Evacuation with Chickens

[Peppercorngal]

I just posted my story of the evacuation because of the bear fire. I had to leave my chickens behind as I have more than 40, so it isn't feasible to take them. Happy to say that even though all our outbuildings burned, the coops did not. The chickens are ok. Our home and garage made it by the Grace of God. Our huge barn is gone and all my good friends lost their homes. This has been a horrible experience. Here's what is left of our barn:

 

[black_cat]

Oh, you can also wrap chickens in newspaper!

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I wonder if this would stop them overheating as much as the other way?

 

[TwoCrows]

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's about all you can do! We considered this in day 2, just turning everything loose in case fire threatened barns and such, we had the SUV all packed and would have taken the dogs, parrots and a few select chickens. Thankfully we all stayed and survived!

 

[TwoCrows]

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

Awww....dear Peas! Kathy have you ever had to evacuate like this?