This morning, we were enjoying the fresh summer air with the windows open. DD2 and I smelled smoke. It seemed an odd time for someone to have a bonfire, so I made a joke, "as long as it's not our house or the coop." There is smoke coming from the coop!
The heat lamp had fallen off the wood post where it was clamped, into the plastic brooder. Thank God we were awake and noticed the smoke or it would have been very bad. Everyone seems to be ok, including the 6 Brahma chicks we had in the brooder. I thought for sure they'd be gone from the smoke. I'm still coughing it up.
I think I got the worst of it with 2nd degree burns (small ones) to the bottom of my foot from stepping on melting plastic. Ouch! Lesson #2, wear footwear when running into a burning building.
The heat lamp had fallen off the wood post where it was clamped, into the plastic brooder. Thank God we were awake and noticed the smoke or it would have been very bad. Everyone seems to be ok, including the 6 Brahma chicks we had in the brooder. I thought for sure they'd be gone from the smoke. I'm still coughing it up.
I think I got the worst of it with 2nd degree burns (small ones) to the bottom of my foot from stepping on melting plastic. Ouch! Lesson #2, wear footwear when running into a burning building.
