Luvachicken Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 For our new chicken play area we have bought the girls some new turf which we intended to cover in chicken wire so they couldn't destroy it all so quickly, but thinking back we put the same wire on the bottom of the rabbit runs and it seemed to make their little feet sore. Would it do the same to the chickens or are their feet a lot tougher ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebird Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Scratching around in dirt and grass is a chicken's main occupation so they would definitely get sore feet and nails if they tried doing it over chicken wire. It would be kinder to have slabs with a thick layer of bedding on top for them to scratch about in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I agree....scratching for food is what hens do, and wire can cause damage to their claws, I'd put them on slabs with Aubiose to rootle about in. Turf will last 5 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 Oh well, at least we can get a refund on the chicken wire Do you think we could use the soft fruit netting instead ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcat Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 you might find that they get tangled in soft netting mine did when i used it to net plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
