window screens important?

[gottadance]

Someone is giving away a bunch of sash windows near me, but they don't have screens - are screens important to keep out bugs and bees? I plan to put hardware cloth over the outside of the window anyway, so couldn't I just staple screening underneath that?

 

[Emmalion]

I am using hard wire cloth. I don't think screens are that important as you will have open air access via the chick door anyway. Whats going to come in will come in.

 

[PapaChaz]

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window screen and hardware cloth is twice the work, one of which would be wasted (the screen)

 

[patandchickens]

((oops, posted to wrong thread. D'oh!))

 

[Baymen Moe]

Window screen's will get clogged with all the dust that chicken's can produce, between litter and dander etc...Just go with the hardware cloth.