MadMitch Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Its been rain, hail and gales all day here. Usually my girls are sensible and stay in their run but I've just been to give them some corn and they are all covered with mud and look what they have done to my lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Oh mu goodness! Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 That's how mine was the first year but we had NO grass left at all. We ended up with a big flower bed . The good news is that if you keep the hens off it and reseed it in the spring, it will grow back again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordelia Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 oh my !!!!! ours was almost as bad..and now the run is on bark...with a wood surround... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 but I bet they enjoyed finding all those worms and slugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
half dozen Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I bet they had a wonderful time in all that muck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 oh bless them!!! nothing like a white chook after she's had a mud bath... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 AW they look so happy though . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs chook Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Yowsers! They'll need wellies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 ...........on the other hand..............you probably no longer have any moss or weeds! LOUISE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 It's been cold here today, but nice and sunny and dry. However, my girls do the same thing when it is heavy rain, or even prolonged persistent drizzle that waterlogs the garden. Surprising how they can reduce a 1 meter square area to mud in about 2 minutes. This was my lot in the Spring ransacking the lawn for worms after it had rained. I usually shut my girls away on days like that to save my lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boybeck Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 I've only had my chickens for a couple of weeks and I'm amazed at how much digging they do in the garden, especially the edges of my poor lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokbokbok Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 YIKES! Thanks for the warning - we were thinking about letting ours out for a wee while on the new grass . . . ohhhhhh noooooo not now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madchickenlady Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 See, this is why I love my pekins. Far too fussy about getting their feathered feet dirty to turn the garden into a swamp! My girls fly from the decking to the patio to the greenhouse, totally refusing to step on soggy grass It's quite amusing the way they have to contort themselves to nibble at the lawn without stepping on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Lawn? I see no lawn . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma Tarpey Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Yowsers! They'll need wellies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardene5 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Hi We love your photo of your lawn. But with you living in Gwernogle, Carmarthenshire are they in practice for your local chicken rugby final. The Gwernogle Hens v The Carmarthen Runners. Bet your team would win!!! Best regards Ian & Valerie William & Harry Missy & Millie dogs 9 Hens + + a large walk in covered run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMitch Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share Posted October 5, 2008 HiWe love your photo of your lawn. But with you living in Gwernogle, Carmarthenshire are they in practice for your local chicken rugby final. The Gwernogle Hens v The Carmarthen Runners. Bet your team would win!!! Chicken rugby, thats a good idea. My Dorkings would be good props as they are 12lbs each, my Ixworths would make good wingers, Welsummers for centres, Pheasant fowl....dont know maybe stand off & scrum half........now I must go and buy another 7 chickens to make a team......and I also need some subs. Ooh maybe I could get Stephen Jones to come and train them...please, please, please, please, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surrey Hen Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 My 2 girls are turning a run-sized patch of lawn into a mud bath every 2 or 3 days at the moment. I'm planning to build 'winter quarters' for them on a bed of aubiose or hemcore to save the lawn a bit. OH doesn't know this yet but he has been looking a bit worried about the patches so I don't suppose he'll mind. Not sure the girls will be impressed as there won't be any worms to dig for. Lucinda Annabel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
