Help! Wildfire ten miles away!

[isabellapalomino]

you chould put 12 hens and a rooster in the big kennel and the other rooster and a hen in the carrier.

 

[7L Farm]

Never read anything about a vehicle if you have a vehicle put them in your car & be done with it.

 

[ellieroo]

Taylorhens such good advice I would add one more always always have dog cat chicken food sealed and ready to go AND keep a pile of clean clothes for yourselves

There just isn't time to gather all this and critters too!!

 

[silkeysandra]

evacuate. take your animals. short answer.

 

[babyelle]

i live in eastern arizona where the huge wallow fire is still raging. as of today 480,000 acres have burned. we are not being evacuated but we did make a plan just in case. with 20 animals it wouldn't have been easy but certainly a priority. we will use dog and cat carriers for our birds, a dog kennel for our goats and trailer out the horses. we have all of the necessary supplies on hand if we need it. better to be prepared and never need to go then get stuck in a pickle. i hope it all goes well for you, please pray for the beautiful white mountains of arizona...it's tragic

 

[azygous]

Thanks again to all who responded with encouragement, support, and some really great tips and ideas. I have an old Toyota pickup with an open bed, but I've run down several pet crates to have on hand should I need to evacuate and take all fifteen chickens and my eighteen-year old cat with me. And I have a destination lined up where I and the animals will be welcome.

You kind folks here have helped me solve some very tedious logistics problems, and I feel confident, as one is able under the circumstances, to meet this challenge with a workable evacuation plan.

As of this posting, our fire is still raging out of control to the east of my location, and the fires to the south of me are approaching containment. The danger from this fire appears to have passed. However, due to the severe drought conditions, this looks to be a long summer of high fire danger. Up until this past Sunday when the fire began (thought to have been started from a spark on the railroad track from the Amtrack train) we were experiencing choking smoke from the Arizona/New Mexico fires. Now Colorado is burning. How long before the entire west goes up?

But, thanks to all of you, I'm better prepared now to face the dangers and challenges ahead. This forum is a terrific resource, and I'm so thankful I have it.

 

[ellieroo]

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My heart broke when I first heard of the fire eating the White Mts. They are such a peaceful magical place. Prayers for you and all who Love that beautiful land !

 

[babyelle]

thank you for your prayers. the wind picked up again today and the humidity is almost zero...not good.

 

[Rockin' Reds]

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I just stumbled onto this thread, day late dollar short, as usual.

Anyway, So glad you have a plan worked out. I don't know if you are talking about the Raton, NM/Colorado fire or the Colorado fire in Westcliffe/Wetmore, but if you are talking about Westcliffe I'm not that far away from you. I have a stock trailer as well as a humongous wire dog crate that I brought my 12 hens home in initially that you are more than welcome to use. If anything changes (hopefully not and they get it contained) just PM me and I will be more than happy to help in any way I can. Good luck to you!

 

[kemclaughlin]

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Fairgrounds are almost ALWAYS emergency evacuation sites for animals. They are a really good bet.