They're reluctant to leave..

[BellaBokBok]

My girls are reluctant to spend much time outside the coop in the run to eat and drink because of all the heavy rain and wind
If I locked them out of the coop for a bit to make sure they eat/drink/excersize would that be okay for them?

 

[Birdlife99]

Hello
It is miserable weather here today too my girls are snuggled up together on their perches. I noticed you are in Australia too, are you on the east coast? My suggestion is to leave them there and they will come out when they want to for a feed and a drink. I hope this weather goes away soon and this has helped

 

[BellaBokBok]

I'm on the central coast of NSW, about an hour or so away from sydney so it's veeerrry windy, I guess I'll leave it up to them to not die.

 

[marlo1968]

I'm in Colorado, USA...everytime the sky goes dark, the chickens stick close to the hen house, most of them stay in the covered run, some go inside. I leave it up to them as they free range all day. Sometimes when its very hot and it rains they stay out in it....but if there is lightning, and/or thunder, in they go. I just got them in March and so I have not observed them in winter weathers yet.