Evacuation with Chickens

[Beckechick]

Best of luck to you and your flock!
Stay safe! ❤

Thank you!

 

[casportpony]

Well, I am glad you got out okay.

 

[casportpony]

This is how I would evacuate ducks, geese, turkeys, and peafowl.

 

[ame087192]

I just had to evacuate my mom from the fires. Here’s how we did it. Wrap the bird in a towel tightly. Her wings are tucked in. Her legs are straight out. Ducted taped the towel. FYI they will overheat- so our AC was on the whole time. These birds are never handled and yet we’re super calm all 45 min down the mountain.

 

[Peppercorngal]

Oh, you can also wrap chickens in newspaper!

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Sorry to hear you guys are now having fires. We had a horific fire season here in Australia at the start of the year and alot of good suggestions were mentioned in this thread. Stay safe over there guys, we are praying for you! https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ster-where-do-you-move-your-chickens.1339325/

 

[Beckechick]

We almost had to evacuate when a field a few miles away flared up. Our plan was to basically grab the three favorites and set everyone else loose (sounds aweful, but when you have almost 100 birds in 7 runs and some that just live free range, you can't pack in a day much less a few minutea)

It is awful, but what can you do? We almost had to leave our 5.

 

[Beckechick]

This is how I would evacuate ducks, geese, turkeys, and peafowl.

They don’t look at all distressed.

 

[TwoCrows]

What a dilemma, to have to evacuate and not be able to! We almost had to leave our chickens behind. So far, we could have stayed with no fire closer than about a mile away. I can imagine the reactions of your chickens. Ours freaked out this morning when the garbage truck clattered up and down the street, and then freaked out again when the recycling truck came by. They're country girls.

Oh I do feel for you and your birds!! Hopefully you can get back home soon. You might stop by your state thread and chat with your neighbors? https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/california-northern.25/ or depending on where you are, https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/california-southern.161/

Keep us posted!

 

[Folly's place]

Stay safe out there! It does look miserable, so sorry.
Mary