Chickens that like RAIN!

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Hello Everyone,
I'm relativly new to keeping chooks!, but was wondering , does anyone else have Chickens that love the RAIN !!!!, I have two that do, and 4 that dont like the rain, :?
 
Isn't there a saying "Madder than a Wet Hen"?

No, most of mine shelter under their houses or stand out for a bit getting wet and looking miserable...
 
Two of mine stay out in the worst rain,they even have a mud bath instead of a dust bath despite having shelter they can use.When they do get soaked I dry them before shutting them up for the night.
 
Earthly said:
Lydia said:
I dry them before shutting them up for the night.
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Now that is "above & beyond"
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:o you mean you don't :o :o :o

It depends how soaked they are,but believe me,they look worse than drowned rats.Plus,I don't want them to be wet and cold all night.
 
:lol: LOL :lol: (thought you seemed to soft,oops I meant caring)........
 
Love your sig picture earthly {you look very cuddly} if your wife sees this IM NOT FLIRTING WITH HIM . Ive never heard of any one rubbing their chickens down when wet, now you do spoil yours, and NO ive never done it. My chickens love bad weather they will roam in all weathers. I have a stream that runs though my land with a sand bank, in the summer my chickens can all be found sun bathing along the sand bank, or paddling in the stream, its loverly to watch.
 
ameeyal said:
Love your sig picture earthly {you look very cuddly} if your wife sees this IM NOT FLIRTING WITH HIM .
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Aaah,if you think Earthly looks cuddly,Bailey his golden retriever is even more cuddly!!!!!

Anyway,back to topic,mine would love to paddle in your stream,and search the sandbank for grubs before having a sunbathe.if mine are soaked during the day,i don't dry them off.if it's late though,close to their bedtime I get them indoors,shut them in one of my dog cages and give them some help with with a hairdryer.They don't really like the hairdryer but maybe I have the setting too cold for them :o .
I've only got 5 so it's quite quick and easy and at least they are going to bed dry.I don't know if I left them that they would be dry in the morning,in the summer if it's hot I'd leave them,but 2 weeks ago we had a lot of frosts,I'd be really upset if they were frozen/wet/ill in the morning.


Most people on this board are too young to remember,but,back in the 50's or 60's,we had a severe winter where wild birds were frozen to where they'd perched for the night.Ducks,swans and geese were also frozen to lakes,ponds etc.I realise that these were wild birds,not in a hen house or coop but frost and ice can kill,by drying mine off I don't worry......so yes,I'm an overprotective mum...... :oops: .
 
Lydia YOU CRUEL WOMEN drying your chickens off with a hair dryer thats to COLD :lol: :lol: Do you dry their feet off as well when they have been in some mud ;) ;)
 
LOL,my chooks feet are all very muddy.....only dry them when I wash them,the mud seems to drop off when it's dry :mrgreen: .Ssssshhhhhh,don't tell everyone how cruel I am :lol: .
 
Ha Ha

We have a black bantam Australorpe. His favorite pastime seems to be jumping in the pond. He spends the night in the airing cupboard to dry off. Have to make sure the curtains are tightly closed though. :lol:
 
Really should you try and dry them off or is ok to put them back into coop as they are?? reg
 
The main reason why it's preferable for them to go to roost dry is to reduce the humidity and hence the condensation in the coop overnight. Humid, damp coops and cold, wet hens can lead to respiratory diseases in the flock, especially if vents are not left fully open to ensure plenty of ventilation. Some people close up the ventilation overnight in the belief that this will help keep them warm, whereas actually they do better with plenty of air and thus reduced humidity. So if it's possible to shut them up under cover for an hour or two before roosting time, it's probably a good thing to do. Not sure about the hair dryer, though - this might result in too great a temperature difference for them when they go back outside.
 
Have to contribute to this!!!
I have never known a chicken who does not like the hairdryer!!!
All of mine, past and present, love it.
To me it seems reasonable to have decently dried chickens, should the need arise.
Tomorrow I'm taking my granddaughter's Lemon Cuckoo Pekin to the vet for nail clipping, she has been broody for most of this year, and sorely in need of a bath, not having been out much.
I was horrified at the state of her claws, having picked her up to chat to her, noticed her bum and claws needed attention!
I only need the vet to attend to the claws, the other problem is mine!
Fairy liquid is the preferred bubble bath, we actually had a previous LC Pekin that laid herself across the washing up bowl with her chin resting on the edge and the lower half emerged, waiting for attention.
Lemmy has just finished raising two Plymouth barred rock, and a Croad Langshan, so she deserves her bath and hair dryer finish.
Her latest children are twice her size.
I also had a Silkie who loved to be filthy and wet - against all the Silkie rules.
 
Hi reg and welcome to the forum. Pretty old post this but still worth revisiting. We blow dry our chickens if they get too wet. Some love it and some are scared stiff -the wide open eyes give it away. The young ones are daft and get wet without realising it: the old are much wiser.
 
you lot are mad :lol: but i am afraid mine go to bed wet as i dont have the means out in the run to dry them and if i use only a towel then i would need one hek of a lot of them as they would keep getting caked in mud .
 
I take it that chickens don't come to any harm getting soaking wait?

And can someone advise me Re treats for chickens is it ok to feed bread as atreat? and is there anything else they
might like and is good for them. Thank you from a beginner in hants.
 
well they dont have coops in the wild and if they lived wild then they would have to cope with getting wet , i have a good friend whos birds lived up in the trees all year round and they were fine appartently .
as for treats soaked bread once in a while is fine but make sure its well soaked mine have it but i make sure its really runny , a handfull of mixed corn thrown in the run late afternoons is ideal but dont over do the corn as its not great for them in large quainities .
cabbages hung up as well as marrows make great boredom breaker treats especailly if you grow your own as they already come supplied with worms and slugs :lol: you name it they will eat it well pretty much eat anything .luke warm porridge made with water is great on a frosty morning i add thier food to it sometimes and they go crazy .
 
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