Oh man, totally! I just read somewhere that people in places with heavy rain are starting to use those composite decking boards with like hidden drainage channels underneath. It makes so much sense because who wants to deal with that constant wet rot smell or the moss that grows on regular wood? And here in my area we get these random hail storms out of nowhere, so I always remember that one guy on a forum who said his metal roof sounded like a drum solo for an hour. You're right, the weather is basically the main contractor nobody hires but everyone answers to.

My neighbor's Buff Orpington died last spring from egg binding and I swear it was because they waited too long trying to figure it out with Google. I get what you're saying about oyster shells being the fix most of the time, but that 10 second check could be the difference between a hen that's just a little off and one that's actually dying. I've seen hens go from acting fine to dead in under 12 hours from a stuck egg that ruptured inside them. The old timer's trick is just a quick physical check, not a replacement for good calcium sources. Sometimes you gotta feel for yourself instead of guessing from a screen.

Totally agree on the gel core ones...

honestly you're just asking for trouble using a coax tool on tefzel, that stuff's too brittle for anything but the manufacturer's spec.

Same thing happened to me down in the Smokies, I was hanging my bag maybe 7 feet up for years before a park ranger pointed out a black bear could just stand up and grab it. Felt pretty silly realizing a simple height change was all it took.