Beckechick
In the Brooder
- Aug 24, 2020
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I would love to hear people’s experiences in evacuating with their chickens from the fires burning now in CA, and from other disasters. I apologize for my computer ignorance: maybe there’s a thread already and I can’t find it?
I do want to tell our story, so here goes:
We were almost packed. We had just found out we had a place we could stay with our 5 chickens and the cat. (We are very lucky. I am so thankful.) Then a sheriff drove up to the house and said, “leave now”. I had read on line, I think BYC, that I could cut a hole in the corner of a pillow slip and then wrap the slip around the chicken with tape. We only had two pet carriers and the cat was in one. So I was out back stuffing pillow cases, had to get some gelp with the tape. I never dreamed I’d have to evacuate chickens. Now I know if you have animals you have to have an evacuation plan and a destination for each one. There they were, three pitiful little chicken packages. I’m going to stop now and see if/how this thread-post-thing works. I’ve never done it.
I do want to tell our story, so here goes:
We were almost packed. We had just found out we had a place we could stay with our 5 chickens and the cat. (We are very lucky. I am so thankful.) Then a sheriff drove up to the house and said, “leave now”. I had read on line, I think BYC, that I could cut a hole in the corner of a pillow slip and then wrap the slip around the chicken with tape. We only had two pet carriers and the cat was in one. So I was out back stuffing pillow cases, had to get some gelp with the tape. I never dreamed I’d have to evacuate chickens. Now I know if you have animals you have to have an evacuation plan and a destination for each one. There they were, three pitiful little chicken packages. I’m going to stop now and see if/how this thread-post-thing works. I’ve never done it.