Yesterday and again today it rained, non stop, all day. Despite the run being roofed it can’t cope with this amount of rain. It blows in and drips in and only the dust bath circle of soil stays properly dry.
I get fed up of the run being wet and feel sorry for the girls with their muddy feet. Even the covered patio area is half wet. In the summer we are going to see if there is anything we can do to the run roof panels to help keep more of the run dry.
I put the girl’s spinach in the square container today to keep it off the wet and muddy patio.
Rusty soon gets the hang of the spinach
It wasn’t too successful as the spinach leaves are small enough to fall through the wire but Rusty seemed to like it though.
A little later Rusty was making good use of the dry dust bath area.
Rusty has a dust bath
Rusty was the only one taking advantage of the dust bath area
The rest of the girls have some mash and spinach
I thought some mash would help occupy the girls on such a horrible day
Later in the day Speckles, Peaches and Barley were in the shelter once more.
Three girls in the shelter
This is the first time I have managed to get a photo of all three of them in here as they usually run to me when I go in the run. I just had time to get one snap before they jumped out.
Once more Speckles is more sensible and stays further in where it is completely dry. These three girls have made the shelter their own at the moment and the little girls don’t get a look in.
I am tempted to make another shelter but that will be a project for another day. Tomorrow’s forecast is looking better with some dry weather ahead which will be most welcome.
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Your little shelter was such a good idea, the girls still all look happy, even if the weather is bad.
They do seem happy. I think the weather bothers me more than it does them. It’s supposed to be dry for a bit now so I will dig over the run again this afternoon.
They are like princesses in their castle! You are right that the weather makes it unpleasant under foot for them but, as you say, it’s us it bothers, rather than them. Nonetheless, I’ve had to let mine out into the main run about an hour ago, so I could dig out the mud, which was dreadful. Another trip to the recycling plant tomorrow, I think.
I have just dug over our run. I poop pick first so that is clean and then dig the whole run over. The girls follow my every move. Parts of the run were quite boggy but digging gets rid of any puddles. Other parts are just damp soil and then there is the one dry area. I have also swept the patio now it’s dry and it is looking clean again after yesterday’s mud brought to the patio by the girls feet. Thankfully it’s forecast dry for the next week although it’s cold.