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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Ann and Rob on June 03, 2014, 08:31:22 pm

Title: Grass cuttings
Post by: Ann and Rob on June 03, 2014, 08:31:22 pm

Are chickens allowed grass cuttings?

Title: Re: Grass cuttings
Post by: bloomer on June 03, 2014, 08:34:07 pm

mine love a pile of fresh clippings they dive straight in and throw them around and eat lots of them as well...


i only give them enough that they get through them in about 30 minutes...

Title: Re: Grass cuttings
Post by: Ann and Rob on June 03, 2014, 08:42:27 pm

Thanks bloomer  :)

Title: Re: Grass cuttings
Post by: doganjo on June 03, 2014, 09:34:42 pm

Watch they aren't too long though - they can get impacted crops that way. So the  answer is to cut the grass regularly

Title: Re: Grass cuttings
Post by: HesterF on June 03, 2014, 10:56:49 pm

Depends on your mower too - if they're clean, they're OK, if they've covered in oil or something not so good.