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[rosemarythyme]

Not good, how it it this evening

Rain has tapered off for now so water level is very slowly starting to drop. There's still a couple of drier patches in the run, so if it remains like this the birds might be able to have run access tomorrow, and I can assess any damage at that point.

 

[Bonkerelli]

Hope everyone's doing well, especially any folks near Chehalis where the entire area is flooding.

Me, this is my view this morning:
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As of 2:30 the waters had risen even more. There's still a few tiny "dry" patches in the run but for the chickens' safety I locked them all in the coop (half of them had already retreated to the coop, but I didn't want the remainder to get stranded). Didn't bother snapping more photos as my priority was getting things with the flock squared away but it now looks like this (previous flood):

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Improvement this time in that water has not reached the house foundation nor is it coming towards the house itself.

My goodness! Looks like the area of Sedro Woolley not that long ago! Luckily your chickens have a little island.

 

[rosemarythyme]

My goodness! Looks like the area of Sedro Woolley not that long ago! Luckily your chickens have a little island.

A side benefit of doing deep litter: the "island" is all deep litter that's built up over the years. Not enough to prevent the run from flooding at all, but my lot is so flat that even an extra inch or two puts the run above low floodwaters.

 

[Bonkerelli]

A side benefit of doing deep litter: the "island" is all deep litter that's built up over the years. Not enough to prevent the run from flooding at all, but my lot is so flat that even an extra inch or two puts the run above low floodwaters.

Hope the flood waters subside soon!

 

[rosemarythyme]

Hope the flood waters subside soon!

If the rain holds off or heck, if it at least doesn't rain heavily, it should withdraw noticeably in 1-2 days.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

 

[Sequel]

If the rain holds off or heck, if it at least doesn't rain heavily, it should withdraw noticeably in 1-2 days.

I sure hope so! I have a little steam running through my veggie garden but I can’t complain.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Better half put a huge tear in the coop tarp it is like a mud bath in their .. I broke down ordered a new tarp . 20x 30
16 ml ..

 

[SpicyDisaster]

Today was a rough windy warm day. 4"of snow melted in hours, even more rain, and 35mph wind with gusts up to 50mph. Our poor mini coop did not survive the carnage. Not as much flooding as above but enough that everything is water and inches of mud.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Today was a rough windy warm day. 4"of snow melted in hours, even more rain, and 35mph wind with gusts up to 50mph. Our poor mini coop did not survive the carnage. Not as much flooding as above but enough that everything is water and inches of mud.

Yikes, that's rough! We at least didn't have winds to contend with, nor mud (ground is softer than a sponge but the grass will hold). I hope drainage there is decent?