Loft Ventilation

just watched it David  a big part for me i have 2 lofts only one section in each think if you have 2-4 sections  then you do need to open it up i have wire doors first thing each morning no matter the weather they are on also have flight in each so wind and fresh air are moving through the loft at all times

yes george, i had secondary wire doors on my old loft, i had them open from early morning until dusk, whatever the weather .......on this "new" loft i have an apex tiled roof with sliding ventilation in the ceilings, but still need to add ventilation along the bottom of the front .

are you able to add wire doors

ive only got one door on the end of the loft george, and theres a corrodor along the front .........the door slides so a secondary wire door wouldnt really be possible

pity that David what about wire windows each year i would cover up with plastic  so far no rain has got in

this looks better made from off cuts of thin ply wood which may last the winter will do it better if it works

ive got 1/2 inch square wire windows at the moment george, i put them in temporary with the intention of put dowelling on, but with the prices at the moment i havnt bothered ........ive since bought 33 new and unused roof tiles that match my loft roof, which im going to use to build an aviary / box along the front of the loft, which will give them more room and be able to come out into the sun etc

that sounds good

David wrote:

ive got 1/2 inch square wire windows at the moment george, i put them in temporary with the intention of put dowelling on, but with the prices at the moment i havnt bothered ........ive since bought 33 new and unused roof tiles that match my loft roof, which im going to use to build an aviary / box along the front of the loft, which will give them more room and be able to come out into the sun etc

Get some dowelling bought you tight so and so....

What happened to all the money £££££ you got from selling those 350 youngins this year ??

years ago it was always dowelling used

my wife has found some dowelling lengths on the internet colin, she keeps asking me to order it but keep getting waylaid .......when i build the box along the front hopefully i will use dowel and put some traps into it.

ideally i would like to build upward for another floor, but i cant justify buying the wood at the moment, so for now it will be just an aviary on the front .

barnie wrote:

David wrote:

ive got 1/2 inch square wire windows at the moment george, i put them in temporary with the intention of put dowelling on, but with the prices at the moment i havnt bothered ........ive since bought 33 new and unused roof tiles that match my loft roof, which im going to use to build an aviary / box along the front of the loft, which will give them more room and be able to come out into the sun etc

Get some dowelling bought you tight so and so....

What happened to all the money £££££  you got from selling those 350 youngins this year ??  

Rumour file has it David donates it all to the Truss/Tory party apparently Colin .

George & Morgan wrote:

just watched it David  a big part for me i have 2 lofts only one section in each think if you have 2-4 sections  then you do need to open it up i have wire doors first thing each morning no  matter the weather they are on also have flight in each so wind and fresh air are moving through the loft at all times

Same, same here all spin & bling from my experience/perspective. Sounds good looks good but seen many top performances in a racing sense from lofts that by the so called expert's view simply don't cut the mustard etc by their general standards.

the main factor is how many birds you have ,the fewer the better ...i have seen lofts wide open with many birds and other lofts closed in with just a handful of birds
and both did the job ,i always liked a box flight running the length of the loft with no corridor ,if i did have a corridor i would put sectional doors in it so the birds could get to the box flight but not the other sections

i understand the flights Darren and do have them but i could not do without the wire doors on during the day

yes i always had inner mesh doors to george but would have them closed in damp weather,on my box flights i have polycarbonate sheet which is removable and a smaller panel at the bottom of the box flight which was also removable,the whole lot would be removed on dry days but in bad weather the smaller panel at the bottom was removed,the loft was dry and no respiratory problems ever

i found Darren there was a bit of a smell if doors closed all day

yes george especially with deep litter ,i stopped using it and found cleaning out every other day better for me personally

i only have 10 birds in each loft not sure if it would still smell if doors left closed

Always had the inside of the loft the same as outside, temperature wise, the most essential requirement is dryness, never had any smell because the droppings were dry, some deep litter does not dry the droppings but causes a smell, dry droppings do not smell, sand and lime deep litter dries the droppings straight away.

My deep litter was unchanged for many years and only had to be changed when got
wet due to a leak and beyond recovery, was replaced with the same type of litter.

Actual experience over many years beats any theory.

Regards.

my loft seems a lot better with the ventilation since i cut down some big hedges behind the loft, they used to be maintained at around 6ft high but since i built the loft 1 metre away from them i didnt bother to cut them resulting in 10ft high hedges which were restricting the air flow into the loft.........now they are back to 6ft i can actually feel the air is flowing through

that's good David

i think it still needs low down vents along the bottom of the front , it might help circulate the air flow .