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Backinwellies

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Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« on: February 12, 2014, 07:03:44 pm »
I cant thank  Bionic and somewhere-by-the-river enough for helping in in this afternoon's emergency.... my hen and duck houses flattened completely by a whole row of fir trees which had made such a great environment for the poultry enclosure. .  amazingly out of the impenetrable mass of tree branches and trunks came all 6 hens and 4 out of 5 ducks  :excited:   Just one lost duck which we couldn't find anywhere.   

I hope you all are Ok 
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Marches Farmer

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2014, 07:10:59 pm »
Whew!  That was very lucky.  We just noticed the bolts holding one of the roof beams in the lambing shed had loosened due to flexing in the wind so my son shinned up the ladder while I stopped it blowing over and handed up tools.  Nothing left to do now but to cross our fingers and remember to check the torch batteries are OK.
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Mammyshaz

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2014, 07:17:07 pm »
Wow, lucky escape. Stay safe  :fc:
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Rosemary

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2014, 07:28:27 pm »
Phew, glad you're OK. Hopefully Ducky will turn up  :fc:
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Bionic

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2014, 08:14:30 pm »
You couldn't even see the poultry enclosure underneath the trees but the ducks and chickens that have survived look a strong bunch. They should be safe enough in their temporary home for the time being.
Lots of clearing up still to be done though  :(
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darkbrowneggs

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2014, 09:45:00 pm »
Well done all, pleased most of the birds survived.  The other one may still appear yet :fc:


On my journey north I have seen sections of woodland just flattened and trees broken in half up to about a quarter of an acre of even more, and lots of fallen and broken trees.
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Lesley Silvester

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2014, 09:51:18 pm »
Woo, nasty. Glad most of your birds escaped unscathed. Shame the hen house didn't as well.


Are they your trees? Lots of firewood?
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benkt

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2014, 10:35:27 pm »
Lucky escape for your chooks!
When I went out for the afternoon feed round, I only found half of a pig ark - located the other half 50m away in a hedge. Fortunately we'd moved the girls out of that field on Saturday as it was getting so muddy so no harm done. Close shaves all round!
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kaz

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2014, 10:52:33 pm »
I wasn't so lucky. lost 4 sheep and an alpaca today.
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jaykay

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2014, 10:55:56 pm »
Oh no, I'm so sorry  :hug:
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SallyintNorth

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2014, 07:54:34 am »
Quote from: kaz on February 12, 2014, 10:52:33 pm
I wasn't so lucky. lost 4 sheep and an alpaca today.

Oh kaz!   :hug: :bouquet:
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Backinwellies

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2014, 08:25:13 am »
 :hug: Kaz    ... and I feel awful about one duck lost? Don't blame yourself, I'm trying not to!    Did struggle to sleep when I realised The time of day my trees came down was when I would normally have been out feeding them in the enclosure.... 
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Linda

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darkbrowneggs

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2014, 08:47:42 am »
Quote from: kaz on February 12, 2014, 10:52:33 pm
I wasn't so lucky. lost 4 sheep and an alpaca today.


Rotten news  Sor sorry  :bouquet: :bouquet: :bouquet:
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Bionic

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2014, 08:48:37 am »
Quote from: kaz on February 12, 2014, 10:52:33 pm
I wasn't so lucky. lost 4 sheep and an alpaca today.
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So sorry to hear that Karen  :bouquet: [size=78%]Let me know if you need any help[/size]
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Mrs Pea

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Re: Five 40 foot fir trees just landed on my poulty enclosure
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2014, 09:03:50 am »
Sorry to hear about your lost duck, very pleased the others made it.  We had a very tall fir tree go over too, onto next doors barn, fortunately the call ducks that lived in it were all fine :relief: 

Kaz, I'm so sorry to hear about your sheep and alpaca  :hug:

Lisa
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