Official Squatch Watchers

[Anansi]

Henny and Nunny. Sorry you lost Windy and the Spitz.

For everyone

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

It’s bad when this is going around Facebook. LOL

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Another good one.

 

[Anansi]

Maybe a French drain running downhill at hardpan level. If you're feeling really energetic, dig trenches at an angle across the run, making sure to dig in to the hardpan so that you can run a French drain in it, then cover with gravel and dirt. Make sure the ditch is deeper on the side you want the water to drain toward. If you want you can run another one in a ditch downhill to drain it further from the coop and run. Obviously, this it's better done in dry weather, but if the hardpan in easier to work with when wet, galloshes and a rain coat would be necessary.

 

[drumstick diva]

Living on a former Quarry site, is great for very rainy areas, except in winter. Otherwise drenching rain disappears into the ground

 

[rjohns39]

Morning folks

 

[Chickassan]

Morning!

Morning folks

 

[rjohns39]

Morning!

 

[21hens-incharge]

Morning y'all. I did the sleeping in until chickens demanded out.

Still working on a plan. This was certainly a temporary fix and it did work to get the water out of the way. The ground is just saturated to max. I’m also on clay. So there is a layer of dirt then impenetrable clay. I think that’s why it gets soooo soggy. The clay is wet then there is no place for any more water to go. I had to scrape it off the shovel. I’m pretty sure I could have bricks out of the stuff. If it would ever stop raining so the sun could bake it. LOL

I understand all to well the difficulty of dealing with clay.
Horrible to deal with when soaked due to slipping hazard and impossible to dig when dry.

I am hoping it dries enough to be not slippery but still able to dig.

When ours dries it cracks wide enough to lose a Volkswagen into.

 

[rjohns39]

Morning y'all. I did the sleeping in until chickens demanded out.



I understand all to well the difficulty of dealing with clay.
Horrible to deal with when soaked due to slipping hazard and impossible to dig when dry.

I am hoping it dries enough to be not slippery but still able to dig.

When ours dries it cracks wide enough to lose a Volkswagen into.