Wildfire evacuation

[Kiki]

I may have someone nearby who can take in my flock while I figure things out. But I wanted to

Can you describe your property and chicken coop arrangements? It's so nice of you to offer. The situation we're in is the extreme smoke and smoke damage on our cedar siding and inside our home from poor sealing and a broken window. We can't live there.

I just need to get back to Redding, remove my animals and take them somewhere safe. Unfortunately, at this point biosecurity isn't something I can worry about.

ETA: Sorry, the kitten ran across the keyboard and my head is exploding from Trump news being on all day at my dad's house.

Have you been able to get back to your house yet?

 

[orrpeople]

@room onthebroom encouraged me to pop in. We are dealing w the Carr Fire here in Redding, CA.
We had to leave behind the lion's share of our flock. .. I have lots of thoughts about this. Some thoughts tend towards despair and self-loathing because of all the "couldas, shouldas, and wouldas" that seem to plague my mind in the wee hours of the morning when I should be sleeping.
Other thoughts, though, are these:
1. I could not have predicted the path of the fire, or the moment at which I would be called upon to evacuate.
2. I could not have known law enforcement would turn away my helper with cages and truck.
3. We left lots and lots of food and water - as well as drizzling hoses. We left their coops open. (They were free-ranging that day anyway, so catching them would be - well, you all know)
4. We called Animal Control and they assured me they would do their best to, at the very least feed/water, once it was safe.
5. We were able to catch 8 birds consisting of one very nice SFH breeding group and a couple layers.
6. That was all I could do. End of story. The situation was beyond my control and second guessing any of the things that happened - when we were also desperately trying to get photos, important papers, etc together will never be helpful.

Now, I have to convince my 3 AM brain of what my 10 AM brain knows to be true.

 

[Kiki]

@room onthebroom encouraged me to pop in. We are dealing w the Carr Fire here in Redding, CA.
We had to leave behind the lion's share of our flock. .. I have lots of thoughts about this. Some thoughts tend towards despair and self-loathing because of all the "couldas, shouldas, and wouldas" that seem to plague my mind in the wee hours of the morning when I should be sleeping.
Other thoughts, though, are these:
1. I could not have predicted the path of the fire, or the moment at which I would be called upon to evacuate.
2. I could not have known law enforcement would turn away my helper with cages and truck.
3. We left lots and lots of food and water - as well as drizzling hoses. We left their coops open. (They were free-ranging that day anyway, so catching them would be - well, you all know)
4. We called Animal Control and they assured me they would do their best to, at the very least feed/water, once it was safe.
5. We were able to catch 8 birds consisting of one very nice SFH breeding group and a couple layers.
6. That was all I could do. End of story. The situation was beyond my control and second guessing any of the things that happened - when we were also desperately trying to get photos, important papers, etc together will never be helpful.

Now, I have to convince my 3 AM brain of what my 10 AM brain knows to be true.

 

[ronott1]

@room onthebroom encouraged me to pop in. We are dealing w the Carr Fire here in Redding, CA.
We had to leave behind the lion's share of our flock. .. I have lots of thoughts about this. Some thoughts tend towards despair and self-loathing because of all the "couldas, shouldas, and wouldas" that seem to plague my mind in the wee hours of the morning when I should be sleeping.
Other thoughts, though, are these:
1. I could not have predicted the path of the fire, or the moment at which I would be called upon to evacuate.
2. I could not have known law enforcement would turn away my helper with cages and truck.
3. We left lots and lots of food and water - as well as drizzling hoses. We left their coops open. (They were free-ranging that day anyway, so catching them would be - well, you all know)
4. We called Animal Control and they assured me they would do their best to, at the very least feed/water, once it was safe.
5. We were able to catch 8 birds consisting of one very nice SFH breeding group and a couple layers.
6. That was all I could do. End of story. The situation was beyond my control and second guessing any of the things that happened - when we were also desperately trying to get photos, important papers, etc together will never be helpful.

Now, I have to convince my 3 AM brain of what my 10 AM brain knows to be true.

How is your place?

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

Wait. Are you guys who are affected by the fire, away from your house at the moment? If so, when can you all be allowed back to your property?

 

[BlueBaby]

Our fire is called the Cranston Fire, because it started by the Cranston ranger station. It was Arson, they caught the arsonist someone saw him toss a flare and followed him until the cops caught up.

Pick my brain all you need, Just not this week...

Gary

It seem's that most of these big fires that happen are caused by human's!

 

[Kiki]

Updated map:

 

[CCUK]

I've been reading this thread aswell as seeing this on the news here in UK. I can't even begin to fathom the distress, heartache, fear and more that you must be going through. All I can say is my heart is feeling for you all and I hope that you can somehow come out of this stronger.

 

[calichicken]

@room onthebroom encouraged me to pop in. We are dealing w the Carr Fire here in Redding, CA.
We had to leave behind the lion's share of our flock. .. I have lots of thoughts about this. Some thoughts tend towards despair and self-loathing because of all the "couldas, shouldas, and wouldas" that seem to plague my mind in the wee hours of the morning when I should be sleeping.
Other thoughts, though, are these:
1. I could not have predicted the path of the fire, or the moment at which I would be called upon to evacuate.
2. I could not have known law enforcement would turn away my helper with cages and truck.
3. We left lots and lots of food and water - as well as drizzling hoses. We left their coops open. (They were free-ranging that day anyway, so catching them would be - well, you all know)
4. We called Animal Control and they assured me they would do their best to, at the very least feed/water, once it was safe.
5. We were able to catch 8 birds consisting of one very nice SFH breeding group and a couple layers.
6. That was all I could do. End of story. The situation was beyond my control and second guessing any of the things that happened - when we were also desperately trying to get photos, important papers, etc together will never be helpful.

Now, I have to convince my 3 AM brain of what my 10 AM brain knows to be true.

so sorry you are going through this! But you are correct...your fire came in so fast and unpredictable...you dud the best you could!! We had 4 lightning fires up here just yesterday and all this has made me realize the importance of having a plan...EVEN THOUGH things could still happen too fast to implement it...like in your case! Prayers for safety and s quick return home!

 

[MROO]

Carla, something to add to your emergency list: get a sharpie and label your animal, if possible, with a contact name and number. We had a horse show up after a tornado years ago and no local vet could tell who it belonged to.

And microchip all you can. You can have horses, cattle and goats done just like dogs and cats. Chickens and other poultry can get leg tags.