Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

I think this is the Wildcat Fire 9 mile NE of Chino Valley. Just spotted this when I went out to spray down all the flocks half an hour ago. Rain is coming from North - praying it puts it out and not fans the flames.
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Wow, you can't even see the sun! They say that 2 fires joined up, and a fireman was saying that it's unstoppable.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

I think this is the Wildcat Fire 9 mile NE of Chino Valley. Just spotted this when I went out to spray down all the flocks half an hour ago. Rain is coming from North - praying it puts it out and not fans the flames.
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According to the AZ NM Wildfire Information Facebook page, 4 new fires started in AZ today.

 

[BlueBaby]

I'm planning to keep them separate and raise them in the brooder until they're feathered. I will need to sanitize that brooder really well after the problem with the Dorking chicks. Mari wouldn't be raising them, so it shouldn't be a problem, should it?

There are now 16 eggs in the incubator. One of them is dirty, but I put it in there anyway to get to 16. A full incubator!

I had been wondering if any of those Dorking chick's that you bought from that guy were still alive or not.

 

[springvalley123]

I think this is the Wildcat Fire 9 mile NE of Chino Valley. Just spotted this when I went out to spray down all the flocks half an hour ago. Rain is coming from North - praying it puts it out and not fans the flames.
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hopefully the wind will continue to come from the south too, away from CV!

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

I had been wondering if any of those Dorking chick's that you bought from that guy were still alive or not.

Two of them are and seem OK. A few days ago the third one seemed OK, then went downhill one evening and died during the night.

 

[springvalley123]

Wow, you can't even see the sun! They say that 2 fires joined up, and a fireman was saying that it's unstoppable.

I bet that was the Mescal and Telegraph fires. once they get big they create their own weather instead of just spreading the way the wind takes them.

 

[BlueBaby]

I bet that was the Mescal and Telegraph fires. once they get big they create their own weather instead of just spreading the way the wind takes them.

Yes, those 2 were the one's that they were talking about.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

I had been wondering if any of those Dorking chick's that you bought from that guy were still alive or not.

This page shows them to be more than halfway contained. Fingers crossed. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov (Just click on the fire icons.)

 

[BlueBaby]

They say that San Carlos Lake is so low that they can't use it to fight wildfires.

https://www.azfamily.com/news/arizona_wildfires/

 

[CaroleW]

hopefully the wind will continue to come from the south too, away from CV!

Praise the Lord for the rain! The Wildcat fire appears to be out now from my observations. There is a slight bit of rain with a cool breeze from North, some thunder and more clouds coming.