Rainfall muddy coop and run solutions

[Meweber]

Being on Mt. Hood in Oregon I get a ton of rain. At first with a bare floor I tried all sorts of materials to soak up water. But what a pain in the rear it became to have so much bedding that I had to constantly clean out. Since then I dumped a few bags of "Quikrete" around the outter and inner foundation (side benefit, helps with predators.) The floor is now dry enough that I put down dug in some railroad ties acting as joists and installed a plywood floor. I also installed poop boards with sand under the roosts so now I only deal with sifted out poo for my compost, TOTAL GAME CHANGER! I can die happy now

That’s a great idea. I’m learning this keeping chickens is a learn as you go process!

 

[Meweber]

I would definitely put down some wood chips, pine needles, leaves, grass clippings, whatever is free and then go from there. In the meantime you could put down pallets or whatever is handy. Get some deep litter going that you can later use in your garden or flower beds. @3KillerBs has a great article on deep litter. This will help keep your run and coop dry, with little to no poop pick up besides once or twice a year depending on what you use it for and how you manage it

I’ll check out the article, thanks!