When to clean out?

[ChickenCanoe]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...-there-and-cut-more-holes-in-your-coop.47774/

 

[InterestingChickens]

How big should the windows be? Class windows, or wire?

 

[InterestingChickens]

1.8m x 2.4m = 4.32 square meters or 46.5 square feet.
Good space in a coop for 3 birds....if that's just the coop and not the run too.
Pics might help here.

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Yes, that's just the coup.

 

[3KillerBs]

How big should the windows be? Class windows, or wire?

Wire -- for air exchange.

If you were to post photos of your coop we could suggest ways of providing the appropriate ventilation for the structure you have.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

How big should the windows be? Class windows, or wire?

Glass provides light but no air. Wire provides both.
Lots of people have had glass windows and created a Petri dish of pathogens and ammonia.
Shoot for 1 sq. ft. of opening per chicken.

 

[3KillerBs]

Glass provides light but no air. Wire provides both.
Lots of people have had glass windows and created a Petri dish of pathogens and ammonia.
Shoot for 1 sq. ft. of opening per chicken.

Additionally, because heat and ammonia both rise, the most critical ventilation is at the top of the coop.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Yes. Chickens have tiny respiratory systems. The tiny lungs are only a part of it. Their hollow bones and air sacs are other parts.
Ammonia can harm them without unrestricted air exchange.

 

[aart]

I used glass windows top hinged a with 1/2" HC inside.
They are propped open all summer and closed in winter....eave ventilation for winter.

 

[InterestingChickens]

So, would a hole on top of the coup about 14 by 14 centimetres do(covered with wire)?

 

[aart]

So, would a hole on top of the coup about 14 by 14 centimetres do(covered with wire)?

Post some pics of your coop, inside and out.