my sweet and super cool boyfriend is digging drainage holes for our chicken coop
the ground is clay , it floods like crazy (hence why he put the drainage)

anyways what i wanted to ask was
will pea gravel help with drainage ontop of the clay? or atleast make it less prone to flooding

(chicken butt is a placeholder image)

>>2927324 (OP)
Drainage away from the chickens by sloping the impermeable clay. Then a layer of wood chips, or straw to keep them above it.
Ideally, prevent the water from coming in, in the first place.

blast fire the the clay
clay under fire becomes
water below

If it's clay everywhere then you need to figure out how to move the water away from the chicken coop area. A french drain is a simple way of doing this (dig a channel, fill with coarse gravel) as long as you actually have somewhere for the water and drain to travel to. A soak pit is an alternative but that depends on the permeability of your soil (this can be tested/measured) and ultimately if it's hard clay, you're probably going to have to figure out how to transport the water away rather that trying to get the ground to soak it up.
I assume the coop itself is raised up off the ground but if not, that should be easy enough to accomplish (jack it up, add wood underneath to raise it).
Standing water and high humidity is bad for chickens, especially anywhere around the coop. Gives them lung issues and shit.

>>2927324 (OP)
>digging drainage holes
it can work if the bottom of the holes is below the clay layer, or some water will fill the hole then not be able to drain anywhere. Sloping is best, or at least slope some channels away. Filling with gravel is a start to help keep channel open but if there is a lot of rain or fines (coarser than clay) they will migrating into the channel between the gravel and can clog it over time.

>>2927324 (OP)
I would totally fuck it up the ass

>>2927324 (OP)
TITS OR GTFO
the rules are the rules

>>2927340
don't put straw down it rots and flies breed like crazy there.
I keep the bottom of my chicken run bare so I can scrape out the chicken dookie. Wood chips help keep it from turning into a mud pit in fall/sprint but otherwise bare is just better.
I would avoid gravel since, again, you won't be able to scrape up the poop and you get a stinky, fly infested run and poor chicken health.

>>2927324 (OP)
Someone tell this skirt the rules.

>>2927324 (OP)

Too much gravel could get too hot in the summer months