Man what a Mess

[Ascholten]

So we had over 4 inches of rain last night, been raining all week actually. Everything is saturated.
I go out this morning to feed them, to find them literally standing in water because the entire yard is pretty much flooded.

I decided to let them free range the rest of the week, so they can find dry places to hang out at until stuff dries up a bit, good god what a terrible mess.

So the water is driving all the bugs and worms up too, because they too, do not like flooding.... Soooo... the birds are in every planter in the yard now, because all the goodies are right at the top That in itself may not be too bad, but NOOooo they have to DIG. and are tearing up all the plants and stuff.

Im about to either put them in a boat until this is over, or a crock pot.... luckily for them my crock pot only fits about 2..... for the time being....

Oh, and lets also not forget, they are hanging around on the back porch now too, because it's dry, I chase them away, 5 minutes later they are back..... Every time they look in the window, the cockatoo yells BAD BIRD !!! B A D B I R D !!!!! Because he heard me yell that when I chased them away in the past, and he's snitching them out... yah, life is fun in Jax ...

Aaron

 

[Chicalina]

I vote for your cockatoo herding them into a boat. Please film it

 

[Karm]

I love your cockatoo, beautiful and a great sense of humor!

 

[KingD]

I've never seen a chicken swimming, not even in a video.
Perhaps this is your chance to make history.
Give them arm/wing bands and push em out in the deep end.

Remember what your teachers used to say? "Nothings impossible".

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I'm so so sorry. We've been getting about 1/2" a day on average. A couple real gushers - 1 1/2" in an hour, or maybe two, but then all day before it starts again. But at least we are on a hill.

Hope things drain quickly for oyu.

 

[alwaystj9]

At least my chickens will go out in the drizzle. My goats think rain=acid and I have to drag them out of the barn...

 

[Ascholten]

Id vote the cockatoo to herd them into the crock pot faster than he'd herd them into a boat. You have to remember now, every second of attention the chickens get, is a second of attention he is NOT getting, and may I remind you Hooman... that simply does not work out well !!!

There is only ONE velcro birdie in Jacksonville and his name is PACO !! You want to see a PO'd Cockatoo? Snuggle a chicken in front of him!!

 

[Ascholten]

Another nice gully whumper hits. got over an inch of rain in half an hour. The yard was already saturated, it's a literal swamp now. Not too many places to move the coop where it's not ooky gooky and mooky.

I got the IBC cage pulled back, they can free range until this dries out a bit.
Ironically, they are roosting on my boat, because it's dry... gotta love florida.

Ill have to spray it down when stuff dries out a bit and fan it dry so it don't get moldy. That's another Florida problem, mold.

Aaron

 

[Jenessa_096]

We haven’t had actual rain here in Oregon for two months! We’ve had two light sprinkles, but not even enough to water the garden. I’m hoping it will rain soon, it’s fire season. We got evacuated around this time last year! Here’s some photos. Anyway, I miss rain! It fells really weird this year with the heatwave too!

 

[KingD]

We haven’t had actual rain here in Oregon for two months! We’ve had two light sprinkles, but not even enough to water the garden. I’m hoping it will rain soon, it’s fire season. We got evacuated around this time last year! Here’s some photos. Anyway, I miss rain! It fells really weird this year with the heatwave too!

Ooh that's kinda scary.
Hopefully it doesn't happen this year.

You can have some of our rain if you want can ship it across.