It's a good morning here in Palm Beach County, getting a lot of much-needed rain (6.5" so far) and the wind hasn't been too bad. We've been under several tornado watches, and there was at least one touchdown last night nearby, hit a horse clinic but all the folks & the horses are unhurt.
I left all the adult chickens out in their coops overnight, they're soaked through and look a bit miffed -- probably from having had to lay the same egg at least twice -- but otherwise all right. The ducks were DEElighted when I let them out of their house this morning to find that much of the back paddock had been turned into a shallow pond, obviously just for their benefit. The chicks with Mamas had been kept dry & fuzzy though some of those hens were a bit wet. Good job, Mamas! There's even a hen setting on eggs due to hatch Thurs. She's in a dry cozy place, still on the job, not even demanding hazard pay.
I brought all my chicks up to the patio at nightfall, and will take them back out to their tractor this afternoon. I'm waiting for the rains to finish so I can move their tractor to a dry spot. It seems to annoy my parakeet Steve to have chicks or ducklings camped near his cage on the patio, I don't think he likes poultry of any kind.
We still have electricity, phone, and Internet. We have shingles & rafters, and very little tree damage too. It always breaks my heart to see big trees broken or uprooted. I am gratefully counting my blessings, and pray that the rest of you weather this storm well and with no losses.
Keep an eye on Fay's future track, expected to loop back west over So. Ga & Ala, and of course, on all future storms that may develop.
Only 104 days left of this hurricane season...
