rain

Hey guys hoping someone with some knowledge I dont have can help me out I was given some instant turf today for free which i want to place over a muddy area my ducks have made (this is the stuff with live growing grass not the artificial stuff so its on a timeline as its already a few days old)...

Hi! I’m making a water catchment system for my plants and ducks this year since it rains a lot here I thought I’d take advantage. maybe it will lower my water bill for their kiddy pool. I’m wondering how or if I need to purify the water. I am putting a piece of window screen for the lid so...

Question for you guys. I have a roughly 6x8 ft (floor space, they've got some roosting rods and they're nesting nooks as well raised from the floor in the coop) raised coop for my 19 strong flock of 6-7 week old chicks, and I'm currently using Pine Shavings inside of it. I live in North-Western...

hello, i’m still a first time chickie owner, living in bay area california and we have been getting rainstorm warnings, it hasn’t started yet but i’m wondering, should i move my coop to our covered patio? i’m not sure if the girls would be okay with getting their home pummeled with rain all...

I am new to owning guineas and have a mixed flock with them and chickens. They have been doing great, and are about 2 months old and have been in their coop and outdoor run area for 2 weeks. I live in Iowa, USA. It had been very dry, so the guineas had been sleeping by roosting on the roof of...

We have our 1 month old chicks outside in a huge brooder/coop with a wire floor topped with about 10 inches of pine shavings (and yes, before you ask, it has a roof and a heat lamp). It was a great setup until this past week when we had rain every single day. Their bedding is getting kind of...

Hi all, A month ago I moved from hot, dry Sacramento to the Portland area. I, a Seattle native, am delighted at the weather change. My five chickens, not so much. This is the first time in their lives that they've had reliably wet, cooler temps. The first two weeks we were here, my focus was...

Hello everyone, my silly hens love to be outside when it rains, doesn't matter if it's cold or windy, they always end up wet. Are yours like that too? Do you others even let them out into the rain? My coop isn't that big so my girls will go crazy if I don't let them out, I also have a lot of...

my flock is mostly bantam ICochin and Cochin mixes, and I live in the Pacific Northwest, where it rains most of the year. last year most of my birds feet feather broke off or I had to cut them back because of the rain. their run gets pretty muddy, I put down sand usually which helps but isnt a...

Hi everyone, My baby girl is different recently and not sure if this would even be the right area for this. She's sitting down more, slightly watery stools, I found some red goop in one but it didn't seem like blood. I'm not sure what type she is but she's about 2 months old. Been sneezing for...

We're new to having Silkies. We have 3 10 week olds and live in southern Washington state where it rains often. As of now, they are inside pets who only go out on sunny days. We plan on acclimating them to the outdoors as the weather dries and warms up. But now I'm wondering about the rain once...

New to raising chicks...my kids got them for me for mother's day (at my encouragement I might add). You see our Rottweiler had just passed away the day after we returned from our vacation. She was 8 yrs old...she was our 5th rottie in our 30 years together. So I decided with my health problems...

Wet chicken help How do I train my chickens to go into their coop when it rains? They hide under the trampoline instead of going in the coop every time. They don’t get completely drenched, but they do get wet. We live in Southwest Florida, we get very heavy rains during the spring and summer...

Hello everyone, I have chicks that range from 2-4 weeks old. I have 27 total and they are in a brooder outside. The next week it’s suppose to be raining and I have been letting them outside in their run everyday for the last week. I don’t want them hot and cooped up all day for a week. what...

Today, there was a little raining and the ocean got severe, but the chickens were fine. We barely get winter here and dry season can get hot! Copper did his morning crow and of course, we got some eggs. I had to bathe the silkies and remove the mudballs from Jokgu's legs. I saw very little...

Hello, I am try to figure out how to protect the chickens feed during rain storms. Currently I place their feed in their house during bad weather but I need a better way badly. Thank you for your time

I just got my four silkies on Friday and haven’t had them in rain yet, today it poured cats & dogs. Even though they have a warm & dry coop and enclosed run— rose decided to break out the Mohawk and sit in the rain 😂

This is thread will follow my progress on a big chicken run project. Please share your input. It is greatly appreciated. With the recent tropical activity my ground is soaked so I am sort of at a stand still on it but I have half of the post up and a few 2x4s. Here are some pictures so far. The...

It has been raining on and off a few days this week and I’m starting to wonder if I should cover the coop and run. :confused: I was hoping I would have a few peoples opinions on this. Thanks!

Just a little side note Its been raining for a few days, pouring most of the day and is meant to rain again tomorrow. Two of our chickens seem to think they are ducks and have been staying out in the rain with them, they have a chicken coop that they can easily go into. The ground of the run is...