The effect of different rates of poultry manure application on water characteris- tics of Oforola soils was studied. The different poultry manure rates were 0, 10, 20, and 30 t/ha, while the soil properties studied were particle size distribution, bulk density, porosity, organic matter, saturated hydraulic conductivity, volumet- ric water content, volumetric infiltration rate, sorptivity and water repellence in- dex. Data were subjected to multiple correlation (p = 0.05 and p = 0.01) and anal- ysis of variance (p = 0.05) using RCBD. The results show that the particle size distribution and water repellence index did not differ significantly among the different treatment rates. Soil porosity and organic matter were observed to in- crease with increasing treatment rate but were not significantly influenced by the different treatment rates. Bulk density was significantly influenced in the 30 t/ha treated plot. Both the saturated hydraulic conductivity and volumetric water con- tent were significantly influenced in the 20 and 30 t/ha treated plots, while both volumetric infiltration rate and sorptivity were significantly influenced in all the treated plots. The result of the correlation analysis showed that the treatments had positive influence (p = 0.01) on porosity (r = 0.982), organic matter (r = 0.967) and volumetric water content (r = 0.976) but negatively influenced (p = 0.01) bulk density (r = -0.982), saturated hydraulic conductivity (r = -0.989), volumet- ric infiltration rate (r = -0.990) and sorptivity (r = -0.994). Also, the treatments correlated positively but non-significantly with water repellence index (r value), which correlated negatively and significantly with the percent clay content (r value). Based on the findings, a further study is recommended to establish a standard and beneficial poultry manure rate that would enhance soil water char- acteristics for sustainable productivity. o improve the soil constraints to maintain and sustain the productivity of the soils.