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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The hens are getting bored in the winter, what can we do?

A couple of things, we have noticed as well as some of you...the hens are getting bored! This tends to happen in the winter when they don't like to venture out as much, so we are going to do some things on our end to help entertain them, such as hanging cabbage, carrots, etc. in the coop.
If you would like to help them from getting bored feel free to bring any unspoiled, organic vegetable or fruit scraps for them during your shift. The scraps must be organic to meet the regulations for organic certification. PLEASE do not bring onions, meat and dairy. If you do bring any scraps go ahead and throw them around the inside or even the outside coop.

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