Grass seed

[hilltopchicks77]

I want to seed the lawn but even when I lock the chickens up they escape the yard. I'm also just worried about what remains. I'm not really worried about organic etc but I also don't want poisoned chickens. Does anyone know a safe brand etc?

 

[PD-Riverman]

I want to seed the lawn but even when I lock the chickens up they escape the yard. I'm also just worried about what remains. I'm not really worried about organic etc but I also don't want poisoned chickens. Does anyone know a safe brand etc?

You might want to work on your chicken yard. Why do they escape the yard?

 

[hilltopchicks77]

They fly out of the pen. I'm going to try to run some string in cross crosses to discourage the flying out but I don't know if that's gonna work

 

[PD-Riverman]

They fly out of the pen. I'm going to try to run some string in cross crosses to discourage the flying out but I don't know if that's gonna work

How tall is the pen/wire. Can you clip the feathers on one wing? I use deer netting on all mine----they can not fly out then nor can a hawk fly in?

 

[hilltopchicks77]

It's a 6ft dog fence there's 10 birds and 2 are impossible to catch :/

 

[ShrekDawg]

I would put some sort of bird or deer netting or chicken wire over the top

 

[hilltopchicks77]

I'm just more worried about how long they should be off the lawn and if the grass seed can hurt them (a lot has that water holding and fertilizer stuff on it)

 

[PD-Riverman]

I'm just more worried about how long they should be off the lawn and if the grass seed can hurt them (a lot has that water holding and fertilizer stuff on it)

Maybe the bag has a warning on it?? I would not think it was poisonous because of wild birds eating it. If you never seen my chicken yards/pens----all have Deer netting across the tops. And it has been holding up good in my area----even with several times of being completely froze over, but with a 6ft tall fence---clipping the feathers off one wing should keep them from flying over as long as there is not "things" they can get on top of inside to keep getting higher till they can jump over.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Just purchase non fertilized grass seed. It's cheaper and works perfectly fine. Get some mulch to put over top and if you don't mind various weeds and flowers on your lawn a thin layer of mulch hay is all you need to hold in the moisture, water often.