At last we have the coop sorted.
We identified how the rain water was getting in. No huge mystery really as our joiner friend pointed out. It was running down the roof and, being a rubbish design, was seeping into the wood and then dripping into the coop itself. We (read joiner friend) put on the 'bumpy' roofing and the coop is now nice and dry. It has had almost a week of rain pelting on it and so far so good. We are expecting gale force winds and rain later tonight and tomorrow so that will be the biggest test of how waterproof it is
![wink ;)](https://chat.allotment-garden.org/Smileys/green/wink.gif)
My only concern is the actually nesting box. I was thinking of a large rubber mat type thing 'nailed' against the main coop wall and hanging over the nest box (obviously tie it down to something so it doesn't flap about in the wind). I will wait and see how it copes as it is in the coming rubbish weather we are due.
We haven't taken off the felt yet but that will be our first job come spring time. I did paint slurry all around the roof area before we put on the bumpy stuff and the coop is still well covered inside with the slurry so I think we should be safe from bugs and mites for the winter months.
On another note, as you can probably see from the pic, the girls have gotten through most of the grass so all that is left is a muddy mess. We have ordered 10 bags of hardwood woodchips which arrive on Monday so that will go down as soon as possible (doubt it will be Monday if the forecasters are correct
![Sad :(](https://chat.allotment-garden.org/Smileys/green/sad.gif)
).
....and I never got my Eglu
![nowink :nowink:](https://chat.allotment-garden.org/Smileys/green/nowink.gif)
Oh well
![tongue2 :tongue2:](https://chat.allotment-garden.org/Smileys/green/tongue2.gif)