Raining and pouring

[nancykay2kay]

I live in Bastrop, Texas and we are having a tremendous rainfall, lots of thunder and lightning. Heavy rain, three inches an hour . . . and the chickens are under a stand of sunflowers getting soaked instead of going into their coop. Is this normal behavior? Why don't they go in their house?
I checked out the window and their door is open and it seems fine. I feel like I should take them an umbrella.

 

[Quackers3211]

Lol! My chickens only go under their coop for short periods of time. They spend the rest of it foraging in the rain because the rain fills in all the bugs and worms little holes and the chickens like to eat them.

 

[Quackers3211]

If it gets really bad I carry my chickens back to the coop or call them in with treats and shut the door. They normally stand under their house in the run though.