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March 19th, 2008 at 08:56 pm

In the middle of my last post, I sent the kids outside for a 20 minute recess. They came back in sceaming fire.

The chicken coop was burning. We got it out-used up 2 fire extinguishers and the hose. The hay in it had caught on fire. It appears to have been electrical caused--the cord to a heat lamp (that was not on) was all melted with bare copper showing. It was a fairly new heat lamp also.

We have 4 chickens who are having trouble breathing, and we lost the bedding in it. Structural damage was minor-I probably can find some scrap lumber to do the repair work with. But, the water in it is having trouble draining out, so it may rot it out...

What a day.

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4 Responses to “Fire”

  1. JanH Says:
    March 19th, 2008 at 09:17 pm 1205961433
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    Growing up, we had a tractor catch fire when mowing the dry grasses. And, we had a field catch fire (we think someone might have accidently started that one--we had hunters sometimes behind us) and that is a scary thing thinking that it might spread before it gets put out! So glad you got the fire out before too much damage! Hopefully, the feathery gals will recover soon!

  2. Ima saver Says:
    March 19th, 2008 at 09:44 pm 1205963098
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    That is scary! Glad you got the fire put out quickly!

  3. frugaltexan75 Says:
    March 19th, 2008 at 11:31 pm 1205969500
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    It's a good thing you sent your kids out for a break when you did! I'm glad the fire didn't do any more damage - quick recovery to the little ladies.

  4. scfr Says:
    March 20th, 2008 at 12:05 am 1205971540
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    Whew!

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