debbie26pet Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 which is best and wont harm the chickens, will they eat it? am i wasting my time? really dont want patchy grass and mud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyren Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 If you want to re-seed your lawn, you'll need to fence it off for quite a long time to let the seedlings grow and establish themselves. I would think that one of the tougher "family lawn" mixes would work best - and you could always sow some spare seed in pots to give your girls some grass whilst they're kept off the lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy's mum Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Hello, I have just re-seeded my lawn, in other words sprinkled grass seed over all the bare bits It is all starting to shoot and I don't seem to have any problems with the hens. I guess they eat some of the seeds but to be honest it would take them weeks to eat the lot I have another box of seed that I am going to sow in a week or so over the last lot so that hopefully it will cover any bits that get missed I shall probably do this a couple of times through the summer! I am banking on the girls to just nibble to tops of the grass so that I don't have to mow the lawn When they were in their run for the first 5 days they kept the grass down beautifully Julie x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 which is best and wont harm the chickens, will they eat it? am i wasting my time?really dont want patchy grass and mud I think the size of the area is important debbie....if you have just a small lawn, the hens will trash it in no time , and seedlings will never get a chance to establish themselves, but if it is larger and you can fence areas off, you might have a fighting chance of establishing a lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I do hope so! I put my Eglus smack in the middle of the lawn for the winter, well if you can call it a lawn - it was rather bare and lumpy anyway. My plan is to dig over these areas when they move into the Cube, and then re-seed and put the Omlet netting over/around these places to keep chickens and other naughty birds away. It's quite encouraging to hear that they don't eat all the seed, Daisy's mum. I am rather hoping that because the ground should be jolly well fertilised, the seed will spring up extra-fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...