- Jul 3, 2013
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Hi All
I have had my girls for over a year now and I love to have them free ranging all day. However, the lawn area is getting smaller and smaller every month, due to the girls scratching the edges and covering the grass in mulch & dirt. I have racked my brain to think about how to prevent this & finally had the idea of putting hay bales end to end around the edge, as the girls would not be able to flick the dirt & mulch over the bales. I could then slowly move the bales back a little at a time until my lawn area was close to original size. (They would still have a very large non grass area to do as they please). My only concern with this idea is that obviously the bales would get wet & eventually mouldy & the girls would also climb and sit on them. I can't imagine they would try and eat the hay from the bales as they get a lot of very good, very fresh food and grain every day. Does anybody think this would be a problem? I love my girls and don't want to do the wrong thing by them? Any feedback would be most appreciated.
I have had my girls for over a year now and I love to have them free ranging all day. However, the lawn area is getting smaller and smaller every month, due to the girls scratching the edges and covering the grass in mulch & dirt. I have racked my brain to think about how to prevent this & finally had the idea of putting hay bales end to end around the edge, as the girls would not be able to flick the dirt & mulch over the bales. I could then slowly move the bales back a little at a time until my lawn area was close to original size. (They would still have a very large non grass area to do as they please). My only concern with this idea is that obviously the bales would get wet & eventually mouldy & the girls would also climb and sit on them. I can't imagine they would try and eat the hay from the bales as they get a lot of very good, very fresh food and grain every day. Does anybody think this would be a problem? I love my girls and don't want to do the wrong thing by them? Any feedback would be most appreciated.