A Night of Storms

Like much of Texas and Oklahoma, our area was hit by fierce storms last night. As the storm neared and the weather radio began to issue warnings, we headed outside to make sure everything and everyone was secured. The storm came on in a fury!

As we walked out the door, a sudden increase in wind nearly pulled us off the porch. We raced to the kidding pen to move Seven Up and baby Lady Hawk into the safety of our livestock trailer. Just as we got them relocated, along with their food and water, the wind and driving rain hit full force.

The winds, reportedly gusting near 60 mph, collapsed the cover on the chicken pen - right on top of the roosting chickens! We were able to hold up the fallen cover long enough to get all the chickens off the perch so they could get to safety. Then, as the hail started, we were able to catch and safely relocate all the chickens into the hen house.

We are happy to report all of our animals are fine this morning. At dawn, we worked quickly to reconstruct the covers on both the large chicken coop and on the kidding pen. Seven Up and Lady Hawk are now happily basking in the sun in the kidding pen. The chickens are once again roaming the ranch like nothing much happened. All is well. Thank the Lord!