The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: northfifeduckling on June 19, 2011, 03:32:55 pm
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I've been putting the grass cut under the hedge this year as it is so far to walk up the garden with a full basket - age creeping in ::)
could it be bad for the birds? :chook: :&>
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It's not great for them if it's long as it can get wound round in their crops and cause them to become impacted - full of hard grass that they can't shift. If it's quite chopped then I don't think it should be a problem.
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They just seem to look for beasties in it, scratching about, don't think they eat the chopped grass. It's a rotary petrol mower, it gets it quite fiine. What about the later stages, when it starts to rot? :&>
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I have always put one load from the cuttings in each run every time I cut the grass, as said they seem to love to scratch it about looking for buggies rather than eat it.
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Sounds to me that it's good for them then :) I don't think the rotten stuff is a problem - my chooks scrat around happily in the compost heap, which by definition is full of rotting vegetation.
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Mine goes under the trees and bushes round the edge of the grass, some dries off some goes slimy - the birds love scratching about in it and it does them no harm.
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we empty our lawnmower basket in the runs and they absolutely love it.
They start with all getting stuck in and having a good scart about looking for tasty bits. They especially love the bits of clover but do love fresh cut grass from the lawn.
I do it as I feel sorry that they have no grass left in their runs.
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