Adding grass

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So I got tired of poop , mud, dirt , and smell and extra bugs are not plesent.
Well Cleaned a but ,(as much as one can do with one arm, got some organic too soil , mixed it in and seeded it, going to keep the 3 ducks and 4 chickens in there coop :/ for 3-4 months. That whole time Tryin g to get the grass to take as much as possible .

Kinda sucks also iv lowed my flock size , but after I heal up in going to get my numbers back up.. And I hope the grass will stand up to the chickens/turkeys /ducks..

 

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Section on the side has rice hulls it's the divider to keep little ones from getting trampled on

 

[chickenspnw]

Sorry to sound pessimistic but if the chickens have access to it every day I'm not sure anything will survive very long. I'm currently seeing how long I can keep my four pullets in a 100 sq ft side yard without totally killing the grass. But in your case I would try to fence off half the area and seed with something that takes off really fast like annual ryegrass.

 

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This is the growth of grass so far. The surgery went 2 hours longer then expected ,got a new rotator cuff, fixed tendons and ligaments & decided that I fill better with out the pain meds they make me nauseous.

Tho back on the topic of grass . I'm going to attempt to let the grass fill in and get established , and I like the section idea , what I do enjoy is the rare rain watering for me

 

[aart]

Put some of these over that grass....or it will be gone in no time.






Spread some organic matter; leaves, sticks, wood chips, grass clippings in a nice balance of sizes and shapes and materials and it will greatly reduce the stink and be a haven for bugs(until the chickens find them).

 

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So I let it grow for about two weeks, and let the herd at it for two day, tho I feed tons of greens and feed before the release to slow there grass frenzy eating contest, well the ducks were happy u could just tell when they came outside after going from 15 to 5 jumbo pekin, and being being cramped in there 15x10' house. And the ducks Pekings and blue Swedish& shetland ducks do make little holes digging with there beak. But the chikens just pick a spot and start digging away :cd ( little destructive dinosaurs I tell you) , so after the two days of experiment, I decided torts ducks free range 3-4 a week with the kiddy pool. But leave silkies in the pen , plus i worry less about cyotes ,cats,raccoons and other predators we have that seem to only target small ducks or smaller chickens.


So ya,sat night they went back inside , i closed there door and now I'm going to water the grass heavy, then re seed a few small patched the chickens made, and start adding new weeds, dandelions ,wheatgrass, mint, and other edible fast-growing groundcovers. Should make the turkeys& ducks happier the. Dirt and rice hulls.

 

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