Speckledhen, I have 1/2 x 1/2 Hardware cloth on the floor of my movable coop. We have several days of triple digit days in the summer. I have a different coop/barn for winter.
I have a queston on rule #2, I have an elevated coop about 24 inches off of the ground. I have 2 floors one is hardware cloth, the other is wood. When the temperatures got over 95 I pulled the wood floor and put the wire floor in. I was trying to keep my girls cool and it dropped the temp in...