Your Thoughts on Treadle Feeders?

...is dispensed. It beats having to wake up at five in the morning to put out food in a conventional feeder. You have to teach your chickens how to use a treadle feeder. One of the veterinarians suggested putting something shiny on the feeder. Your flock will step up to peck at it and discover that the feeder opens. There are two problems I can think of with a treadle feeder. One was mentioned by a fellow classmate. Squirrels figured out how to open...

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046 Caring for Older Cats

...al disease Oxifresh oral hygene The dietary needs of older cats Dry or wet food? Obesity Arthritis Kidney disease Water Hyperthyroidism avmi.net Grooming Step stools Checking your cat’s teeth and gums Feeding times Urinating outside the litter box Integrating older and younger cats Heating pads for older cats If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can sub...

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Saturday Tweets: Working Dogs and Expensive Raccoon Meat

...ple) February 12, 2015 What to do in the garden this month? Nothing. http://t.co/WVPIn7uoDN via @sharethis — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 12, 2015 LA Health Officials Take Action After Local Supermarket Sells Raccoons As Food « CBS Los Angeles http://t.co/2jVQ0Wxfmi — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 12, 2015 Check out I Parked In A Bike Lane Sticker from iparkedinabikelane! http://t.co/HSEiuRm1zM — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 10, 2...

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Everything Must Go Part II: Books

...y bought at least eight of them. And he noted that I had gotten rid of The Food Journal of Lewis & Clark that he had gifted to me over the holidays. A lot of the books that I purged can only be described as 90s geek-boy paranoia. If you’d like some of those 90s books plus a few outdated poultry care books, get thee to the Edendale library book sale on Wednesday. That’s assuming our local hipsters haven’t scooped up all my books in a fit of 90s nos...

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