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Nah, that's why chicken coops are a thing.
Like, if you just had a single chicken, it would not be happy.
But 3-5 chickens snuggled in a coop are going to be absolutely fine because they bunch up and share body heat. It's like the one scenario chickens use teamwork. Although I'm pretty sure each individual chicken is just trying to keep itself warm
The coop has to be protected from wind and rain, right? It shouldn't just be open, I imagine.
Yes.
A coop is a structure with a roof and four walls, even at least one opening that can be used to enter and exit the coop.
The roof and walls are what keeps out wind and rain.
Hmmm, the ones I saw were basically just roofs with cage wires as "walls". And there were multiple. It felt like I had to call animals services, but my knowledge of chicken is just pretty much non-existent besides "they lay eggs and can't fly".
They can fly
Long story, but after some recreational activities I was driving a scooter about 45mph down a mountain and a chicken flew across the road and hit me directly in the chest.
Chickens, turkeys, peacocks, etc aren't going to soar thru the air. But it's not exactly hard for them to get 15-20 feet off the ground and they can stretch it pretty far especially when going from high to low ground.