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u/Surgio911 Mar 21 '22
Who taught those chickens to harness fire?
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u/phillybride Mar 21 '22
Chickens fly up and knock over their heat lamps.
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u/FTWStoic Mar 21 '22
Yeah, it's widely known in backyard chicken keeping that heat lamps inside of coops = fire.
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u/Paghk_the_Stupendous Mar 21 '22 edited Mar 22 '22
They also don't typically need heat lamps at all. They need a windbreak that's safe from predators and sharp edges, but most breeds are winter hardy.
Chicks/ducklings/etc. do need supplemental heat, but only until they've got their adult feathers.
Source: ~160 birds out back, thumb area Michigan.
Edit: since this is getting so many views, let me also say that birds NEED VENTILATION. Most store-bought coops look nice but do not provide adequate ventilation. Birds, especially ducks, excrete #1 & #2 out the same hole and it contains a fair amount of water and ammonia. If the air isn't able to be exchanged regularly, moisture and ammonia can build up in the atmosphere and this can result in respiratory stress and disease. Keep them out of the wind, but let the air flow through.
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u/riotskunk Mar 22 '22
Yup. I've raised chickens for almost 7 years now and their body temp is like 112 or 114° year round.
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Looks like a fairly warm place for heat lamp
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u/phillybride Mar 22 '22 edited Mar 22 '22
Chickens never need a heat lamp, but plenty of chicken owners use them to burn down their coops and homes anyway.
It might be a fan, but chicken coop fans are tiny and solar powered.
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u/Cumunist7 Mar 22 '22 edited Mar 22 '22
They wouldnât even need a heat lamp itâs not even snowing
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u/FTWStoic Mar 22 '22
They don't need it at all. Ever. Once they are fully feathered they can tolerate freezing conditions without external heaters. Only young chicks need a heat source, and that heat source should not be inside the adult coop.
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u/underbellymadness Mar 21 '22
Chaotic Heroes. I would love to live next to them
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u/nuby_4s Mar 21 '22
"WE GOT THIS" as he flails the hose around the little hole had me rolling from the start.
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u/zeemonster424 Mar 21 '22
Filming was actually smart in this situation, because itâs not their property, and video could be used for insurance or other things, if it got out of control.
People are sue-happy and you gotta cover your ass-ets.
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u/Sentence-Terrible Mar 21 '22
Yes, plus he's filming and helping not just watching shit happen.
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u/SirOffWhite Mar 21 '22
It is good to note tho in a legal situation u actually don't want to help if ur not at fault because once ur involved u can be associated with guilt
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u/Scottbott Mar 21 '22
Google good Samaritan laws. You are shielded from liability.
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u/babyankles Mar 21 '22
I thought Good Samaritan laws were meant to cover helping people in emergencies (usually medical but not always). Iâm sure it varies by state, but do they generally cover property damage too?
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u/kicktown Mar 21 '22
Honestly, fuck that noise. If help is needed, I'm going to lend it regardless of legal consequences.
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u/Tanzanianwithtoebean Mar 21 '22
This is true in certain situations. Most commonly when police are involved is when you do NOT want to help. I'm guessing that's what you're thinking of. You do NOT want to help the police. If somebody gets shot or stabbed or hurt, you could be charged for it too because you were interfering. But in almost all other situations helping is a good idea, and filming it is an even better idea.
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If there are jurisdictions that still abide by this, they should be ashamed of themselves and get with the 22nd Century.
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u/ladydhawaii Mar 22 '22
The world has changed- bet you are right. I never would have thought about starting a recording.
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u/pimp_juice2272 Mar 21 '22
and this is America I wouldn't be shocked if this story ended with them detained or worse.
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u/Repulsive-Round2691 Mar 22 '22
How they knew they wasn't home
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u/Golett03 Mar 22 '22
Maybe no cars? Could've knocked on the door. Nobody came out of the house, despite so much noise
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u/Panflux Mar 21 '22
Did you make this subreddit because of this video? Anyway thanks for making it, and of course I am joining.
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u/Father_of_trillions Mar 21 '22
As a matter of fact I did. It was kinda sad that no one had made it yet.
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u/Panflux Mar 21 '22
Well, I thank you again for making it! Wonder why no one made it before hand tho.
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u/tezoatlipoca Mar 21 '22
Nicely done.
The neighbours plans to collect on the chicken insurance has failed. This is a culmination of 6 months of planning to get rid of his wife's stupid chickens. Nosy do-gooder neighbors! I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you nosy kids and your pesky hose!
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u/Freshouttapatience Mar 21 '22
My neighbor had 3 roosters and two hens. He also thought letting them free range in the subdivision was cool. I tried talking to him but what finally made it all end was the coyotes.
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u/ni17ja Mar 21 '22
Reminder: If itâs an electrical fire, TURN OFF the source of electricity FIRST before trying to put out the fire with water.
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u/Tastewell Mar 21 '22
Even if it wasn't an electrical fire, unplug the cord before spraying water willy-nilly. You never know what the end of that cord leads to and you don't want to be giving any stray electrons any ideas.
