Wildfire evacuation

[WVduckchick]

@Sunshine Flock
This morning's update. I have no idea what a red flag means but it expired this morning. Hopefully that is a good thing.View attachment 1487175 View attachment 1487176 View attachment 1487177

Can you click on the link on the first page under “Evacuations” that says “Carr fire re-population notice”??


Scratch that, I found it

 

[orrpeople]

Can you click on the link on the first page under “Evacuations” that says “Carr fire re-population notice”??

Not us yet...
We're watching those re-pop notices like hawks!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@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.

What does SFH stand for?

 

[ronott1]

What does SFH stand for?

Swedish Flower hens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Flower_Hen

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Swedis Flower hens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Flower_Hen

Thank you. I know most of the chicken breed abbreviations but every so often there’s one I can’t quite figure out.

 

[Kiki]

Can you click on the link on the first page under “Evacuations” that says “Carr fire re-population notice”??


Scratch that, I found it
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[orrpeople]

What does SFH stand for?

Swedish Flower Hen

I have this guy with me (no recent pics of him though because I also have had a broken ankle for almost a month - which also inhibited my abilities to evacuate! )

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Swedish Flower Hen
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I have this guy with me (no recent pics of him though because I also have had a broken ankle for almost a month - which also inhibited my abilities to evacuate! )

Thank you. Sorry about your ankle.

 

[Kiki]

Not us yet...
We're watching those re-pop notices like hawks!

Your area is coming up next.

 

[orrpeople]

Your area is coming up next.

There are a lot of downed power lines in our neck of the woods, so no idea if those are even a priority since we are not very densely populated. They have one larger area that will probably be next (Lake Blvd/Quartz Hill/Keswick).
My husband is going to try, once again, to sweet talk the road block guys into letting him take care of our birds. I keep telling him to put on his Cal Trans hard hat and vest and see if that helps!