Pen/coop finished

[FrankiesquarteracreFarm]

Any input and feedback back completely welcome. First time duck owner

 

[cheezenkwackers]

Love it! My ducks live with raised beds too. Be warned they do get in sometimes and eat everything, sneaky buggers. Only thing I might add is a tray covered by grating under the water dish.

 

[FrankiesquarteracreFarm]

Love it! My ducks live with raised beds too. Be warned they do get in sometimes and eat everything, sneaky buggers. Only thing I might add is a tray covered by grating under the water dish.

Oh yeah there's water with a tray under it. That one in the forefront had broccoli treats floating in it, so temporary. The ducks are very miffed at me with the

 

[FrankiesquarteracreFarm]

So water is running along the concrete slab and under the sill when it rains and soaking all my abm bedding. Troubleshooting this; I find someway to seal the sill to concrete, I trench around the coop in the concrete ( terrible idea) I build a raised plywood subfloor. Opinions?

 

[RSTinWA]

Does your concrete slab also have a downspout from the house? Not sure what I'm seeing in photo exactly. I sympathize with rain water management issues.

Your construction looks great!

 

[FrankiesquarteracreFarm]

Does your concrete slab also have a downspout from the house? Not sure what I'm seeing in photo exactly. I sympathize with rain water management issues.

Your construction looks great!

Thanks! Yeah its tough to visualize via pics but the structures in white stucco you see to the right and left are a suite and a detached garage both have drain tile and down spouts. The slab is an old double wide rv parking slab accessed off the back lane. We never plan on utilizing that aspect of it so a coop and next a greenhouse are going back there. The rain catch and slope of the slab itself are the problem. Of course I can modify the slab but thats; a) alot of labor b) permanent c) I've got free 3/4 ply pieces I can make work for a sub floor. HOWEVER.... I don't want to cause more issues while fixing one