Chicken farmers recover: Storm blew the roofs off houses last month

The roof was blown off a chicken house on Howard Sanders’ farm in Stephens during the storm on July 20 that blew down trees and knocked out power across the county. Sanders said the roof has been repaired. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
The roof was blown off a chicken house on Howard Sanders’ farm in Stephens during the storm on July 20 that blew down trees and knocked out power across the county. Sanders said the roof has been repaired. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Howard Sanders assessed the damage to a chicken house after a severe thunderstorm ravaged Stephens and the rest of Oglethorpe County in July. About 100 feet of the roof was gone, blown away by the hig…