Should I let the chickens out in the rain???

[Amethyste]

We live in Washington...if I didnt let them out in the rain they would be stuck in their coop 350 days a year....

It wont hurt them to go out, they wil go out if they want to and go in if they wish as well.

The only time I don't let them out when its raining is if its a heavy storm, windy, icy, freezing rain etc. Regular old rain tho, they are out playing and having a grand old time.

 

[gritsar]

Let them out. My chickens are out every day, no matter the weather. They haven't played in an ice storm so far this year, but played in em last year.

 

[jojo54]

I open the door and give mine the choice. Rain they don't mind. In fact sometimes they look like mud balls (try dust bathing in the mud - doesn't work). They don't like snow, however. Cool weather is fine as long as its not windy but they don't like snow.

 

[write2caroline]

I am in Florida too and I let mine out. If it rains hard they go back into the coop but soft rains they don't mind and tend to like it! I leave their coops open so they can decide for themselves. Mostly they end up back in the coop.

Caroline
Jacksonville, FL

 

[chickenmamalp]

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So have you let them out in the rain before?

No they have not been in the rain

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

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Then try it!

 

[SilverPhoenix]

By the sound of it, they'll do just fine in the rain. I wouldn't worry about it at all. My chickens are out in the rain all the time and even the snow, and there's no harm done. Chickens mostly don't mind rain.

 

[Nutterbutterdiablo]

I have 5 ,that are about 3 1/2 months old. Can they be out in the rain with my big girls? I live in a coastal town in Alaska so it rains a whole lot!!