Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[mullethunter]

I have my 3m Eglu Go run on leaf lottery Earth. Until now all has been fine but with the rain we've had over the last few days I can see that winter could be a bit too soggy. Has anyone found a way of really keeping it dry? I've seen ANHs plastic sheeting which I may try but at the moment the wet seems to get in around the bottom. Has anyone stopped this?

[mollyripkim]

We have plastic pallets covered with a porous membrane and then a thick layer of woodchip. Because the pallets are slightly raised the water can't come in the bottom and any that comes in from above can drain away. We've recently added a layer of weldmesh to the bottom to stop anything digging in. It was a lot of work but worth it in the long run.

[mullethunter]

I reckon my long term plan may be along those lines mollyripkim but I'm hoping to move house in the next 12 months so was after more of an interim measure...

[Ain't Nobody Here]

As well as my corrugated plastic sheets, I cable tied wide strips of plastic (actually an old whirlygig cover) along the bottom edges. That prevented the bedding getting kicked out and also helped keep rain out.

[LunaKiw1]

Our girls are on bare earth and we use Tarpaflex (www.tarpaflex.co.uk) clear tarpaulins held in place with ball bungees and/or cable ties. They do different sizes but we started with a 2m x 2.4m one to cover the basic 2m run we had with our Eglu Classic to start with. If you peg the sides out a bit from the sides at the bottom (tent-like) it allows drips to fall off but not drip inside the run. Now we have an Omlet WIR we have a 6m x 2m one across top and down both sides and reuse the original one to cover the back.

[mullethunter]

Do you have any photos of your set up when you had the Classic LunaKiwi?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

The tarpaflex tarpaulins are great but just a word of warning if you live anywhere windy. They'll eventually rip somewhere .

[LunaKiw1]

Mullethunter - I do have some photos but can't seem to copy them into a reply. If you email me direct then I can reply and attach some!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Annoyingly, you have to upload photos to a site online first (like Flickr or Photobucket) and then use the link to post them here.