Coop on a hill

[JGreenwell]

Looking for some advice. We build our coop on a hill. I'm looking for a way to help me eventually close the top. Any and all suggestions welcome to stop the water from coming in up from the top. Anyone have the same problem and find a way to fix it? By top I mean the water coming down on the ground through the coop not over head.

 

[sourland]

A berm across the back of the coop/run plus ditching along the sides might help.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

My memory is not great but I think @rosemarythyme has figured out how to deal with flooding....

 

[rosemarythyme]

My memory is not great but I think @rosemarythyme has figured out how to deal with flooding....

My situation is very different, as I live on flat wetlands. So unfortunately I don't know what to suggest in this case.

 

[JGreenwell]

A berm across the back of the coop/run plus ditching along the sides might help.

Thank you. I do have some wood beams. Ill give that a try.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

My situation is very different, as I live on flat wetlands. So unfortunately I don't know what to suggest in this case.

Oh sorry.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

I had this issue with a long driveway sending water to my garage. With a rented Dozer, we contoured the area so that water would miss the garage. You might be able to do that.....

 

[McChooky]

Sand bags help too

 

[perkolator]

On the uphill side dig an angled trench and place the soil adjacent to make a berm/ditch type deal to redirect water to flow around the coop area. My coop is at bottom of a big hill and I did this; seems to be working unless its a downpour and water is sheeting off the hill.

Or were you talking about water actually flowing "through the coop" structure, not the run? If so, raise it higher off the ground by jacking it up and adding more blocks.

 

[RoyalChick]

I have a similar situation.
Using berms (not beams) and ditches works pretty well.
Create a V shaped berm with the V pointing up hill and the arms on either side of your run.
The water coming down the hill will be diverted by the arms and flow around the run.
It will never be perfect but it is cheap (free) and easy to do.
Depending on soil type you may have to maintain or rebuild the berm from time to time.