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Chickens eating grass problem

  • 14-05-2012 11:17pm
    #1
    Plymouth Rock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭


    A month ago I purchased 6 hens. I made a lovely 60x15ft run for them with lush grass. Now, however, the little darlings are scratching and eating all the grass. I reckon in 2 months I'll have a dirty, muddy run.

    Now the guy down the lane has a perfectly manicured lawn with 10 hens sited on half the size of mine...What am I doing wrong?


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  • #2
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    You're not doing anything wrong. The hens are scratching for bugs to eat and also eat the grass. They will exfoliate the whole area no matter what you do. I don't know what your neighbour is doing to prevent that but what you're experiencing is perfectly normal.


  • #3
    Plymouth Rock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭Plymouth Rock


    Thanks. I was wondering if the neighbour has artificial grass lol.


  • #4
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    He's probably feeding them a load of layers mash so they have no interest in anything else


  • #5
    haybob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 347 ✭✭haybob


    Plymouth Rock wrote: »
    A month ago I purchased 6 hens. I made a lovely 60x15ft run for them with lush grass. Now, however, the little darlings are scratching and eating all the grass. I reckon in 2 months I'll have a dirty, muddy run.

    Now the guy down the lane has a perfectly manicured lawn with 10 hens sited on half the size of mine...What am I doing wrong?

    you don't really have a problem here but eventually when you move the run the grass will shoot up and you will be cursing as hen poo it loaded with nitrogen


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