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One YouTuber made a coop that was very similar to a Carolina coop. she explains every step of the way and I also believe has free plans to the coop she made. link to the video (there are three parts but I've only linked part number one):

If you are using pine shavings, they could also dig their way underneath incase it is too low.

Although I haven't used a heat plate before (I used a lamp), I would think it would be for when they are standing up because it would be very challenging for them to walk/get underneath it if it were at the height of them laying down. Plus, the height difference between and chick standing and...

So what your saying is basically add pressure treated 2 x 10s or something similar vertically around the edge of the run and fill the sloped area with gravel and soil?

Thank you for the suggestion. I think I am going to try and build a wooden foundation with pressure treated wood under neat and backfill the ground to make it level with gravel or rocks underneath topped with dirt or topsoil also allowing water to escape. I am just not sure of how I will do this...

Good idea, although I would still like to keep the run "natural" so it feels normal for the chickens.

Where I live, it doesn't freeze often and the lowest it gets is maybe around 33 degrees during the day. That being said it might take longer for the straw to dry out. Thank you for the help and suggestions and I will definitely keep that in mind.

So your coop's run is also unlevel? Or is it leveled from the wood frame it came with? And, do you put down the straw also during the winter when it rains or just during the seasons when it doenst rain?

I have tried this with tree mulch and they scratched at all day and although they loved it, they could only enjoy it for one day because they kicked all of it out of the coop and made a big mess and created a mud pile at the bottom of the coop and then the rain came and washed it down out of the...

The slope varies from where in the coop since the ground is very unlevel but I believe the steepest slope I could find was about an 8-inch difference.

I am willing to do anything and everything to get rid of the mess the "erosion" from the coop is causing. When I initially built the coop, I was not thinking about this and thought a sloped run would be different and cool but now looking back on it I should of added a foundation to stop the erosion

Right now I have a coop that is supported by 4 x 4 and the run is sitting on 2 x 4. The ground I put it at is at a slope and I am sick and tired of all the mud, shavings, rainwater, etc in the run washing down outside of the coop and creating a mess. I am curious if someone has an idea of how I...