Ameraucana Breeders Club
The Official Forum of the Ameraucana Breeders Club => Housing, Health & Hatching => Topic started by: Max on December 16, 2013, 02:42:40 PM
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Sorry John,
I should have started a new thread for this. I will try to be more precise in the future... :D
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I like your setup. Looks like you had some damage from the large branches that fell. Did you loose any birds from the storm.
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Thanks! The damage was small. Only the overhang on one side of the roof. No casualties but when that big branch fell it probably took a few years off of their lives. lol! My poor pecan trees used to be about 75 feet tall. Now they are about 50 feet tall...
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I love your pens Max! You obviously spent alot of time on them. Glad nothing was damaged. Your pecan trees will survive!
Remember the 09 ice storm I told you about? Here's what my place looked like:
The last pic is my chicken pen. Somehow, despite being surrounded with trees, it survived.
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Thank you Sharon! :) It has been quite time consuming and i'm not finished yet. But are we ever really finished? ::) Wow! Thats a lot of ice! And the downed power lines... how long were you without power? We were only out for 24 hours.
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LOL. No, we are never ever finished! We think we are, but something always needs repair or re-design. Hubby's first words to me on his first days off are always, "What are we doing with the chickens this week?". Poor guy. ;D
I can't remember exactly, but it was a long time. I'm thinking around 10 days. City always gets taken care of first and they were hammered. It was a very extensive ice storm. I remember hearing about folks in the really rural areas of north central Arkansas that were a month without power. Luckily, we have propane for heat and a couple of generators kept the fridge and freezer running. Neighbors had a whole freezer of beef that was starting to thaw and luckily we had an extra generator for them to borrow.
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Looks like you have a great set up. You're fighting the same type of ice storms we have here most often. We have great trees to give us and the birds a break in the summer. But they are a real liability in ice and wind storms. I'm thinking I need to into some of the old muscadine trellis ideas. At least you had power back fairly soon.
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Thanks Don! I have to tip my hat to all of you that live up north. I don't think I could deal with that much cold weather for that long. I am definitely a warm weather person! It may get cold here but it usually doesn't last long. It was 72 degrees here on Thursday.