Cinnamon Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I knew we were building it where the water table is high,but with the wall we thought we would be OK. Sadly not. Bantam Towers is really flooded all around the edges.The big hen pen has a few large puddles,but plenty of dry area too. The bantam pen is a quagmire. So,we are now having to dig drainage ditches to drain the excess water off into the well. In the meantime,so long as its not too deep,will it do them any harm to be in muddy puddles for a while? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fur 'n' Feathers Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Really sorry to hear this after all your hard work. It must be a disappointment . Hope the drainage ditches do the trick and that you won't need to do anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Oh no, what a disappointment (I'd sack the builder ) The chickens should be OK as long as they have somewhere dry to retreat to. Afterall, when mine are let out in the rain, they will happily stand in muddy puddles all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 At least you know where the builder lives so you can smash his windows if he doesn't put it right! Mine often have to paddle a bit if it has rained really heavily....it hasn't harmed them so far.....and their feet are cleaner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Oh No Sarah! How annoying. I'm sure the girls won't mind paddling around a bit until its sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 You just can't get the quality of workmanship these days :roll: parts of our run floods sometimes when it rains for a very long time - they don't seem to mind. When they are out they are always digging in their corner of the garden which has huge muddy puddles after a lot of rain I love your run Sarah.........I'm very - glad my spare peanuts are part of such an impressive (although rather damp ) set up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 just a minor teething problem , with all this horrid weather we have had the ground is saturated most places. Should dry out this week - forecast is a cold northernly wind with no rain ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Should dry out this week - forecast is a cold northernly wind with no rain ! oh goody :!: ..........last week we drowned or were blown away..........this week we freeze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 Hubby has a plan. He is going to dig a deep dith behind the pens,then out gravel in it,so that should help lower the water table. Then we are going to look out some nice plants that do well in the wet & soak up lots & lots of water - like bamboo maybe? Its the Bants I feel for,as they are so much lower to the ground than my girls,& the Polands in particular are really suffering from bad hair at the moment C'est la vie. It will get sorted (one day!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Hubby has a plan. that's always worrying Hope it gets sorted soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 plants that do well in the wet & soak up lots & lots of water - like bamboo maybe? good idea! we have 3 types of bamboo in our garden and we have just planted one next to the chicken run. The other thing about bamboo is that it stays evergreen and screens aswell so it will give the girls some shade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
