Rain and chickens??

[Emilyd]

My chickens love the rain and will go out and just walk around while its rainy all day long.

 

[kacklinkelly]

Same here. Ours Love the rain. They have lots of coverage and choose to walk around right in the rain and strut their stuff. They sure look homely until their feathers dry.

 

[nate1the1great1]

mine go outside and eat during storms cause they love eating the wormd. mine would go intot therepen soaked

 

[marilynteichman]

Thanks for the info on the "olive eggers" I have some and now figured the Am rooster and the maran hen.

 

[kkenney]

In the summers my flock has full access to their coop and pen throughout the day, storming out or not. They also have the underneath of their coop to hide under and hang out if they would like. They don't seem to be fans of heavy rain. If its sprinkling out most will still roam around but if its raining decent sized drops the seek shelter under the coop so they can still be outdoors and scratch at the dirt without getting wet. However, when it storms they all make a b-line for the coop! They will usually all huddle in their occasionally peeking their heads out to check on the storm then will scurry back in!

 

[windnleavesfarm]

The rain doesn't bother my chickens one bit.

 

[Sweetest]

My chickens (RIRs, sex links, white leghorns, blac australorps) like being in the rain. They drink it as it comes down, they go walk through the mud and the muck and the puddles, they drink out of the puddles. When it's hot in the summer, one of my RIRs tips her head back and flaps her wings while she stands in the rain. This might be a chicken thing, or possibly learned from our Pekin ducks (who live with our chickens).
I have seen them hide under trees and bushes. Chickens are pretty smart...or at least have common sense. If they don't want to be in the rain, they will get in their little house.

 

[bruceha2000]

Thanks SO much everyone!! And Cheyen thanks for the info!! She's def an Easter Egger then! So what color eggs do THEY lay??

Most often an EE will lay blue or green (I have 1 of each

) though I think they can lay any color but white. Mostly shades of brown if the girl didn't get the blue gene. If an Araucana or REAL Ameraucana is crossed with a white layer, the resulting EE will lay blue (but not green). If crossed with a brown layer, the EE will lay green (but not blue). I think the "not blue or green" layers are probably offspring of an EE and didn't get the blue gene.

Why get just one? If I could only have one kind of chicken, I'd have nothing but Easter Eggers. I love them!

RIGHT!

, well EEs and BAs

Of the 5 breeds I have, the best layer is the smaller Black Australorp, the next best is an EE. Of course, if Persephone really puts in in gear and Echo waits another month to start laying, they will be close. Most of the girls took 4 months off after moult but MAYBE some of that was due to the "less light" winter slowdown.

That being said, if what you have is an Easter Egger, do not--I repeat, DO NOT--be disappointed! I have owned dozens of chickens over the past few years, and the Easter Eggers are my favorite "breed" of them all! They're robust, handle temperature extremes gracefully, aren't susceptible to frostbitten combs, lay steadily all winter long, and come in a gorgeous array of colors. Furthermore, they're generally more intelligent, healthy, and wily than my purebred chickens, making them much better suited to free ranging.

What Lydia said

though my blue layer took 5 months to lay again after moulting mid Sept. The green layer only 3.5 months after moulting early November.

Bruce

 

[TaylorEggMan]

I live in NE Florida. My hens live in a big, screened house and they do get wet from time to time, but it's no biggie. As a matter of fact, when we go through spells when we don't get rain for a week or two, I'll spray them off (mist setting on my nozzle) with the water hose. A few of my hens enjoy it. Others, not so much. So if they want a shower, I'll provide it and if not, I just leave them be.

 

[Oscarsgravett]

I live in the southeast of England and we have just had the wettest winter on record. My coop flooded and land flooded. It was terrible. But my chickens all seemed completely fine the only thing I changed was there food as it kept on going soggy. Don't worry it isn't a stupid question I was unsure for a while. In fact chickens have a special oil on there feathers like ducks so there feathers don't get wet the rain just runs over their body. Chickens seem to be very resistant to bad weather.