what are the signs of not having enough ventilation in your coop

[patandchickens]

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Either you need to open up more ventilation, or remove some of the damp/pooey material and replace with fresh dry stuff. It's that simple.

A droppings board under the roost, cleaned every morning, helps considerably too.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[valentinebaby]

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Where did you purchase your monitor for $3.00? I've looked online and can't seem to find anything like that. Thanks!

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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Most here use natural ventilation and have less than a few dozen birds, so actually measuring ammonia is going to be too expensive.

The ammonia monitor that you speak of is a new product that I haven't heard of before and would be useful to us in our layer house.

I found their website by doing a search. It is $3.00 a test, which is far cheaper than anything else on the market, but they have a minimum order of 100 cards:

http://www.litmusfqi.com/pdf/Ammonia Indicator Presentation.pdf

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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No, that means you have lots of spiders, which fairly normal. I can tell if it is too dry in our layer house by looking at the cobwebs though. Lots of very long spider webs hanging from the ceiling generally means it's too dusty in there.