Sleeping in the rain

[blackrose211]

I have 6 chickens who are all 4 months old. Their first rainstorm was during the day and they happily played in it. I live in Arizona so I'm not worried about them getting cold. Tonight I went to put my favorite silkie away (she was snuggling with me) to find 4 of my chickens sleeping on the roof of their coop in the pouring rain. We're talking can't-see-the-road-it's-raining-so-hard kind of rain. The only one inside was my other silkie who I assume just could get up that high. Last time it rained they were all too little to get up there at all. I check on them every night and I have absolutely never found them roosting on the roof before tonight. My last flock didn't like the rain and I think I only ever saw one on the roof twice and it was during the day. So is this a weird chicken thing or are my chickens just being weird??

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

They may have waited too long (close to nightfall) to try to enter the coop, and if it was too dark-looking inside the coop with all the rain clouds, they may have been afraid to enter. This is a young chicken problem that I have seen.

I would check on them nightly for awhile to make sure they don't do that again.