I thought I would show you a comparison of how much the water levels around here vary with the slightest bit of rain. The land just seems incapable of retaining water unless it is in the lower paddock.
From this
To this
From this
To this
And from this
To this
And this
To this
It’s due to rain very heavily all day tomorrow. So it will be back to the flooding and digging moats around the chook house again, this is to divert water away from this inside of the chook house btw, not to keep the chooks in!