Mowing won't kill it - the root is big and deep - but it is a "short-lived perennial" and relies on re-seeding to keep going, so if you mow when the flowers are out it can't spread and the original plants will die. I have gardened around clover as I want it to help the surrounding soil (now the chickens will eat some) and noticed a plant will live a few years and then be gone.
I'm going to say a clover plant around here lasts about 2-3 years, though I haven't kept records! If it gets hacked back I think it lasts the shorter time.
), frost this morning (not surprising).
Congratulations on integration! I feel I am still a long way away from that point but am trying to be patient.I know today is mugshot day. I have an uncooperative collective today. Not even any decent Friday pics. However, updates are needed. Yesterday was a mostly drizzly day (snow that melted on contact, much needed moisture
Jess with the little pair: I suspect a pullet and a cockerel, but too early for definitive. View attachment 3099111View attachment 3099116
The trio inside: the Egyptian chippy is likely a pullet as she's showing the bielefelder pullet colors, but she has a rose comb, so .... both the buff have cheek puffs, the large chunk from a blue egg, likely fathered by the 3-4 year old BOxEE cock and the little one from a white egg: must be from mine: looks just like cheetah, puffs must be Thing, highly unusual as the cross should be 100% black (split to mottle: can throw mottled babies).View attachment 3099114
As far as the rest of the lot:
View attachment 3099115View attachment 3099113View attachment 3099112View attachment 3099117I have NOT had to evict them from the coop in the morning the last 2 days. They're coming out with the bigs: Integration success. Ranging still needs some work, but size wise they should be staying mostly undercover, which they are so
It keeps it from reseeding. Clover is a short lived perennial (most, there are a couple of annual varieties out there, but few.) This article is about red clover, but it is true of clovers in general. Also, they tend to get out-competed by other grasses, as well, in good pasture.
Getting them outside was the hard part this time. outside is still work in progress, but them embedded in the adults for breakfast is HUGE. They're also working on roosting.Congratulations on integration! I feel I am still a long way away from that point but am trying to be patient.
And the little wing feathers on the tiny ones.
