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I'm new, so I'm hoping I posted this in the right forum. A couple of hours ago our heat lamp caught on fire and exploded, over our 4 newborn chicks. One died, but the other three appear to be fine. I put the fire out as quickly as I could but there was a ton of smoke. I took the chicks out of...

So our chicken coop burnt down. We have 5 survivors. We moved them all to a new coop. It's way bigger and it's got 1 rooster 4 hens. One hen is more burnt and injured than the rest. I used Vetericyn spray to try and heal the comb burns on all the chickens. They seem minor compared to what it...

We had a lot of rain new years eve. It caused our wiring to short out when it got wet and it burned the coop down. We were able to get a new one built and get the survivors moved but all our birds have some burns. The reason we had lamps was because we ended up with too many roosters in a coop...

We are experiencing the worst air quality in the world today here in Portland, Oregon due to wildfires ... not something to brag about. My chickens are hanging in there and I’ve given them loads of extra trreats...but I’m wondering if there’s more I can do? Thinking about soaking herbs for...

Hi All, So- in my state there are a few pretty harsh wildfires going on. Not near enough to me that we are in imminent danger or needing to evacuate, but the smoke is terrible. The smoke is supposed to last today, through the night, and fade tomorrow. Usually, throughout the day my ducks would...

Hi everyone, We live in Santa Barbara County just below the Thomas Fire burn scar. We got tons of smoke and ash during the fire (we did evacuate including the chickens to another area) but our chickens seemed to be fine afterward with no respiratory problems. Unfortunately, over the past...

We are recovering from the devastating fire in the Malibu area of Southern California. All of our animals, including the hens, are doing fairly well. Since the hens free range in an environment of burn, ash, possible toxins, does anyone know for sure if it is safe to eat the eggs after a certain...

I’ve got one chicken with blood traces on both sides, and so far I’ve been thoroughly wet-sneezed all over by another. We aren’t far from the Camp Fire, but we are far enough to be out of danger. I’ve been out every day in makeshift smoke & particulate gear to clean cages and refresh everyone’s...

Hi!!! As you can see, I live In the Coop(A.k.a. Chico), Northern Ca. And well, there's a fire here! AHHH!!! I'm afraid of the ash for my chickens. I found this article for more info. It's the Camp Fire. Anyone else dealing with this? Anyone live in Paradise? 'Cause I know they were evacuated...

Please forgive me for bring this up again. We are all aware that the heat lamps are a fire hazard, however this needs to be reenforced. About 2 weeks ago a home here in Colorado Springs was burned and now uninhabitable. I drive past this house every day coming home from work. Yesterday, the...

I am planning on getting some ducklings very SOON! I've been told that "its too cold" lol... But its because we are scared to use heat lamps because of all the fires around here. Is there an alternative?

My daughter’s friend from school had a rather tragic incident with her coop. The heat lamp tipped over into the straw bedding and started a huge fire. When her uncle got to the house it was a huge blaze. He opened the door expected to see nothing but a St. Hubert from hell (that’s a joke for...

Yeah, I am so thankful that all my chickens were okay, but the structure that we worked really hard on was just a pile of flaming rubble :(. We had to desperately shovel snow onto it to put it out, but it was just sad to see everything we had built in a small pile on the ground. As for advice on...

I thought I read somewhere that you can't post direct links to social media, but I'm not seeing it in the terms and conditions. Please let me know if this isn't allowed. This photo is heartbreaking. She lost her flock of eight chickens to a heat lamp fire that destroyed everything. I'm guessing...

Saw this on FB and figured I would share it here too. I thought it was a sweet story but also a great example of true working dogs and clearly these are GOOD dogs. Won't leave their charges for anything. And I was amazed the one is 12 years old!!! I bet those dogs have some stories to tell...