Chickens and rain

[cmom]

We had rain for the past couple of days and my birds were out in it even though they have a nice coop to go into.

 

[Fierlin1182]

My birds LOVE the rain. We don't get a lot of it down here, when it happens they stand out under the gate where it pours out the draining part getting soaked.

But then again, I have a feeling my chickens aren't quite normal.

 

[AngelaB]

If it is a mild rain, they stay out. Heavy warm rain they might even stay out. On cold days and rain, they go in.

 

[babyrnlc]

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Mine love the rain too. (course I think they are part duck cause they love to sit in the water basin and when free ranging a couple actually get in the pool when it's hot

They also love the snow (the hens doo the chicks haven't seen it yet)

 

[markandcindy]

I watched my chickens stand around in the rain on Sunday also. When it got really heavy the older chickens went into the coop, but the 4 "teenagers" who had never been in the rain stayed out all day and seemed to enjoy tromping around in the mud. Since it wasn't cold I wasn't worried.

 

[LT]

Ours love a nice, steady rain. But they do usually seek shelter if it comes too hard or too windy.

 

[JoyfulChaosMama]

Mine love the rain too, but if the breeze kicks up the slightest, they go running for the coop!

 

[Runt Of The Litter]

henny and her old sisters all hated the rain,the first sign of it and theyre back in the coop,before coming to us they were all brought up in a battery farm so never got to see the outdoors,perhaps for them the lack of early experience has put them off.