Suggestions in re: These Ventilation Cartoons?

[3KillerBs]

I'm intending this to be a sort of open-air coop, but with reduced exposure... now that I've already built it, have I just guaranteed drafts? Both sides go from closed (probably never completely) to fully open. The top is the same, but will normally be wide open. It's roughly 16 SF of ventilation with 16 SF of floor. (only 4 hens!) The roosts are below the front opening and above (barely) the side screens.



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That looks great!

The upper ventilation is the permanent, 24/7/365 part that you leave open all winter and the lower is the supplemental venting for the summer.

A breeze on the perch is a good thing when it's still over 80F at night.

My Little Monitor Coop has a similar airflow with the little window by the nests though it doesn't blow directly on the roosts and I can't close it.

 

[3KillerBs]

How's this look?

 

[mowin]

Just for fun.... FYI. The Thursday in question is Thanksgiving, lol

 

[Saveria]

How's this look?

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That chicken looks too cold to me, is it supposed to look like that?

 

[3KillerBs]

That chicken looks too cold to me, is it supposed to look like that?

No. She's supposed to be comfortable and not in a draft.

I'll try again.

 

[mowin]

Hen in blue= comfortable
Hen in red= not so much....
Can chickens smile? Lol..

 

[Saveria]

No. She's supposed to be comfortable and not in a draft.

I'll try again.

That's what I thought. Yeah, a smile would look odd, but it is hard to know how to depict it otherwise. Everything else is clear.

 

[Saveria]

Maybe her eye looks sad somehow, I think that is why I thought it.

 

[saysfaa]

How's this look?

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Is this your coop?

 

[3KillerBs]

Is this your coop?

Roughly.