08/10/2026
We’ve had lots of people reach out to ask what we do with our animals for big storms like this. We are 15 minutes from the beach with a river right across the street. For anything much larger than what is headed our way now, we most likely would have evacuated.
For Isaias, will ride the storm out at the house with the animals.
First thing! Take lots of pictures of your animals, any identifiable markings, etc in case you need to find them after the storm.
All my large furry animals stay out in our big pasture with access to the barn, hay and water. Leaving them out of their stalls allows them to escape the barn if they need to and not be confined to a small space. We fill all water troughs and place them under the barn, this helps keep the water clean of debris and accessible to the animals. Our goats wear collars with tags on them that have our address and phone number on it. All the horses have an ID woven into their manes with that same info. For the pigs, you could write directly on them, or use stretchy medical tape and a ziploc bag to put your info on them.
For my birds, they all will be getting moved into coops that are attached to our garage and mostly protected from the wind this evening/tomorrow. We have a flock of 50 meat birds right now that I have to move out of their light weight run and into a much more sturdy coop to protect them from the 100+mph winds. We use large waterers that last about a week or so in each coop and will top those off before landfall. We also use those waterers when we travel to make things easier for our farm sitters.
Please reach out if you have any questions, I will try to answer your questions the best I can!
Stay safe y’all!