Suggestions in re: These Ventilation Cartoons?

[3KillerBs]

Hmm I think the reason she looks cold because the short black lines make me think that she's shivering.

Hmm. Those were supposed to represent the wall behind her.

Try, try again.

 

[Tarryabit]

First off, I know that I can't draw. But I *can* diagram and I've been trying to expand on my collection of ventilation/airflow diagrams made as crayon cartoons in Paint (the only drawing software I have access too).

I'd appreciate any suggestions on improving/adding to this series of illustrations of airflow -- good and bad.

First, my original diagram:

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I think I could improve this by adding a hen and using varying thickness lines to indicate a gentle rise of air.

This one has the hen but not the indication of gentle rise vs more active air movement:

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This shows one kind of draftiness with and without a hen:

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And another kind of draftiness:

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I think I need to show how the 3-sided shelter for an open air coop works as well. Anything else?

Any suggestions on how to illustrate a hen suffering in a hot, stuffy, stale coop?

These renditions of life in the ventilated chicken coop are exactly what I needed! I needed a good laugh this morning! I can't wait until the depictions of a hot coop! (BTW They have a fan, all windows are open and they get ice in their raised water fountains. They like to hang out by the horse tanks because it gets muddy and keeps their feet cool .)

 

[3KillerBs]

OK, no bikini. How's this look? Not too grim?

Should I have put her skirt on?

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Do y'all think it would be less grim if I left the rotisserie spit handle and the other elements but put Repecka on her feet instead of trussing her up on her back?

 

[NatJ]

Do y'all think it would be less grim if I left the rotisserie spit handle and the other elements but put Repecka on her feet instead of trussing her up on her back?

Grim sometimes makes a point.

Or you could skip the rotisserie, and show the chicken sweating heavily or fainting from the heat.

 

[3KillerBs]

I'm making some new drawings that are more consistent to the one that I liked best of the previous set.

The one I liked best is this illustrating a drafty coop with roost-level windows:

Two news ones so far,

First, a draft-free coop:

And a coop with a wire floor or too much low venting:

The article in progress will explain when low and roost-level venting is a good thing because CLIMATE MATTERS.

 

[3KillerBs]

P.S. The chicken's name is Repecka.

She has a sister, Peckelope, in New England, and a cousin, Elizapeck, in Minnesota to help illustrate how different coops work for different climates.

 

[saysfaa]

I like the new better; I think it explains more clearly.

 

[3KillerBs]

I like the new better; I think it explains more clearly.

Thanks.

Especially with reports of chickens dying in the recent heat waves I want to help people understand ventilation well so that they can do the best for their flock.

 

[3KillerBs]

It helped to think of drawing a chicken on the roost as a bowling pin with a comb and a beak.

 

[3KillerBs]

The underventilated coop: