all of my chickens in the coop!!

[lindsayrussell]

hi!! recently my chickens have been in the coop in the middle of the day! i’m from washington so right now it starts to get dark at around 4:30 but i went to go see my chickens last week at around one and they were all inside of the coop just standing there, not on the roost or anything. Today I went down there and the same thing happened but one of my chickens was out in the run all alone. She is also the odd one out as well. I don’t know if it’s because there’s a predator around or what but just wanted some input

 

[cavemanrich]

Could very well be they saw a predator, and seeked shelter. Check to see if there are cats, owls, hawks, or any other daytime predators around your coop/run/backyard area.
If chickens were in mood to turn in for the day, they would have jumped onto roosts. Sometimes, when it gets cloudy, and dark in afternoon,, (not dark evening yet) my chickens will go inside coop and roost.
Hanging around on the coop floor does seem to point, they wanted to get out of the outdoors for some reason.
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

 

[B-Goock]

Maybe cause the weather.

I have a huge run and they go out first thing when I open the door. Maybe peck & look around for awhile then go back to the coop.
Kinda like us. Yay let's go outside. Man its kinda cold.... think ill go inside and sit at the couch.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Could be the weather. If it gets gloomy enough (and we sure get plenty of that) and/or rainy enough, some of mine will "give up" and roost for the remainder of the day.