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We bought Safer brand DE but it doesn't say food grade. Should we not use it?

Is it ok to wash them before storing them in fridge? We have about two dozen eggs in fridge for about 3 weeks, and they were all washed in cold-ish water before going in fridge. Are they still safe to eat? Bobby

I have a small, low heat self-contained worklight style fluorescent light in my 3 hen coop. I have heard that it's best to use red light, so i bought a red lighting gel (the kind used in stage and theater productions) to cover the light. I asked the manufacturer this, but they didn't know...

If I dig about 2 inches deep 24 inches wide all the way around the perimeter of my chain link run, and then put two 12 x 12 1.5 inch thick paving stones end to end for a total of 24 inches of stone, and then cover it with the sod I took out, would that prevent weasels and raccoons from digging...

I have a 10 x 10 chain link kennel for their run, with an enclosed wood coop inside. I need to prevent predators from digging under the perimeter of the run, so am thinking of a 2 x10 plank floor (not pressure treated) covering the entire floor area. I know they will only last a couple years...

Two hens were killed by something, don't know what. I've heard that weasels always take the head or open the neck, and don't open the guts. Is that true? If so, then it must have been a raccoon, but he had to climb a 6 foot chain link wall and squeeze through an opening between the shade cover...

This morning I found two of my 5 hens mangled, the other three seem fine. There were feathers all over from them ( they were black sexlinks, large) along with feathers from the sole barred rock (also a large chicken). There are NO indications of a breah in the run... It's a 10 x 10 chain link...