Muddy Mess in the run, what to do????

We had some storms today and our chicken run (our big girls run) is a muddy mess. Our white chicken is no longer white, she is nearly brown.

When we built this coop and run I have to level the land so we tilled it up and didn't have time to put grass seed in before putting the chicks in at the time. What can we do now? I have tried straw but after a few days, the straw is pushed down into the mud and it gone.

We are going to have rain for the next few days, some strong storms are possible. The only dry place is in the coop or under the coop and they won't stay in either place.

I am hoping to put a roof on this summer, but until then what is the best thing to do??

 

Do you mean like the pine chips that you can buy at Tractor Supply??

We had plastic over the top for the winter, but we have mainly gotten rain and no winter, there ended up being holes all in it. So we took it off.

Our other run is great. We didn't have to dig that one up.

I have 2 bags of saw dust and chips that I was going to use for the coop, but wondering if I should just throw them in the run now??

 

We did sand about 175 pounds back last June and that only lasted till the first hard rain (about a month or so later). I don't have a way to have it hauled in, can't get a truck or anything up in the yard. I just wish we could grow some grass. Wonder if I put down straw with grass seed under it, if the girls would scratch it up imediately??

 

I got the sand free, so I wasn't that choosy. Our run is only 4 foot wide by 6 foot.