Wood Chips for run

[ChicNmom]

@Vee_Bri

The pictures are not very clear because of the leaves. We clean it out right before winter and dig out any spots that got filled in. There is a slight uphill grade behind and on one side of the coop. The floor of the run is about 8 inches below the yard on that one side so too much rain or spring rain/snow melt or frozen ground with rain had water seeping in even with a gutter on the back.

The trench is on the back and each side and extend 4 feet past the front of the coop. The land in front of the coop is mor level or slopes away from the coop.

 

[Tender of the flock]

Great run bedding, have used it for 10+ years now.
But I have a place to store the large pile you get from tree trimmers.

If you have a drainage issue, fix that first.

I've read mostly bad stuff about chipdrop.
Either there was a bunch of trash, large log chunks, dumped in middle of driveway...or they never got them.
It's a crap shoot.

If you have the space to store the large pile, you're better off calling a local tree trimmer, they are usually happy to get rid of them.