Wood chip run? To do- or not to do?

[LavyOrps]

I have seen a lot of people lining their whole run with pine chip bedding. I have started to get a bit curious about doing something like this, especially now that it is starting to get a bit more rainy out.
My big question would be - How do the chips do in the rain?

what are the pros and cons of lining my run with wood chips???

 

[David61]

All pro no Con's for rain.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Doesn't have to be pine chips, most aged, chunky wood chips will do just fine.

How do chips do in the rain? Well, this is my run floor after a night of heavy rains:

The run litter is surface dry, while the lawn beyond had puddles that remained throughout the day (note that I have very good underlying soil drainage to allow water to drain out once it filters through the wood chips.)

 

[aart]

Really chunky!
Best if you have a place to store a whole load from a tree trimmer.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I use wood chips in my garden to do the Back to Eden method. As far as in my run, because I have a flooding problem, I throw the shavings from my coop to the run to help stop the flooding.