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That will probably give the chickens soggy bottoms! Guess that will take a while to dry out.
Probably a good drying day for outside washing if you could guarantee your items would not get ripped off and blown away.
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That's part of the problem the chicken run very rarely dries out but the straw keeps the chickens out of most of the mud
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A pallet or two would create a dry patch.
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I've got part of it covered in ply or duck boards ,part of it has a visqueen cover to give them protection from rain this is as well as an 8 x 6 shed which has four laying box's in but chickens like scratching holes so part of it is just heavy clay with old tree roots mixed in
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Duckboards? But they aren't ducks,!
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If this wet weather continues they will be turning into ducks !
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Next week is going to be very pleasant and the growing season can commence..... :)
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We have snow forecast for tomorrow.
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Next week is going to be very pleasant and the growing season can commence

I do hope so!
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Trust me everyone.... :)
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Guess this isn't too far from you tiger?

https://www.beechgrove.co.uk/Live-Beechgrove-Weather
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Another day of strong winds and heavy rain , I think I left it to late to build my ark
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38mm rain so far today and it's still chucking down ..... Well, after such a dry February and January, it will be good for the trees to have a supply of moisture when the leaves appear.
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Much less wind and rain here than was forecast. Just checked the propagators: one tomato through yesterday, eighteen this afternoon. Joy increased by the knowledge that tomorrow onwards will be be fine and warm for quite some time. I think I can use the word Spring again.
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Much less wind and rain here than was forecast


Wish I could say the same, 88kph (54.68mph) wind and just short of 42mm (1.65") rain and still quite a bit of the day left.
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