Wet floor coop ideas

[Acre4Me]

If you are going to rebuild it, will you move the location of the coop and run at all? If so, spend some time before hand to build up the ground so it’s on higher ground, and slope it too. If not, then you need to work on water being diverted away from that area. When you build a new coop, you can manage the rainfall that falls on the roof better.

We elevated our coop, approx 2.5 feet above ground. They have shade underneath. We built a deck with a few steps up that leads to the human door to the coop (which also has the pop door in it). The coop is always dry. We had sone water issues in the run, but we worked on getting the water to go somewhere else.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

If you are going to rebuild it, will you move the location of the coop and run at all? If so, spend some time before hand to build up the ground so it’s on higher ground, and slope it too. If not, then you need to work on water being diverted away from that area. When you build a new coop, you can manage the rainfall that falls on the roof better.

We elevated our coop, approx 2.5 feet above ground. They have shade underneath. We built a deck with a few steps up that leads to the human door to the coop (which also has the pop door in it). The coop is always dry. We had sone water issues in the run, but we worked on getting the water to go somewhere else.

Yes good ideas there thanks.

I'll need to plan everything before building but was thinking I need to start buying now with prices going up crazy fast!
I'm looking at a tin shed on a concrete slab then modify for ventilation and light. Though I'm not sure if tin shed is the way to go yet
Location I'm looking at is on the right side of this coop. My property slopes down hill so I can't change that but could build up the area.

 

[countrymom8]

Best thing to do would be to keep any runoff from seeping/pouring into the coop.
Runoff along the ground and/or coming off the tarps is likely the source.

But how?? I am new here ad was just getting on to ask the same thing. It has been raining so heavily here for over a week and the ground itself is completely saturated. Water seeps in underneath the coop and I don't know how to keep it out. Any suggestions would be extremely helpful! Thanks

PS our coup is the "tractor" type on wheels so we can keep moving them to fresh spots, but our entire large backyard is completely saturated so really anywhere we could move them would be soaked.

 

[3KillerBs]

But how?? I am new here ad was just getting on to ask the same thing. It has been raining so heavily here for over a week and the ground itself is completely saturated. Water seeps in underneath the coop and I don't know how to keep it out. Any suggestions would be extremely helpful! Thanks

PS our coup is the "tractor" type on wheels so we can keep moving them to fresh spots, but our entire large backyard is completely saturated so really anywhere we could move them would be soaked.

This is the perfect time to figure out your drainage patterns. Go out while it's actually raining hard and look carefully at the different parts of the yard.

Where does the water pool first?

Where is it running across the ground? Is it sheeting or are there channels?

Where is the last part of the yard to get soaked?

You want to locate your coop on the highest, best drained ground then create water-management structures like diversion ditches and/or grass swales to move water around the coop, and, if necessary, build the ground up under the coop/in the run to keep the chickens out of the wet.

For short-term emergency relief, you can put some pallets down to give the birds something to stand on out of the water and mud.

One member here, whose property is prone to frequent flooding with several inches of standing water, built a raised coop on legs that carry the floor above the usual flood level.

If you're not dealing with standing water, coarse wood chips -- the sort you get from a tree-trimming service -- are usually considered the gold standard for managing mud.

 

[Acre4Me]

@3KillerBs


Yes, figure out the drainage and flow!