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Hmm 5 eggs thats been on the kitchen counter for a couple days that I forgot to put in the refrigerator. maybe I forgot lol. Should I put them in the bator or eat them.
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I dont need more. I dont need more. well a few meat birds wouldnt hurt. IDK
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I hope the rain stops soon and that your neighbors, property, and animals are okay. This rain is ridiculous and you folks in the Lacombe area are getting the worst of it. Right now, a small lake has formed at the back of myicken coop and they have a pond in one part of their run.
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Looks like I am going to be putting a rain gutter on the coop as soon as possible to at least drain the water away from the back wall. The only time we see water like this is after a hurricane: Didn't even have this much after Gustav.

I live in the Bush area and have a professional rain gauge. I emptied it on Friday and had 5.5 inches. I emptied it this morning and had 3.2, and it already has another 3 inches in it from just today. First, our gardens suffer and under produce because we get absolutely zero rain for the entire spring. Then, we get all the missing rain in less than two weeks time and flood. Gotta love mother nature.
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Welcome to the La-yers thread!! I don't even wanna think about how my run looks! I guess if it was getting bad my MIL would let me know!! <sigh>
 
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Thanks for the welcome.....I stumbled on this thread earlier this year and then totally forgot it was here.
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Glad I found it again! http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t23/cmyfirepole/Smilies/smiley_chicken.gif

Now that you found us again, don't lose us!
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Overcast here this morning & humid as all get out. I let the younger ones out to roam around - they are doing an excellent job of cleaning up the crepe myrtle blossoms that are falling!

Here we are at the hottest part of the year and wouldn't you know my old Cuckoo Marans hen Frannie is firmly holding on to her idea of being broody. Of course, she can't decide which nest she wants to 'brood' on - so she changes all day long. I keep taking her outside but she goes right back to the coop as soon as I leave. How long is this going to go on?
 
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I hope the rain stops soon and that your neighbors, property, and animals are okay. This rain is ridiculous and you folks in the Lacombe area are getting the worst of it. Right now, a small lake has formed at the back of myicken coop and they have a pond in one part of their run.
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Looks like I am going to be putting a rain gutter on the coop as soon as possible to at least drain the water away from the back wall. The only time we see water like this is after a hurricane: Didn't even have this much after Gustav.

I live in the Bush area and have a professional rain gauge. I emptied it on Friday and had 5.5 inches. I emptied it this morning and had 3.2, and it already has another 3 inches in it from just today. First, our gardens suffer and under produce because we get absolutely zero rain for the entire spring. Then, we get all the missing rain in less than two weeks time and flood. Gotta love mother nature.
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Yes,.. it was like hurricane rain,.. hard and non stop,.. just hanging out over Lacombe and Slidell. We got to the end of the street and had to wade through the water to our neighbors house and they were bailing water out of the kitchen and trying to dig a trench out to the ditch,.. it was a mess,. I feel so bad,.. we got it mostly all out before we and the other neighbors left,.. but the floor is a goner. I think a gutter is a great idea,..

there is nothing we can do,.. we we moved here 20 yrs ago we were the high ground,.. over the years folks have moved in and built around us adding more and more dirt until we are a bowl,.. I'm thinking of just giving up trying top fight the water and building a pier and raising crawfish in the backyard!

I hope your lake recedes soon!
 
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Wow! Sounds like you have a real situation there. Do the chickens have a way to stay away from the water? You just taught me a very important lesson in building my new chicken coops --I need to have an area of the coops lifted off the ground and something that I can close in case of flooding. I wanted to build a space in the coop where I can cage the birds in the event of hurricanes since I can't take them all with me.

I am so sorry that you're going through this ordeal. I'll keep you and your neighbors in my prayers. Take care!
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We're Ok thanks,.. just miserable,.. my neighbor at the low end of the road had water in the house,... it came so hard and so fast,..and didn't stop for hours,.. after it had been tracking rain over us for days,.. I don't like the idea of the chickens being under my house because of the poop,.. but it was the only refuge for them and that's where they've spent the last week,,.. it looks like we will be adding even more dirt around the coop and maybe building a French Drain,..

it was coming under the house and if it hadn't stopped when it did the flock would have had no dry place,.. I took picks but didn't get pics of the worst of it because we took off to help the neighbors,.. The weather all over the country is so bad and frightening,.. this just sort of jolted us awake to get prepared for something worse. I hope everyone else is OK out here,..


I too thought "Westlake is in the house" meant that you had water in the house!! Glad it's not!

Welcome to you and 1MrsMagoo!





OH NO!!!! Here it comes again,.. more rain!
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