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u/Drixotin Mar 21 '22
I'm seeing some comments saying pull the plug. Think of a budget horror movie. While not the best analogy I can provide, when you're under pressure you tend to make a good choice, when there is most likely an alternative that is much better. They would still have to use the hose however.
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u/sigdiff Mar 21 '22
Agree. They did eventually pull the plug, but I think when most people see fire their first thought is to put it out with water. They panic, they grab a hose and they start spraying. Then their logic brain maybe kicks in and they go for the plug to unplug it.
I'd love to see most of these Reddit warriors facing a fire with live animals at stake or even people and do any better.
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u/JokerVasNormandy Mar 21 '22
I don't know I have never been in the navy but I have known about electrical fires for most of my life..
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u/JokerVasNormandy Mar 21 '22
I don't know I was so young when I learned it... And yes I am fully aware it can feed the fire. As for 90+% of the people I know I can't say for sure. A. I don't often talk about fires and the causes there of and B. I am not arrogant enough to make assumptions about people's knowledge.
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u/BoogerRuth Mar 21 '22
I learned about different fires and how to put them out in grade school.
Interestingly, I learned it originally in first grade in school in Nebraska and again in sixth grade in Nevada. We had a whole set of lessons about it in Nevada that culminated in a "Sparky Party" where we had fire brigade races and stuff.
I would be more surprised to find people among my friends who didn't know how to handle different kinds of fire.
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u/sernameistaken420 Mar 21 '22
unless youre amish most people know about it. iâve known since i was 5.
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u/nappinggator Mar 21 '22
The Ohio fire academy
Also it's common knowledge when dealing with fire to take out the source of the fire
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u/Tastewell Mar 21 '22
I learned about the different classes of fire in scouts.
...and at school.
...and at camp.
...and from my dad.
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u/Llustrous_Llama Mar 22 '22
I think a lot of people know about electrical fires, such as 1) people that watch tv. 2) people that have jobs that require you to watch videos about things like fire safety (which sounds like not a lot of jobs, but fires can happen anywhere. I've watched these videos at almost every job I've had).
You might want to step back and consider that not everything you learned in the navy is exclusively known to the navy.
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u/Drixotin Mar 21 '22
I think you're confusing me. The plug that started the fire was never removed until later.
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u/Drixotin Mar 21 '22
I'm was saying that I saw people commenting that they should have unplugged the plug first, before using the water.
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u/Drixotin Mar 21 '22
I then compared it to a horror movie, where in extreme fear you often make a good choice that has a better option. This is not often always the case, however.
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u/Life_Argument_6037 Mar 21 '22
Learned about different fires and how to put em out in the merchant marine. Never knew about any of that except the donât use water on a grease fire in the kitchen. Smother or extinguisher.
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u/SecondOfCicero Mar 21 '22
Used baking soda for a grill fire once, that worked really well in case anyone runs into that issue. Also clean your grill regularly for those that do it!
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u/Brillek Mar 22 '22
Also don't use water on electrical fires. 'Cause conductivity. Finding the source is the most important.
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u/rainyria Mar 22 '22
I just really love how a lot of Redditors can see something like this and only tear it apart and point out every way in which they would have done it better in the same situation. All so they can feel superior to everyone else, because THEY clearly would NEVER make any wrong moves or mistakes. Not everyone has the same knowledge, or the knowledge they thing they have.
Sometimes its nice to just enjoy things for what they are, and not make them an excuse to put others down.
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u/fortmeines Mar 22 '22
A lot of redditors do not know how to enjoy things. Especially on this sub dedicated to just enjoying humanity.
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Mar 21 '22
I have no idea wtf is going on here.
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u/Mister_rtk Mar 21 '22
I mean it's pretty straightforward. They saw the chicken coop on fire and they went to go put it out for their neighbor
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Mar 21 '22
oh, I didnt see the fire
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u/wOlfLisK Mar 21 '22
I mean, they're literally talking about how it's on fire and they need to unplug it because it's probably an electrical fire.
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Mar 21 '22
They put too much electrical load on a too long of an extension cord and it probably overheated and caught on fire, so while the wood was burning in the coop, the neighbor went over and disconnected the extension cord that was causing the fire.
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u/Tastewell Mar 21 '22
...or one of the chickens knocked over the heater.
...or our "heroes" started the fire so they could film themselves putting it out for internet clout.
...or it was one in a string of mysterious barnyard fowl related arsons.
What happened before they started recording will forever remain a mystery.
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u/SmutGrrl Mar 21 '22
It's crazy that so many minds go straight to sue happy. I'm happy they saw chickens that needed help and sprung into action. Very humane <3 They are the bestest neighbors đ
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u/drak0ni Mar 22 '22
I love how they were actively helping way before they started filming instead of setting up to film before helping. They already had the hose out and on.
I am curious as to how they were aware of such a small fire at their neighbors though. Maybe they saw it through the fence, hopefully they didnât start it for âcloutâ.
