Plexiglass walls in run?

[khind]

** Edited to remove other weird photos! This phone.. !!! >:0 **
South view.
Original coop to the Right. Very solid, sturdy for wind storms here, but Way too short!! And The run is 10 ft long x a narrow 3 ft wide. After a while, we got the much less solid tractor-style coop on the Left. A couple years later, it's got buckling walls (they're Thin!!).
Neither coop has insulation.
I attached the coops like this by cutting out some of the wire walls because if someone needs separation, I could just staple hardware cloth back on, and the 2 mini flocks could still see each other. The chicks & broody mom are in the Right side coop.
Also painfully visible is the amount of Erosion of the soil since putting it up!! That concrete is Way exposed! Trying to fill in now. Ugh.

 

[khind]

We get strong winds here too.
It doesn't catch the wind like a tarp does.

Recently we had 80-90 mph winds and the big piece I have on my hoop run is only held on with clips. It did not budge.

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Nice! Like the black snappy large-file clips? Looks like those could hold it! I'm starting to attach pics of my coop(s).

 

[Compost King]

Not every solution works for everyone but when I had a dirt floor coop flood I laid down bricks/blocks/pavers to raise the ground level of that coop above any run off or water table issues. Someone probably already suggested that but I wasn't going to read 5 pages of a thread. I am going to read all the OP's posts to see how it was solved in this case. Just dropping my 2 cents on how I fixed this problem for me.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Nice!
What are all the other horizontal pieces of PVC for?

In winter that run gets HDX plastic to keep the snow out. They keep the plastic off the wire. I have to push the snow off and a lot of clips help keep it from getting torn.

That and I raise the sides on nice days.

 

[khind]

A little closer up in case it's helpful.
The construction plastic was from 2 winter ago, and i just left it on as a "drape" propped in strategic places with 1x4's, for when we get very windy downpours. The plastic is falling apart though.
The climate here is essentially either drought & high heat or windy dumps of rain. (Or just plain wind.)

 

[khind]

Not every solution works for everyone but when I had a dirt floor coop flood I laid down bricks/blocks/pavers to raise the ground level of that coop above any run off or water table issues. Someone probably already suggested that but I wasn't going to read 5 pages of a thread. I am going to read all the OP's posts to see how it was solved in this case. Just dropping my 2 cents on how I fixed this problem for me.

We should have raised this coop off the ground. We couldn't agree on that, so it wasn't done. Someone was afraid it would result in a snake den underneath. Both coops have been secured around the edges by concrete though, so it's too late to raise them now.

 

[khind]

Still South view. Large, Left coop. The black heavy plastic strips are stapled over the nest box because the nest boxes have suffered water damage from rain getting through the gap. I guess an overhang could help...? but when strong winds are involved, rain pours every which way.

 

[3KillerBs]

After seeing the photos I'm throwing out a possibly crazy idea ...

My plan for my new, expanded facility is to use a one-car, metal carport as the foundational structure for the run (used ones are often available around here free or cheap if you move them yourself). Can you throw a carport over the whole thing?

It would let you vastly expand your run under the cover of a good roof.

How about ditching around the area to divert the water that's creating those little gullies?

 

[khind]

After seeing the photos I'm throwing out a possibly crazy idea ...

"Possibly crazy" ideas are sometimes the best! I'll look more at them after I get a few more photos out, and medicate a chick.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I think a big part of the washout is not having gutters.

I agree ditching it will help.....fill those ditches with rock to help stop erosion. It will be work but is less expensive than trying to lay pavers or doing a french drain system.

That shade cloth will help block driving rain as it will hit the cloth and most won't go through it.

Most external best boxes that have a lid that lifts leak at the hinge area without plastic/rubber/BIG roof overhangs. You are certainly not alone in that issue.