Elderly cat breathing difficulties when purring

[Steph101]

We are starting to get more and more bald patches on our lawn.

We move the eglu every week, and I try to poo pick as often as I can manage. I rake in and hose the rest, and use garden lime too.

Does it grow back at all? Or is it gone forever?

Any advice please?

[Egluntyne]

It will grow back eventually, but it will be a lot easier on your nerves if you give them a permanent site.

[Steph101]

Really?

I suppose It's better for the grass, but I do like them to eat the grass; I can see it makes them happy, and the yolks are fantastic.

[Gamebird]

Although my chickens are in a large enclosure on grass, it's not the grass they are interested in.

 

They just love scratching at the soft soil underneath the oak tree looking for bugs and worms. I give them plenty of green vegetable leaf which they much prefer to eating grass.

 

The reason why your lawn is patchy could be because they are scratching at the grass more than eating it.

 

A permanent run with a good bedding would still fulfil their need to scratch and would keep your lawn from disappearing.

[Egluntyne]

You can give them spinach or dandelion leaved to make the yolks yellow, or plant some turf in seed trays and give then that. It lasts about 5 minutes.

[Steph101]

Thanks ladies

[Hen Watch]

Last winter my lot had their own section of garden and the lawn dissappeared.

 

 

We moved them in Spring to the other side of the garden and the lawn in that area bounced back (no reseeding, just all on its own but not until the warmer weather when the grass starts to grow).

[Ain't Nobody Here]

If you can let them freerange a bit every day, they'll have enough access to grass then . Mine tend to spend more time scratching about in the flowerbeds than on the lawn.

[Steph101]

That's the thing, you see. I don't have them penned in at all - only at bed time. They free range ALL DAY! Think I've spoilt them though.