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Showing posts with label keeping chickens cool. Show all posts
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Friday, June 10, 2011

Lucy's Helpful Heatwave Hints




In a shaded patch of clover:
spread every feather and every toe as far as it will go.

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On a hot night: be the first one on the roost
and take all the space you need.

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Cool refreshing watermelon: 
sink toes in deep and feel your troubles drift away.