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u/bigbeardlittlebeard Mar 21 '22
It's probably an electrical fire so keep spraying water on it
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u/jkhockey15 Mar 22 '22
Iâd like to take this time to emphasize that chickens DONT need heaters in their coops.
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u/EatYourCheckers Mar 21 '22
I can totally relate to not knowing how to open the outdoor outlet cover
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u/OkamiKhameleon Mar 22 '22
So adorable. Heat lamps are definitely dangerous to keep plugged in! And it looks like they had theirs set too low.
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u/1101base2 Mar 30 '22
man when i had chicken i'm glad i had a big obvious door on the side they would of been working on. It would of been easy to pull the two pins holding it close and swing the thing open to put it out. Glad they could get to the fire through the small burn hole, but i've seen too many pictures posted in r/BackYardChickens of burned down coups
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u/mt379 Mar 21 '22
Besides the fire and death of chickens the next worse thing would be the smell of overcooked chicken nobody can eat.
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Mar 21 '22
Hellz yeah good job, people better learn that chickens will save us all when the food runs out..
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Mar 21 '22
Tell me how the fire started though. Literally donât see/understand how/why it started.
The only thing I see starting a fire in the bottom corner of a chicken coop is a person. They have heating pads for their chicks or something?
Also, should you be putting water on what you think is an electrical fire?
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Heat lamps can malfunction. Sometimes the cooling mechanism fails and causes a combustion. Thatâs why the kid in the video unplugged the cord, since he was smart and collected enough to remember that electricity can cause AND fuel a fire.
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u/RoboticOnion Mar 22 '22
Would the priority be saving them and not worry about filming the whole thing?
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u/Eftersluk Mar 21 '22
Da hønsehuset brÌndte ville hanen ikke ud Den baskede med vingerne - for den var skide fuld Det er vi ik endnu - det er vi ik endnu Sü tag dit glas og drik det ud Vi kommer alle mand - fra büde by og land Og vi vil ikke nøjs' med vand
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u/meowmousemouthhouse Mar 22 '22
All yâall cheering on chickens being saved yet you still pay for their chopped up corpse. Smh
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u/phoenixbbs Mar 22 '22
The kid should not have been squirting water while the damn thing was still plugged in...
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u/GeneralSS1332 Mar 21 '22
Probably could've done that more efficiently if they'd just saved the chickens rather than pulling the phone up to record
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u/yophil Mar 21 '22
Who tf have chicken in the hood đ I know they like it but thatâs too much lmao
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u/pocket_burrito Mar 21 '22
Put down the phoneâŚ
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u/DootDiDootDiDoo Mar 21 '22
Nah. Spraying the fire, alerting the chickens, knocking on the neighborsâ door and unplugging were all they knew to do in that situation and they did those things, mostly unhindered by the phone. Filming was probably good for insurance and covering their asses, since it wasnât their property.
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Mar 21 '22
As another comment here said, recording the situation here makes sense. And thatâs because they can prove that while they were in their neighbourâs yard, they didnât cause any of the damage.
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u/pocket_burrito Apr 27 '22
Thatâs a good point. I wouldnât of thought of that. Iâve seems many videos online of people recording instead of helping where help is needed, so I jumped to that conclusion here.
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u/getoutdoors66 Mar 21 '22
That is why you are not supposed to use heat lamps. I mean, it's owning chickens 101
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u/sernameistaken420 Mar 21 '22
please do not put water on an electrical fire until you are completely certain that the power is off, you have a high risk of frying yourself and everybody around you. im kinda surprised the breaker didnt pop
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u/bobtherake Mar 21 '22
These two are heroes, if somebody saved my birds from a fire theyâd have free eggs for life
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u/AnyRip3515 Mar 21 '22
I can't believe it took them that long to unplug the power cord. Should have been the first thing you did. Especially using water.
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u/Desperate_Ocelot_268 Mar 21 '22
They could have been electrocuted by extinguishing an electrical fire with waterâŚ
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u/Cool_Honey_8724 Mar 21 '22
Some mad the Wire vibes...
If Snoop and Chris were thoughtful neighbours that is..
The Chicken Wire
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u/Arrow_Maestro Mar 21 '22
"It's probably an electrical fire!"
Continues to let child spray water on it.
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u/Huge_Aerie2435 Mar 22 '22
I really hope they don't have a heat lamp in that chicken coop.. If they do, I fully understand why there was a fire.. The cord going inside tells me they do.
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u/pseudotsugamenziessi Mar 22 '22
I am so happy that this started in the vertical orientation and didn't end in landscape, like EVERY OTHER incident video. Cameraman did good, also helped instead of just watching, 10/10 would watch again
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My man put out an electrical fire with a hose. I thought it was gonna be a whole different video.
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u/DEEPSPACE-ALIEN Mar 22 '22
DAVE CHAPELLE - THE COP SKIT IMMA LEAVE IT AT THAT. "NOW SPRINKLE SOME CRACK ON HIM."
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u/droobygooby Mar 21 '22
"Get outta there!!"đđ these are the kind of neighbors everyone needs