How long can 8-10 week old chicks......

[happybooker1]

.....survive wading through a flooded coop? I live in Huntsville Texas which has gotten RECORD amounts of rain (like we're up to almost 30" for the month of May) and flooding and where the coops are is a depression spot so completely covered with 1"-2" of water. They can get into the upper loft area to roost and their food is in a heavy 12" planter saucer for a pot on top of the water and their waterer is on legs above the water. But the rest of the coop's bottom is covered with water at the moment. I'm not even able to let them out for a little while to run in the yard because it's raining so much and so heavily.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Can you add a pallet or two so they can get above the water?

 

[happybooker1]

No because the coops are SMALL. The bottom is like 3'x3'.

Can you add a pallet or two so they can get above the water?

 

[EdgeC]

if the coops are small... raise them off the ground.

 

[happybooker1]

if the coops are small... raise them off the ground.

No bottoms to coops. They’re the pre-fab kind. Perhaps ONCE WE’VE DRIED OUT I could set them on pallets, but that won’t be for a week or more.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Is there anywhere else you can house them for the time being or is even your garage/shed/house flooding? You might just have to make do for now since this sounds like an emergency situation - worry about elevating the coops once things are dried out enough to do so.

 

[RojoMarz]

How about putting large rocks, cut 2x4's, something/anything on the ground in the coop, to give them something to stand and walk on, that is above the water level.

 

[EdgeC]

Fill sandbags and build a castle wall!