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Our Eglus haven't had any condensation problem at all as they're well ventilated, don't know about the other brands.


The only downside to the Eglus is that hubby has no excuse to get the power tools out 

[Stereo]

Eglu are good, no doubt. I didn't like ours though. I don't like the roosting matrix thing so I made some proper roosts in ours. The other thing is that it's too easy for the bird to hop into the nest box and if you get one that is determined, it's a job to keep them out. But yes, it's a good house. Not immune from red mite by any means. We got them in ours. Particularly where the nest box divider slots into the wall of the house.

The good thing is that it's plastic and you can strip it down in 10 minutes and nuke the whole thing. So I'm not knocking them but I think they could be better to be honest. Not that I have come up with anything better.  For 4-6 birds it's a great little unit.

[cloddopper]

As promised some of the posts from my USA friends


Temps just above freezing are still in the comfort range of most types of chickens.

I'd try for better indoor/outdoor air exchange, and better air movement throughout the coop.

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Re: Chickens & condensation in cold weather.

New post  camprn Today at 3:15
Indeed! Ventilation, ventilation, ventilation.

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Re: Chickens & condensation in cold weather.

New post  Turan Today at 4:45
Probably help to have big enough coops as well as good ventilation.  I usually have about 20 chickens in the winter.  My coop is 8' x 16' with a back wall of 4' and front wall of 8'.  The heat light is on the low roof end where the roosts are.  So in the night the heat is centered where the hens are all huddled together roosting and the air has room to raise and seep out above the door.  I leave the small chicken door into the chicken run always open but have built a straw  entry that goes around a corner so the wind can not blow in.

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Re: Chickens & condensation in cold weather.

New post  walshevak Today at 5:04
Don't know if this will help,  Somehow I got on their email list.

http://www.communitychickens.com/community-chickens-guide-winter/

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