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Keeping hens through the winter

Laying drops with the light and there is nothing to be done about it short of a bulb in the house, which I do not do. The water freezes most mornings; a black rubber bowl in the sun thaws faster than a galvanised one. Deep litter in the house, turned weekly, keeps the floor warm and goes on the beds in March. The fox has been round twice, so the pop-hole is on a timer.

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