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    Will chicken manure kill trees?

    I do plant nutrition for a living; I don't have any special insights, but after a quick Google, it seems that chicken manure has a high pH. Pines and other conifers prefer a low pH; a large quantity of chicken manure might throw the pH to the high side, killing roots. It might be too "hot" from...
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    remote temperature gauge.

    For low-temperature performance, load the thermometer with lithium batteries. They have better cold-weather performance than NiMH or alkaline cells.
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    Total newbie question- coops and high-prey dogs

    I'm new to the whole backyard chickens thing- been doing a bit of reading, but the main obstacle for us is our dogs. We're in central Arizona (county land, unincorporated area), and would like to keep chickens on grass. I've been looking at a number of "tractor" designs so we could move them...
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