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It should also magically turn all your feed organic and keep away the Illuminati, aliens, Bigfoot and the government and eventually make...

Don't forget supplementing that prototype feeder with gallons of cayenne pepper, mint spray, essential oils, concoctions made of...

The correct answer to this is to keep buying different feeders until you have at least 6 in the back of the shed gathering cobwebs...

Chickens love duckweed but I'd make some shallow ponds in a semi shady area and grow it from a clean source or harvest wild duckweed...

Just give it to the hens, they have great instincts on what is safe to eat. If it is slime algae, they might not eat it. Something...

My 95 year old mom's car had the wiring damaged twice by mice. First time it was just a few wires in the engine compartment, enough to...

That is a good bit of advice for a humid area but it leaves the feed open to rodents during the day and eventually the rodents will find...

"water proof" is tough, water resistant is achievable. When you get into blowing rain most feeders need some sort of overhead cover...

I have two of @Al Gerhart ‘s Ratproof Chicken Feeders and I LOVE them. Our girls learned to use them quickly and the way they are...

Best at what? Cheapest? At stopping feed waste? At stopping rodents and wild birds?

Consider why the snakes are attracted to the coop... likely rodents are the draw. Will they eat the chicks and eggs, sure. But far...

Humans and most species have specific viruses and bacteria that can cause sickness within the species. Close association creates a...

Eliminate the access to the feed. Get some medium to large galvanized trash cans with lids. Completely eliminated rats eating our feed...

IF you cut fresh sprouts of Johnson grass the chickens will eat but not the coarse stuff. Watch it if any part of it turns reddish...

Rats.... and squirrels are just tree rats.