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    Growing fodder for chickens

    Great idea! For this winter, I just cut them loose in the garden for the gleanings and the grazing but it's not enough. I've been wondering about just this topic. Thank you for your post.
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    Grit

    What's up with grit? What is it? How do you use it? What does it do? How do you know if it's needed? My two ladies found a sand dollar shell I had in my garden and they go after it and squabble over the bits. Is this a sign they need grit? Thank you!
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    christmas trees and roosting

    I read somewhere on the site that cedar is toxic to chickens but I have a noble fir christmas tree...and I want to know about the advisability of using the trunk as a roosting pole AND if I can use the boughs in their nesting boxes (underneath hay) and elsewhere in the coop for their comfort and...
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