Chickens and Wind

[Monk422]

First time ever I opened coop and girls stayed inside. Big fat no no to the wind. Never seen anything like this refusal. Don't like their tail feathers ruffled or what? Fine w me, that's all I need is an updraft to land em in our neighbors yard.

 

[mkearsley]

We had some gust up to 40 mph yesterday, and my girls were huddled in the corner by our house, but they did come out into the wind when I brought treats out

I was also kind of worried about the wind picking up my little cochin & sailing her across the 6' fence! I know I don't much care to be out in that nastiness, so I don't blame the birds for hiding.

 

[Lesa]

Mine are game for any weather-except they hate the wind!! Even in warm weather, they run for it, when it gets windy!

 

[BWKatz]

Wind doesn't bother my girls. In fact in the summer they face into it with it blowing the tophats of my Polish like hair away from their faces.

 

[gryeyes]

Had the same wind as you did today, Monk. NASTY. All night long and all day long. Gusts up to 44 mph. The chickens - which range freely - never left the back yard to forage in the sunny front yard. Too much of a wind tunnel. They wanted to stay where the coops worked as some wind break.

On "normally" windy days, they do forage anywhere, facing the wind most of the time.

Unfortunately, I think today's wind killed one of my pullets. She was in a pen, up against a post, with a broken neck when I found her. No signs of having been pecked or attacked. I'm upset when I lose any one of my birds, but she was the only Salmon Faverolles pullet in my flock.