snowchick Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Hi Our run does not have a plastic cover or roof on it and this has been ok as we have had dry weather, however today the ground is soaking in the run and all of the wood chippings are wet. Will this hurt the chooks. I have put some plastic on top of the run but the weather has been that bad the rain is going if from all sides? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 (edited) My woodchip is wet, my chooks are soaked and they are having loads of fun with big fat worms. I dont think it will cause a problem Edited March 10, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillicat Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Hope not - mine sounds the same as yours! Woodchips are soaked. I bought a plastic dust sheet and covered the cube run with two thirds of it, keeping the end open. OH took it off last night due to the winds, but I had to go out and put it back on earlier this afternoon. I got absolutely soaked, but the girls seemed to appreciate it . Chooks didn't seem to mind the rain too much and took cover under the cube. However, the run is no where near waterlogged so I'm sure they'll be fine. Hope this weather calms down a bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 You need to put a shower curtain. or corrugated plastic like ANH's over the run. Unfortunately in weather as bad as this, water will find its way into the run whatever you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Unfortunately in weather as bad as this, water will find its way into the run whatever you do. agree We have a lovely walk in run with plastic corrugated roof...yesterday during the day it was bone dry After the gales, sideways rain overnight and today - run is absolutely soaked - even with plastic roofing so not much you can do in extremes like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I don't think the chooks mind being wet and muddy but whatever absorbent material you've got on the floor of the run won't last as long between changes if it gets soaked all the time. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirkwood Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 we had taken off the corrugated plastic because of the gales but put it back today so they could do some foraging with out getting 2 wet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I feel really sorry for them in this weather. My new bantams are fairing the worst, they're in the eglu run (inside the walk-in run) and they've been going in and out of the eglu all day. As a result the inside of the eglu is all muddy. The big girls aren't doing so bad but I hope the weather improves soon - I don't want them getting "trench-foot". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRC99 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Mine seemed quite happy in the rain today. They've been free-ranging the longest that they've ever done. They took shelter under the Cube when it was really bad but didn't seem bothered by it at all. They were scratching around and it was raining fairly hard. Seemed happy enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...