I moved all my chickens but one out of the smaller coops that heavy winds could blow over. I fed and watered everyone and doubled up on feeders (can't on waterers yet). I will refeed and water again right before the weather turns bad (tomorrow?). I know everyone is good for at least 2-3 days with their feeders and waterers full. I put plastic on any windows I saw as potential problems. I have to plastic the nest box on the Cochin Condo and maybe one window on the big hen shed. I had to goat proof my wood shed for Nettie, my goat since she doens't actually have a stall/shed/pen yet. She is a recent addition. I put all the ice form my ice maker into containers and shoved them in the freezer. I filled every jug I have with water (only 3 so far). I have all my buckets and tubs outside to collect rain water for flushing the toilet. I will move all my freezer food to the big freezer because that will hold for 5 days without power. I need to bring wood in and get the cooler ready.
I have chicks hatching right now and I am yelling at them to hurry up. My mom is on standby to be their foster mom (very begrudgingly) since they have a generator. I wonder if Santa will bring me a generator this year... I've been asking for 5yrs now.
Last year we lost power for 7 days during Irene/Lee. I am worried this year because I don't want to go through it again. I lost most of my 21qft chest freezer full of food, we were out of water to give the chickens, no heat, no nothing. At least this year we have a wood stove, but now I love on top of a hill where wind is already bad. We are surrounded by trees and we didn't have that at the old place. Every one of my coops is in the possible path of a tree or utility pole.
Last year's Damages:
My chickens where in that shed. The back corner was a pond of 2" of water.
You can actually see the downed power line in that picture.
I didn't include the pics of the minor trees that blew over, broke off or came down. I had 5 Hemlock trees across the end of my driveway. I had a grove of about 15 white birch trees come down, two cockspur hawthornes came down, half the large hemlock behind the house came down... It was bad.
I have chicks hatching right now and I am yelling at them to hurry up. My mom is on standby to be their foster mom (very begrudgingly) since they have a generator. I wonder if Santa will bring me a generator this year... I've been asking for 5yrs now.
Last year we lost power for 7 days during Irene/Lee. I am worried this year because I don't want to go through it again. I lost most of my 21qft chest freezer full of food, we were out of water to give the chickens, no heat, no nothing. At least this year we have a wood stove, but now I love on top of a hill where wind is already bad. We are surrounded by trees and we didn't have that at the old place. Every one of my coops is in the possible path of a tree or utility pole.
Last year's Damages:
My chickens where in that shed. The back corner was a pond of 2" of water.
You can actually see the downed power line in that picture.
I didn't include the pics of the minor trees that blew over, broke off or came down. I had 5 Hemlock trees across the end of my driveway. I had a grove of about 15 white birch trees come down, two cockspur hawthornes came down, half the large hemlock behind the house came down... It was bad.
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