Rural Gardening: Draft vs. Ventilation, 1 by DustyDS

DustyDS wrote:
The reason the wall is lower to the North is for the bitter winters...The South wall is higher with more windows to absorb as much sun as possible to keep the hens warm, but it also has the Summer vents under the roof...With the advent of electricity, a fan was installed high on the east wall to blow OUT, which sucked all of the hot air out of the Brooder during the day, pulling air from the screen door across the entire length of the brooder..Remember heat rises... Summer or Winter... so to put vents where yours are is good for summer to allow the heat to rise and leave as it keeps the hens comfortable, but in winter it would suck all the heat upward and out unless you close the vents...If it gets too warm from their body heat, then crack open a vent on the south side in the winter...Words of my wise old GrandFather, **The Winter winds of death blow from the north...Turn your back to the North..**