In article , laurie (Mother Mastiff) wrote:
My lot is all downhill, and unfortunately that's where the chicken house is.
There is a new problem with a pipe underground that was supposed to protect
and house an electric line (never used) that now seems to collect water from
the yard and pour it out into the chicken house (because the top of the pips
is lower than the level of the ground it is draining from). This alone
causes flooding and deaths in the chick pen. Hard rains like the recent
storms soak much of the chicken house and pens, and poo-laced mud is
unhealthy for the birds as well as nasty for the neighbors' delicate noses.

I need an intelligent, inventive drainage person who is clever with ditches
and drainage devices, can you recommend anyone? I am out of work so will
have to use my regular lawn guy for the labor, what I need is a diagnosis
and practical, usable solutions.

Desperately,

laurie (Mother Mastiff) (very worried about the young birds who are swimming
in a lake of poo-ey mud and don't have webbed feet!)



Not having a picture leaves me a bit unsure of the situation but here
are some suggestions based on guesses.

How big is the pipe diameter? Is it solid or porous? I am assuming
solid since it was to protect wiring. How much of the flooding is from
the water through the pipe and how much is just coming down hill from
other parts of the yard? How deep is the water getting. Must be deep
to drown the chickens or are they just crowding each otherand some
getting mashed in the mud?

1. Can you plug up the pipe where the water is entering. Suggestions
are putting in a pipe plug, filling the end with concrete, just covering
it over with dirt.

That being done still means you have to divert this water around the
chicken coop or it will find its way down hill anyway and end up in the
coop. Probably not practical, but you could consider a floor for the
chicken yard to raise it above the water.

How deep is the water getting in the chicken yard? You might be able
to raise it by adding dirt or gravel. A quick and dirty floor would be
pallets on concrete blocks.

Hope some of these ideas are useful.

Would like more info on the situation since your description is a bit
sparse except the chickens are at the botton of the lot. Does the lot
then level off or go down hill past the coop?




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