How do I keep the run dry

[writerskramp]

f I remove the down spout it doesn’t solve the problem because there is a rock with that leads the water through a small hole under the coop

As someone mentioned 'condensation'... Ventilation.. If your coup is so buttoned up as it appears what I can see, that tarp for instance is fine on the roof, not the sides. Unless they are wide open.. I live in a Great Lakes State and might as well be Alaska.. and Alaskans have so said. My coup is loosely buttoned up in winter. I drop or assemble loosely fiting windows over major opennings. Just to cut down on direct wind.. and close the big door which is left open in the good weather. Which contains a small open door for them to come and go.. It's no place I'd like to live, but the chickens thrive, and if I needed. It is warmer in there even with all the holes.

 

[writerskramp]

There is no where else to put the coop.

Then raise it above the ground on blocks too stilts... like them store bought pansy coups.. not you. Someone else. That actually might be fixable right now in winter. Use that lever education you learned in school to raise it one side at a time. Then throw straw over the run to keep their feet out of the wet mud and gunk.. It'll give them something to do scratching around. I do it when the mud becomes and issue.

 

[Marshmallow1234]

As someone mentioned 'condensation'... Ventilation.. If your coup is so buttoned up as it appears what I can see, that tarp for instance is fine on the roof, not the sides. Unless they are wide open.. I live in a Great Lakes State and might as well be Alaska.. and Alaskans have so said. My coup is loosely buttoned up in winter. I drop or assemble loosely fiting windows over major opennings. Just to cut down on direct wind.. and close the big door which is left open in the good weather. Which contains a small open door for them to come and go.. It's no place I'd like to live, but the chickens thrive, and if I needed. It is warmer in there even with all the holes.

So your saying to add more ventilation holes in the coop?

 

[Marshmallow1234]

Then raise it above the ground on blocks too stilts... like them store bought pansy coups.. not you. Someone else. That actually might be fixable right now in winter. Use that lever education you learned in school to raise it one side at a time. Then throw straw over the run to keep their feet out of the wet mud and gunk.. It'll give them something to do scratching around. I do it when the mud becomes and issue.

Don’t rlly understand.. ur saying to put hay on the ground?

 

[writerskramp]

So your saying to add more ventilation holes in the coop?

Yes

 

[writerskramp]

Don’t rlly understand.. ur saying to put hay on the ground?

Yes... straw not hay but hay will work.

 

[Marshmallow1234]

Yes... straw not hay but hay will work.

Yes I meant straw but over night it will become frozen and if it rains it’s going to get wet

 

[AntiqueB]

If your chickens are outside of the coop and run all day, you really only need the coop to be high enough so the dampness doesn't get inside.

And the whole set-up does need more ventilation, both coop and run. That's what will help get rid of the condensation. My run area is also only used for food and water. It's hardware cloth on all sides, with heavy plastic on three sides to cut down on wind. The fourth side is a few inches from a wall. There's enough air circulation that it's only damp right after a rain, or if the snow's melting.

 

[Marshmallow1234]

If your chickens are outside of the coop and run all day, you really only need the coop to be high enough so the dampness doesn't get inside.

And the whole set-up does need more ventilation, both coop and run. That's what will help get rid of the condensation. My run area is also only used for food and water. It's hardware cloth on all sides, with heavy plastic on three sides to cut down on wind. The fourth side is a few inches from a wall. There's enough air circulation that it's only damp right after a rain, or if the snow's melting.

My chicken coop is a bit high because it’s on bricks and the floor is wood

 

[Marshmallow1234]

If your chickens are outside of the coop and run all day, you really only need the coop to be high enough so the dampness doesn't get inside.

And the whole set-up does need more ventilation, both coop and run. That's what will help get rid of the condensation. My run area is also only used for food and water. It's hardware cloth on all sides, with heavy plastic on three sides to cut down on wind. The fourth side is a few inches from a wall. There's enough air circulation that it's only damp right after a rain, or if the snow's melting.

The run does have ventilation because the walls are chicken fence and there’s hole. The tarp only covering the roofing