Yes, it gets muddy, even though our soil is very sandy. we have had several flooding rains over the years, too. I gave them the whole back corner, but it also happens to be the lowest point of the yard, and it has no access to drainage to our county ditch out front. That was bad planning on my...
I followed my fence line (a stockade fence) for 80 feet around a corner, and a width of 8 feet. That was for only 3 chickens and it has not one single growing thing left. The bigger the better!!