[traacyken]

dont know if  they all do it but my hens love staying out in the rain :blink: even if its pouring down and blowing a gale, the cocks we had that we bough as hens run in at the first drop of rain they stand there dripping wet. do yours do this or have i got some odd balls

[karlooben]

they are not odd some birds love it some dont . take the other morning it was pouring very hard at 6 am i let the girls out  out they ran in they ran just as fast .

[grumpydad]

we have chickens that are chicken, they hide under the coop, even though the run has a plastic roof.
martyn

[Tricky]

mine run in as soon as it starts raining but as they get wetter they just stay out in it accepting defeat.

[oddpaws]

Mine hide if it is raining heavy but the minute it eases off they are out scratching for grubs

[adi]

since it seems to rain at some point every day on the hills around here my three just get on with it. if it's monsoon style they shelter under the coop but other than that they don,t seem to mind.

[Sassy]

My older hens are out in all weathers and in the snow in the winter. I have some babies who hide the minute there is a drop of rain. Perhaps they will toughen up. At least they have a choice!!

[Tricky]

My older hens are out in all weathers and in the snow in the winter.

thats just reminded me, i spent the first day of the snow season laughing as mine had never seen it before, it took them all day to set foot outside. lol

[janet12000]

Mine love the rain. It doesn't seem to bother them at all. They also like to play in the mud that the rain creates.  :blink:

[IMOmimey]

Mine kind of do what they feel like at the time though they copy each other like sheep...one in all in!! sometimes they go under the shrubs/trees at the first drop, coming out if it prolonged, sometimes they just stand there looking very sorry for themselves, soaked to the skin, and sometimes they skip around and flap their wings as though thoroughly enjoying it. I've always assumed it depends on how hot/cold they are, or how desperate for food but I do worry about them when they go to bed still soaked