Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Hinotori]

Now that it's wet out. Would you, if you were treating bumblefoot, let chicken back out, or keep in a wire cage in the covered run, or keep inside to stay dry? One big factor is she is hard to catch for daily treatment. I do have a broody jail she could stay in. This lazy tender treated bumblefoot, then just took the wrap off a week later, but this was in the dry summer weather. What say you?

If she still has the hole from it being removed, I'd keep her someplace dry.

 

[Hinotori]

We're at .52 since midnight.

 

[PopoMyers]

Gotta run out to the garden to get kale for zuppa toscana between raindrops. And pick some for the girls as well.

 

[ValerieJ]

We had a little rain here today, but obviously not enough since we had to drive north to Olympia and Tumwater to go shopping. Found plenty of the rain there.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We did get some hard rain for like a hour can hear we have more coming done now.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I guess we better buckle up

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/h...157661?alertId=2752145&areaId=hood-canal-area

WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected.
* WHERE...Hood Canal Area, Bellevue and Vicinity, Bremerton and Vicinity, East Puget Sound Lowlands, Everett and Vicinity, Lower Chehalis Valley Area, Seattle and Vicinity, Southwest Interior, and Tacoma Area
.* WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 4 AM PST Wednesday.* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning up a hour late 9 so on the move.
Need to get more mash next day or so.
Rain is in the forecast for tonight.

 

[ValerieJ]

We had a ton of rain last night. It must have been raining sideways too because it was wet inside the outdoor portion of the coop.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have a drip in the roof that seems to be when the rain goes a certain way too keep a bucket there.
We have a metal roof on it ?

 

[ValerieJ]

Our roof isn't leaking out there, but the sides of the outside portion of the coop are hardware cloth, so the rain can go straight through if it is at enough of an angle. That's all I can think of for what happened. We rarely get any water in there.

However, when the snow season comes, we put up plastic because that stuff floats in easily. Too early to do that now. Some of the girls like hanging out in the fresh air in the early evenings a bit before going in. (Well, late afternoon now.) There are roosting bars out there. But they all go in by the time it is dark.

The whole coop is very secure, so we get everyone in by about 4:30 these days. All except Cooper who lives in the bachelor pad now. He is not as secure at night, but we do have live wire around the entire area, so have not had a night intruder ever. I think he is safe.