My nephew is an EMT and Fire Fighter in FL, I agree that it is an essential job many folks take for grantedMy brother was a smoke jumper most of his adult life. Thanks to your son, his crew, and all fire fighters for the very important and critical work they do!and
Do it! I’ll join you here in solidarity!!
On the positive side, I rescued the neighbour's surviving chickens (they're guesting at my place until their owners come back at the end of the week to keep them safe from the raccoons), got a lot of progress done on the new chicken coop (I'm painting. A master carpenter is doing the real work), and I've been pretty busy all day.
I still have to coop the chickens. I have 7 extras that I will probably have to chase around the chicken yard to catch since they're not used to my coop.
Yikes! It sounds like those chickens did have a real reason to be screaming! (From your previous post, I had assumed the chickens were just screaming for a reason that people consider unimportant in the middle of the night.)
Oh, no. They were screaming because of raccoons. One was traumatized enough to wake up every 30-40 minutes after the attack to start screaming again. I happen to have this neighbour's number, so I texted her when I first heard the screaming. I found out in the morning that she's out of town for the rest of the week.
Do you have a chicken catching fish net? Box store should have a couple.
I had a butterfly net that I use for quail. Little silkie ripped right through it. I'm going to have to buy a new one. I was thinking of looking for a finer mesh fish net.
