Soupy Coop

Current count: 63 eggs

So after an extended period of rain here in NorCal, it appears our french drain in the backyard is not really working at peak capacity....or maybe not at all. At any rate, our yard has converted into a marshland and the water is keeping the area in the chicken coop completely wet. This is a development I am not pleased with. At a bare minimum, it creates an olfactory problem. On the plus side (and I'm stretching here), I don't have to worry about them kicking over the food dishes. Why? Because they are now cemented down to the earth with a combination of mud and chicken poo. It seems inevitable that I am going to need a hazmat suit and a chisel to rectify the situation.

The chickens, meanwhile, spend a lot of time hanging out up in their henhouse, watching the damp floor to see if it's going to do anything scary. Usually it doesn't, so they lay eggs and hang out some more.