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

[gonetoearth]

We need to do something about our garden paths which until now have been gravel. Our girls love digging in the gravel, dust bathing in it and making little nests in it to while away the sunnier parts of the day. As a result the path isn't really a path any more... it resembles a kind of moonscape.

 

We need to do something about this before the winter as when it's wet it becomes dangerous for humans; slippy, muddy etc.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions about good materials for making a path out of ? It needs to be chicken friendly so cleanable, sweepable and it cannot need to be excavated in as there are trees in the garden with TPO's on them. (These add to the slippy path issue in the autumn with leaves etc.)

 

Thank you.

[Chickabee]

We've just built a bridge from larch. Apparently it doesn't get slippy

[jimnpaula]

There's all sorts of plastic (and wood) roll out path available - would that work?

[LunaKiw1]

we had a similar ankle-breaking scenario and solved it by laying a mini path made from interlocking plastic (green, but you can also get brown) square grid-tiles. You can find them on Amazon and sometimes see them advertised in the papers. Ity stops them digging and doesn't look TOO bad!