My Delawares ran for the powdery, dry red clay dirt next to the house when we let them out of the pen. They spent about 30 minutes dustbathing, even big old Isaac, LOL.
Had several children drown, including a 14 yr old boy who was trying to help someone else. I've never been so happy to live on a mtn. in my life. My son called last night-he'd been trying to get home from work for hours and was running out of gas. So many roads were closed all over the place.
It's awful. The girls were inside for 3 days straight and we just let them out awhile ago when the sun stayed out more than 5 minutes. DH won't let me go down to the coops in the mudslide because the last time we got near this much rain was the first week of January when I broke my ankle. I'm...