Rural Gardening: Fresh Air Poultry Houses - Good or Bad?, 1 by gallesfarm

gallesfarm wrote:
We have never used heat in our coops. In NY we lived where it might get down to -10F, and here in NH it has gotten down to -25F. We have had Buff Orpingtons (which are sort of like feather duvets with feet), Turkens, Barred Rocks, Dark Cornish, Easter Eggers, NH Reds, one Lakenvelder, and Wyandottes and not had any problems beyond some roosters having frostbitten edges on their combs.

The coop we have now is ventilated at the roof level. See photo. The space between the rafters is open all the way from front to back so fresh air can flow unimpeded.