Chicken Coop Fire!!!

[ParadiseFoundFarm]

Chicken.Lytle :

I have no experience with this whatsoever, but I will try to offer some ideas....

If you have a small number of chickens, maybe you could put them in a box and perhaps cover it with a towel like a parakeet in a birdcage.

If you have a large number of them and they are tipplers, maybe you could spike their water.

If they have some kind of comfort object, like a blanket of teddy bear, maybe you could put it nearby.

If they are tired but uncomfortable, maybe you could provide a cozy place for them to snooze.

Good luck. Glad you saved the flock.

Sage Advice

I'm sure she was kidding with the suggestion you drug your chickens.
Just make them a "new coop" area and they will figure it out. I find they are very resilliant creatures. Keep that coop area tigh so they can create their own body heat, cuddling with eachother and thus comforting eachother.
I would also reccomend you NOT keep them in the house but in the garage. It would be too warm for them in the house and might shock them physically.​

 

[Staceyfeindt]

Don't use a heat lamp ever again!! I had the same thing happen- I was not home. Lost ALL birds, and if it wasn't for the snow on the ground I would have burnt down the woods and house! Your birds will be fine I'm sure, just recovering.

 

[Chicken.Lytle]

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Sage Advice

I'm sure she was kidding

*cough* She? *ahem*

 

[silkiechicken]

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There's a silver lining to every cloud!

The hens will clam down. Chickens don't like change, even moving their coop 8 feet to the left will leave them perturbed.

Don't worry too much, people burn down coops every year, be glad your birds made it out alive

 

[Ema]

that must of been one scary ordeal, I am glad your chickens are ok. try maybe giving them a little warm oatmeal and maybe they will calm down a bit. because of the drastic change and chain of events they might be a little feathered for a little bit. Good luck with your new coop. lots of hugs