California - Northern

[Happy Chooks]

Yes and we are getting close to 10,000 posts too!

Wow this thread moves really fast! Is it always like this? Good for Northern California.

Yep - it's hard to keep up!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Ron - you are a hatching addict for sure if you have your incubator hooked up to a battery.
I'm very thankful our trees are still standing. We have a 200 ft tall ponderosa pine 20 feet off the back of our house.
Over 10 inches of rain so far for us in this storm. The ground isn't holding any more water - it's like a river outside. I made it out quickly to check on everybody - I came in soaked - had to change clothes.

we just had a crazy down pour for about 10 minutes. now it is just raining hard.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

thanks Ron for the recap, i SO cannot keep up with this thread lately. I do my research work out at Point Reyes, where the Secretary of the Interior very unfairly has just decided to shut down Drakes Bay Oyster Farm -- so it's been a busy few days for me, trying to keep up with everything that's happening & whether there are next step(s) that can be taken...
http://www.marinij.com/westmarin/ci_22102215/no-word-legal-action-by-west-marin-oyster

back here at home, everything's soggy from all the rain, but happy to see that the coop (and more specifically, the coop's roof) came through last night's howling wind with nary a scratch -- hooray!! we're all going to need naps today, barely slept at all during that roar -- but it seems like the worst has passed...

Closing down Drakes was the talk in our bar Friday......soooooo sad! I hope something can be done to stop it....the seals have a large enough population.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Omg is it pouring now.......................

 

[debs_flock]

I made it out quickly to check on everybody - I came in soaked - had to change clothes.

Okay, spoiled rotten here, DH is outside letting out all my chickens, I'm sitting here warm and dry on the computer.

Drinking coffee

Last night he collected all the eggs and even labeled each one inidividually so I would know what pen they were from. Lots of hatching eggs at the moment.

I'm going to have to think of something nice for him.................

Deb

 

[lawatt]

the rain has actually stopped, at least momentarily, here in sonoma -- i just took the chickens some yogurt & treats, the floor of their run is completely soaked through, & there's a small pond of standing water in one corner, but inside their henhouse is still nice and dry -- hooray for that!

does it matter for "deep litter method" litter to get so wet?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

the rain has actually stopped, at least momentarily, here in sonoma -- i just took the chickens some yogurt & treats, the floor of their run is completely soaked through, & there's a small pond of standing water in one corner, but inside their henhouse is still nice and dry -- hooray for that!

does it matter for "deep litter method" litter to get so wet?

the problem is mold. I am not to concerned with mine getting wet because I clean and dry it between rains

 

[chiqita]

Ron - you are a hatching addict for sure if you have your incubator hooked up to a battery.
I'm very thankful our trees are still standing. We have a 200 ft tall ponderosa pine 20 feet off the back of our house.
Over 10 inches of rain so far for us in this storm. The ground isn't holding any more water - it's like a river outside. I made it out quickly to check on everybody - I came in soaked - had to change clothes.

We may or may not have 3 battery backups for incubators <<. Of course they are mostly for DH work, I just borrow them, so they are HUGE industrial ones that last for quite a while. I may or may not also own 2 car chargers for using in real emergencies.

We had a RIVER of water coming off our roof 10 min ago. It was going out at least a foot. Running right over the gutter. Only in one spot not sure what was going on there. went out to check no one was drowning and we are inches deep in water all over the yard, and we are on a hill! Every quail coop is still dry, do not know how that is happening, lol. Silkieland is dry! Of course the run is 2 inches deep in water, so no putting them out there.

My Mother lives in Hamilton in Novato, and their whole street is flooded. So happy we moved out of the warehouse we were in, I bet its completely flooded inside after this.

Okay, spoiled rotten here, DH is outside letting out all my chickens, I'm sitting here warm and dry on the computer.

Drinking coffee

Last night he collected all the eggs and even labeled each one individually so I would know what pen they were from. Lots of hatching eggs at the moment.

I'm going to have to think of something nice for him.................

Deb

I let out everyone early before the rain started and herded them onto the covered porch. Put food out there for them. There are a shocking number of places for them to hide that are dry. Some of the big girls are staying under the dry bushes and cooing happily. The turkeys decided they should be following me around the yard and FREAKED out. Silly birds, don't follow me in the rain and the complain its wet! and if you do, go back inside don't keep following and yowling like wet cats!

DH slept in till 930 today, he was so happy. I think the rain soothed him every time he tried to get up. What a wonderful day to stay home and do nothing. At least its a Sunday.
Stay dry and happy today everyone.

 

[ronott1]

The rain stopped in woodland now too. I did check on the chickens and they are all ok and dry!

Now I need to watch for ants. We have a large invasion of Argentine ants here and when the rain comes like this, it stirs them up. I need to go put bait out at my office. They were going for my garbage pail yesterday. If I don't get them under control, the ladies at work will start killing them with Clorox spray. That just makes them split into new colonies and makes the problem works. Not to mention the toxic bleach in the air....

After that I am going to Costco!

 

[Feathersprings]

Okay, spoiled rotten here, DH is outside letting out all my chickens, I'm sitting here warm and dry on the computer.

Drinking coffee

Last night he collected all the eggs and even labeled each one inidividually so I would know what pen they were from. Lots of hatching eggs at the moment.

I'm going to have to think of something nice for him.................

Deb

Aww, how sweet!!! My DH doesnt do much with the chickens besides building coops, runs and paying for them I was lucky the rain had stopped for a few when I went out. Everyone is dry and comfy.