho.
Roosts are probably fine, they probably put them on edge because of span.
How long are the roosts?

The run looks pretty Fort Knoxish....would love to see more of it.
So leaving pop door open is probably fine, unless the wind howls thru there.
Adding a 4-6" ledge at bottom of pop door would be good for keeping bedding inside coop.

I would flip the cover on the long window by the roosts so hinges are on the top, should be pretty easy to do. You could leave the cover juuuust cracked and put some furnace filter material behind that mesh to limit air flow there.

These are the soffit blocks that we wish they left out.
Having a deju vu all over again, there another coop thread going almost identical to this one. Not sure you could remove them(would be best) or even drill larger holes thru them.