Chickens and the hose?

[jennyg]

My hen follows the waterhose, today my husband strayed her with it, she stopped and enjoyed a 10 sec shower before moving on. Is that normal, can she get wet?
It was about 75/80 degrees Fahrenheit

 

[BrendaJ]

A lot of chickens like water - its ok as long as the temp outside is warm. Mine will actually get into the kiddie pool i set up for the geese on the hot summer days

 

[collingwood]

Mine don't enjoy it even though it's 113 fahrenheit outside! But that fine that she gets wet!

 

[donrae]

Not a hose, but I live in the PNW and if my birds want to leave the coop, it's pretty much a given they're going to get wet. Doesn't even phase them, they're out and about all the time.

With that short a time, I'm pretty sure your hen's skin didn't actually get wet, it simply shed off her feathers. Chickens aren't waterproof like ducks, but their feathers still shed quite a bit of water. My aforementioned birds, if I go out and stick a finger down to the skin, they're usually dry even when the feathers are wet.

 

[RonP]

I often see and wonder why my birds don't always seek shelter from the rain.

It just doesn't seem to bother them as much as it does me...

 

[HighStreetCoop]

Mine quite enjoyed their first rain storm this past weekend. As soon as they figured out rain = worms, they were out digging and scratching in it all day long.

 

[jennyg]

Thank y'all