Poll: Do your chickens like the rain?

[crosbygroup]

I don't know about rain, but mine run for the coop when the sprinklers come on.

 

[7L Farm]

If they can get out of the coop to chase grasshoppers I don't think a hurricane would stop them.LOL

 

[BarkerChickens]

If it is a sprinkle, they are fine. If it is a heavy rain, they hang out under the coop. They won't go IN the coop though.

But, our rains here are usually in the winter when it is cold and VERY windy, so I don't blame them. The wind blows their feathers up and they get cold rain on their skin.

They are fine in snow though.

Once they were free-ranging and it was sprinkling (winter time). All of a sudden it turned into a hail storm (small hail...like pencil eraser sized, but nonetheless hard, frozen balls). Those girls RAN so fast! We had six full-grown hens hiding under the wheelbarrow!

 

[jrskol2000]

my buffs and barred rock hens love the rain

 

[peewee6765]

yes and no. my 3 oldest chickens dont go out but the other loves it

 

[chickenboy21]

i dont even think my notice... i had one buff orp sittin on a roost outside during a down poor

but it was hilarious

she acted as if nothing was wrong

 

[joebryant]

I don't remember; here in central Indiana we haven't had any rain for two months.

 

[magistradomina]

Quote:

I can see them now...

My chickens all go inside their coop when it rains, so I guess they don't like it.

 

[Mahonri]

I've only had one that liked it. She was a White Rock. All the others head for the coop.

 

[Jasmine1998]

Mine don't mind it unless it is a heavy down pour, then they just wait under the deck till it slows down a little.