KJ>KJ>the hurricane! How did you and your birds manage during the storm? I 
aw
KJ>
KJ>>I took my birds to the mainland when Isaw it was comming in on land
KJ>>here at my front yard.  I am one block from the ocean so I mean
KJ>>it came here on my steps.  Most everything is okay....my babies
KJ>>hatched in a closet wiht all the breeders, Rambo and myself.
KJ>
KJ>You moved them ALL? How? I can't imagine ever having to evacuate here
KJ>that quickly. That's neat about the babies that hatched during the
KJ>storm--I read about your generator. Good move there, and just in time!
IT wasn't easy.....I have a carrier for each pair of birds.  The large
Hyacinthines, Greenwings babies, Moluccans all go into the weaning cages.
All the others go into the pet carriers.  I carry two additional carriers
for the extras when I have to clean out everyone carriers.  Not easy, but
this is one of those times the stink is better then the skunk.  The stink
will go away with time.  THEy trust me with everything in them, my feahter
kids...they kno w  when something is happening that I am here for them.
they make it very eaasy for me to fetch them up.  Everything that lives
went with me.  I rented a bedroom, kitchen and bath for all of us.  I 
have my priorities of who goes first.  When the manditory evacuattion
happens that means nomore trips over the bridge.  I had all my feather
kids out with my dog, Rambo but not my eggs.  I went back over the bridge
with a heart pounding and a policewomen to my house for the eggs, two 
of them hatching and a brooder, incubator and hathcer combine.  All eggs
went into it.  I lost two fertile eggs of 5 and 6 days fertility.  I got
two eggs layed from the blue and golds and my electus.  both doing
great...the electus layed another fertile egg three days later here
back at home as if nothing happened.  I will have a baby from that
egg too....I went back and forth five times to carry enough food, water
in bottles, pihne shavigs, you name it for a week.  
Because of the work and needless stress on my birds, I am moving them
to the acreage within the next three months.  If a Hurrincane comes
they are 10 miles out of range fromt he ocean.  We were not safe where
I was either..but the only place I could get eventhough it still was
within five blocks from the river.  No good I must make a safe place
for the kids
Cherane, CAS
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