phenna_family Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Wow it's chucking it down here and has been all day. We have had our chucks for 3 weeks now but this is the first rain we have had. Is it alright to let them run around in the rain looking like drowned rats? Do you have to give them a bit of a rub down after they have finished playing or will they dry out naturally? Thanks Reg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Yes it is fine - mine just love the rain - and rarely go in when it is raining - unless it is freezing rain and goes on forever in the winter. It brings all the worms to the surface - disturbs all the insects to a feeding, scatching frenzy for them They don't need a rub - they just shake their feathers out - and before you know it they are clean and dry and gleaming. Lucky you with rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 If ours get really wet we let them come in and dry off by the radiator before they go to bed or sometimes as a treat they get dried with a hair dryer ................but then we're a little bit mad when it comes to our chookie girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phenna_family Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 sometimes as a treat they get dried with a hair dryer Now I'm wondering what we could do with our girls and a set of hair/feather straighteners! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 our girls love going to 'chicken salon' for a quick wash and blow dry If i didn't know better I would say they deliberately sit out in the rain or make their 'frilly knickers' dirty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 our girls HATE the rain. If they get wet, we open the garage door and they stand in front the tumble dryer vent drying off their soggy knickers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffygrue Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Does the rain aggravate any sniffles they might have? Ours are perky, but were sneezing a bit since they arrived a week ago. We put it down to the stress of travelling, and they've been perky and sneezing less after cuddles and Citricidal.. but I'm a bit concerned that the rain might make them sniffly again. Thoughts? We're not really at the stage of familiarity where we can bring them in for a session with the hairdryer! (I got a funny look when I approached with a towel earlier.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Mine love playing out in the rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 So do mine. It rained quite heavily just after we got our ex-batts and they did not care at all - everything about the real world was so strange to them anyway. Cilla just stood there for hours and ended up looking like a very small bedraggled fluffy toy that had been left out in the rain. No ill effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debratugwell Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 We've had ours for three weeks and they don't seem to mind the rain at all. They were out all yesterday just wandering around with a "couldn't care less attitude" about them. Happily picking at grass and getting on with it. I checked all was dry in the Eglu for when they went to bed and they seem as happy as larry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 our girls HATE the rain. If they get wet, we open the garage door and they stand in front the tumble dryer vent drying off their soggy knickers That's such a lovely picture Chelsea Mine like getting wet too, and the oil on their feathers means that they dry off pretty quickly, but they will insist on mud-bathing and get absolutely filthy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Mine look like drowned rats at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 wonder why mine dont like the rain then? Pah ! what softies they are eh?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara.F Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I think it's best to ensure that shelter is available and let the chooks choose for themselves as for sniffles, it could be dust given the extremely dry spell we've been having. If so, a bit of rain might even help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
