Wet and rainy

It's been a really wet summer here. I was looking at my chickens the other day and they were huddled in the coop trying to stay dry. I got to admit, they are NOT stupid. Whoever thought they were just doesn't know his chickens.
We are over 16 inches above average for the year and more to come. I guess global warming is doing its dirty work everywhere. No rain (about 6 inches only) so far in Washington state where adding a sundeck to your house is considered a poor investment because it rains so much you'd never get to use it.
Back to the chickens. I was giving them some water with the garden hose and decided to see what would happen if I sprinkled them. They headed straight for the coop. Chickens obviously have enough sense to get out of the rain. Unlike some of the people I know.
I had to cut the wing feathers of one of the hens. She decided my garden was a better place to scratch than the space allotted for that. She's the first to "fly" the coop so when I saw her out scratching I thought I might have left the gate open. If I had, I would have had ALL the chickens in my garden. Red usually keeps them close to home so her taking off was not to be expected.