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<br /> <br /> HiFgallh2l0i1g5 hts<br /> 16 Hot topics<br /> Just as we are grateful when<br /> summer’s heat breaks and fall<br /> arrives, so too are your chickens. Richard<br /> Freudenberger explains how to prep your<br /> flock—and your coop—or fall and beyond<br /> in Hot Topics.<br /> 24 pLAiN tALK<br /> Brigid McCrea loves<br /> science, but she also loves CLICK<br /> chickens. 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