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Nancy Drew and the Secret of Shadow Ranch Hints

How do I feed the animals?

  • 1 of 7: After you talk to Tex, turn around and look at the blackboard.
  • 2 of 7: It tells you what each animal should get. The feed is in the bins below the blackboard, and the bucket and the scale are in front of the bins.
  • 3 of 7: First look in each bin and decide what each one is.
  • 4 of 7: Except for the chickens, the amounts written on the blackboard are pounds, not scoops. So keep your eye on the scale.
  • 5 of 7: When you have the amounts right, the chickens get 5 pounds of food and the horses get 4 1/2 pounds each.
  • 6 of 7: Here are the exact amounts for each animal:
  • 7 of 7: If you're not sure whether you got the mix right, you won't have long to wait. Any disasters that are going to happen will happen before you get two steps away, believe me.