After getting excused from work, I went to the store and bought a “Rain suit” (Jacket and pants) Grabbed a bucket and my wheel barrow and a garden trowel, and headed up to the coop to clean. 2-1/2 hours later I got all the winter muck up from around the run area, but after testing decided to leave the mud under the coop, because as I dug, it went downhill, good/ bad thing. The more the slope the more water will build up, so I am going to wait till we figure out a drainage system on the exterior and then address the under coop mud issue. Took down the west side plastic, so that the spring sun could dry everything out.

The girls spent the day free-ranging and dirt bathing under the bushes. Happy chickens were purring and excited to be out and about.