Mini-van-coop-fire evacuation-mobile, PREDATOR BREAK IN!

[ONSTAD1]

That was/is quite the ordeal. Glad you and yours are safe.
Hang in there.

Mo

 

[canesisters]

Oh my goodness! What a weekend you've had. Thank goodness that you are all safe. Is your home ok?

 

[Stumpy]

Whew! What an ordeal. I hope you get to return home soon and that your place is not damaged.

 

[jrsckn]

Wow, small miracles. Time to put real wheels on that tractor and get a trailer plate lol. Glad everything is working out and everyone is safe!

 

[Hummingbird Hollow]

Oh my goodness! What a weekend you've had. Thank goodness that you are all safe. Is your home ok?

At the moment our home is OK, although my garden is probably 75% dead by now. Unfortunately, the fire is 0% contained and while still maybe 4 miles away, there is nothing but National Forest between our home and the fire, and fire fighters are probably going to concentrating on fighting the Southeastern front where it is right up against expensive residences in Colorado Springs rather than attempting to put out thousands of acres of burning forest.

 

[Hummingbird Hollow]

Wow, small miracles. Time to put real wheels on that tractor and get a trailer plate lol. Glad everything is working out and everyone is safe!

I remember reading posts on this forum last year of heartbroken folks who were being evacuated due to a hurricane and having to leave their chickens behind. I guess it doesn't hurt to have an evacuation plan if you live in hurricane or wildfire country.

I just count my lucky stars that I had the van-coop finished, the babies had spent several nights there and that it actually ran (once it had been jump-started that is). Oh and the major lucky star is that my husband, who has little use for my chickens and needed to be on top of being sure we were all safe...kids, dogs, cat, keepsakes etc. stuck with me in my insistence that no living creature be left behind even insisting that he be the one to drive the coop, for three hours with no air-conditioning in 90-98 degree weather, with 35 chickens, along winding mountain roads to his sister's house. He is my hero.

 

[chickenreferee]

I remember reading posts on this forum last year of heartbroken folks who were being evacuated due to a hurricane and having to leave their chickens behind. I guess it doesn't hurt to have an evacuation plan if you live in hurricane or wildfire country.

I just count my lucky stars that I had the van-coop finished, the babies had spent several nights there and that it actually ran (once it had been jump-started that is). Oh and the major lucky star is that my husband, who has little use for my chickens and needed to be on top of being sure we were all safe...kids, dogs, cat, keepsakes etc. stuck with me in my insistence that no living creature be left behind even insisting that he be the one to drive the coop, for three hours with no air-conditioning in 90-98 degree weather, with 35 chickens, along winding mountain roads to his sister's house. He is my hero.

Bless his heart! Gives new meaning to the term 'chicken run'. Hope your house and property weather the fire storm without incident. Ya'll stay safe.

 

[joan1708]

Yep, your husband sounds like a very GOOD MAN!

 

[Hummingbird Hollow]

Over 24 hours in Evergreen now.

This morning we found that one of the barred rocks had laid an egg on top of the wire dog kennel where both barred rocks had roosted for the night. All 35 young chickens seem to be doing well. I think I got them all back into the mini-van coop tonight but it's very difficult to count them and somewhere between 19 and 21 had already made their way up the ramp from the garage into the back of the van when I started trying to coral the others for the night.

My 8 adults spent most of the day out in the dog run, although they could access the garage through a dog door if they wanted to. One of my barred rocks and one of the Welsummers seemed to be franticly in search of a place in the garage to lay, willing to consider but ultimately unhappy with various locations I had tried to create for them. Finally I emptied and cleaned out the cat's carrier, removed the door, filled it with hay and pine shavings, placed it on top of the dog crate and introduced the barred rock to it. She finally seemed happy because when I came out to check later, there was a barred rock egg AND a Easteregger egg in the cat carrier. The Welsummer however was not impressed. I'm worried about her because I haven't found an egg anywhere and I wonder what not laying one will do to her system.

Any advice for dealing with stressed out chickens (and stressed out chicken owners) would be appreciated.

 

[Hummingbird Hollow]

Yep, your husband sounds like a very GOOD MAN!

He's a keeper!