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flake n. The donkeys are inexpensive to keep. They eat a flake of hay a day and a Campbell’s soup tin of grain. [ ] [full cite] (Aug. 21, 2007)
flake n. The average backyard can provide sufficient pasture for a miniature horse. In winter, a flake of hay and a pint of grain a day will keep the little animal sleek, healthy and content. [ ] [full cite] (Aug. 21, 2007)
flake n. Pregnant or milking does need the extra protein and nutrition of alfalfa hay, or a grass/alfalfa mix. One flake of hay per adult goat, fed morning and evening, is about right. [ ] [full cite] (Aug. 21, 2007)
flake n. After goat-proofing the yard with a substantial fence, all it requires is letting them mow the lawn and eat up to one flake of hay a day each. Connie feeds half a flake in summer and a full flake in winter. There are about 20 flakes in each bale, and a bale of good alfalfa runs something around $5. [ ] [full cite] (Aug. 21, 2007)
flake n. Krone’s BP-12130 4 × 4 big square baler has standard features found on other models in the company’s Big Pack line. Its V.F.S. prechamber reduces stress loads and improves bale flake density. [ ] [full cite] (Aug. 21, 2007)
flake n. Other useful options include automatic waterers (indoor and outdoor), rubber flooring, automatic flake hay dispensers. [ ] [full cite] (Aug. 21, 2007)
flake n. Chris placed him in a stall and told Billy to toss him a flake of hay. The horse dived into it.…His hay was gone and Billy was tossing him another flake when Roger drove up. [ ] [full cite] (Aug. 21, 2007)
flake n. A flake of hay refers to as section approximately 2 to 3 inches wide. [ ] [full cite] (Aug. 21, 2007)
flake n. I took a large flake of hay and laid it on some rails which I had fixed for that purpose, and creeped under it, to shelter myself, in some small measure, from the rain. [ ] [full cite] (Aug. 21, 2007)
flake n. One of the shrewd ways in which the boys made concealment was by lifting a flake of hay from the stack and making a hole beneath it. Upon letting the flake of weather-beaten thatch fall back into place, all signs of the nest disappeared. [ ] [full cite] (Aug. 21, 2007)
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