Wet ground in run

[ReneeLenzi]

I live in Oregon and the last 5 days it has rained very very hard in my area. The ground is so water logged it is making the ground on the inside of my run wet. I dont know what to do to fix this. I need lots of support and suggestions! Please Help!!

 

[3KillerBs]

For immediate, short-term relief, try putting down some pallets and intact straw bales to get the chicken's feet out of the wet. Then have a good look at your run to see if the problem is:

1. Rain saturating an uncovered run and overwhelming the capability of the litter to absorb it?

2. Water running over the ground through the run?

3. Water pooling in the run because it's the lowest spot available?

For #1 it might be enough to put some kind of cover over the run and add more dry litter -- wood chips, straw, pine straw, shavings, whatever you have available.

For #2 and #3 you're going to have to fix your drainage problem.

#2 needs a diversion ditch now and the installation of a French drain or re-grading the area to channel water around the chicken run.

#3 is best fixed by relocating your chicken run out of the low spot but could possibly be fixed by building up the run area with a load of soil.

 

[ReneeLenzi]

For immediate, short-term relief, try putting down some pallets and intact straw bales to get the chicken's feet out of the wet. Then have a good look at your run to see if the problem is:

1. Rain saturating an uncovered run and overwhelming the capability of the litter to absorb it?

2. Water running over the ground through the run?

3. Water pooling in the run because it's the lowest spot available?

For #1 it might be enough to put some kind of cover over the run and add more dry litter -- wood chips, straw, pine straw, shavings, whatever you have available.

For #2 and #3 you're going to have to fix your drainage problem.

#2 needs a diversion ditch now and the installation of a French drain or re-grading the area to channel water around the chicken run.

#3 is best fixed by relocating your chicken run out of the low spot but could possibly be fixed by building up the run area with a load of soil.

It’s looking like I’m going to do French deans and divert water.

 

[3KillerBs]

It’s looking like I’m going to do French deans and divert water. ☹

It's a lot of digging, but gives you a long-term solution.

 

[aart]

If there is lower land nearby just digging a surface trench can help.....did here.